Apptronik's Apollo partnerships developed through several different announcements. Mercedes-Benz's manufacturing agreement and GXO's research program date to 2024. A Jabil manufacturing collaboration followed in 2025, while Apptronik announced a new funding extension in February 2026.

Reading those dates separately helps distinguish financing, pilot agreements and later reports of robots operating at customer sites.

Key takeaways

  • Apptronik announced a $520 million Series A-X extension on February 11, 2026, following a $415 million initial Series A in 2025.
  • The company reported total Series A financing above $935 million.
  • Mercedes-Benz and GXO's initial announcements described different pilot and research arrangements.
  • By June 2026, Apptronik reported active Apollo 2 fleets at Robot Park and customer and partner sites.

The financing figures describe different stages

Apptronik's February 11, 2026 release identifies the $520 million financing as an extension. It follows the $415 million initial Series A raised in 2025, bringing the reported Series A total above $935 million.

These figures describe successive financing stages. They are not competing estimates of one February round. We have removed the previous article's unsupported cumulative funding and valuation figures.

Mercedes-Benz: a manufacturing pilot agreement

The March 15, 2024 announcement describes an agreement to pilot Apollo in Mercedes-Benz manufacturing facilities. It identifies delivery of assembly kits among the potential applications being explored.

That announcement establishes the agreement and its proposed use cases. It should not be converted into an unqualified claim about the number of robots operating complete production shifts.

GXO: evaluation before warehouse deployment

GXO's June 20, 2024 account describes a research program beginning with lab evaluation. The companies would assess robot performance and refine Apptronik's AI model before moving the technology into a U.S. distribution center when ready.

This was a staged development program. The original announcement's conditions matter when discussing what it had established at that date.

Jabil: building and testing Apollo

The February 25, 2025 Jabil collaboration combines a pilot with plans to manufacture Apollo and introduce robots into selected Jabil operations. Manufacturing robots and testing their use in a factory are separate parts of that agreement.

What Apptronik subsequently reported

In its June 30, 2026 Robot Park announcement, Apptronik reported active Apollo 2 fleets at its training facilities and customer and partner sites. It described data collection using both teleoperation and autonomous execution.

That later company report supersedes the suggestion that the public record contained only agreements and no operational activity. It also keeps human operation in the picture: active robots at a site do not, by themselves, establish fully unattended production.

Correction, September 12, 2026: We separated the funding stages and corrected their dates, removed unsupported funding and valuation totals, and added Apptronik's subsequent report of active fleets. The original version conflated financing announcements and understated the reported deployment activity.

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