Agility Robotics becomes the first U.S.-listed pure-play humanoid company, trading as AGLT

Agility Robotics, based in Salem, Oregon, began trading on Nasdaq on Thursday, November 5, under the ticker AGLT (warrants as AGLTW), calling itself the first U.S. publicly listed pure-play humanoid robotics company with commercial deployments already in the field. The listing follows completion of its previously announced business combination with Churchill Capital Corp XI. Agility said the combination and related financings provided about $465 million in gross proceeds before transaction expenses, including a private investment in public equity led by Foxconn and $100 million of equity funding received before closing.

Commercial footing

In its press release, Agility said it has nearly three years of real-world deployment experience, more than 65,000 hours of operation and committed multi-year customer orders. It reported more than $300 million in committed multi-year orders for its next-generation Digit 5 humanoid, subject to contractual milestones, product features and specifications. Digit robots are already operating with GXO, Schaeffler and Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada. TechCrunch also named Mercado Libre among customers and said Digits are generally used to move heavy totes. At a GXO logistics site in Georgia, Digit has moved more than 100,000 totes, Agility said.

“Today marks an important milestone for Agility, but the bigger story is what it means for the future of work,” chief executive Peggy Johnson said. She said Digit is already doing repetitive, physically demanding tasks in customer operations.

Digit 5 and manufacturing

Unveiled in September 2026, Digit 5 is designed for closer work alongside people. Agility said it incorporates cycloidal actuators engineered for repetitive lifting of up to 50 pounds, interchangeable end effectors and broader manipulation. Early customer access is expected in the first half of 2027, with general availability targeted for the end of 2027. The company plans to standardise Digit 5's onboard compute on NVIDIA IGX Thor and expand its use of NVIDIA Halos safety technology. A partnership with Nyobolt is intended to let Digit 5 recharge in nine minutes and deliver more than 20 hours of work in a 24-hour day.

Agility's 70,000-square-foot RoboFab plant in Salem is designed for annual production of up to 10,000 robots. The company also pointed to its Fremont, California, hardware and physical-AI site and a planned 50,000-square-foot expansion in Pittsburgh.

The financial picture

TechCrunch reported that Agility generated $174,000 in revenue in the first six months of 2026, mostly from related parties, and lost $362 million in the same period. Johnson told the outlet that Digit 5 will have to hit undisclosed targets on metrics including throughput, uptime and placement accuracy to close the larger orders, and she did not name those customers. She said the capital raised would meet the company's current needs but would not project that it would be enough for Agility to become self-sustaining. The company, spun out of Oregon State University in 2015, said Digit 5 prototypes will be shown at CES 2027.

Sources: Agility press release, TechCrunch, investor release