Agility Robotics co-founder on its Nasdaq debut, lessons from Amazon, and the future of work
Agility Robotics co-founder on its Nasdaq debut, lessons from Amazon, and the future of work
Agility Robotics debuted on the Nasdaq as the first publicly traded U.S. company focused solely on humanoid robots. Co-founder Jonathan Hurst highlighted the Digit 5 robot, designed to work safely alongside humans without barriers, citing lessons learned from partners like Amazon. The company valued at $2.5 billion in the merger faces significant financial challenges with reported losses but aims to scale production of its commercial robots.
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’s going to make our life a lot harder.” What Agility has that most rivals don’t is robots doing commercial work. As of May, its Digit 4 model had logged more than 65,000 hours across nine committed customer deployments, according to its filings. Digit 4 robots have moved more than 100,000 totes since June 2024 at a Georgia facility run by the logistics company GXO. Investors have put far higher values on rivals stil
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>20 hours
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r. Standing 5-foot-11 and weighing 284 pounds, it’s covered in sensors, with cameras and antennas in its head and safety-rated sensors in protective housings around its body. Agility says it can lift 50 pounds, reach 7.2 feet high and work more than 20 hours in a 24-hour day. Agility’s Digit 5 robot, which stands 5-foot-11 and weighs 284 pounds. (Agility Robotics Photos) But the big advance is that Digit 5 was design
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284
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r. Standing 5-foot-11 and weighing 284 pounds, it’s covered in sensors, with cameras and antennas in its head and safety-rated sensors in protective housings around its body. Agility says it can lift 50 pounds, reach 7.2 feet high and work more than 20 hours in a 24-hour day. Agility’s Digit 5 robot, which stands 5-foot-11 and weighs 284 pounds. (Agility Robotics Photos) But the big advance is that Digit 5 was design
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7.2
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r. Standing 5-foot-11 and weighing 284 pounds, it’s covered in sensors, with cameras and antennas in its head and safety-rated sensors in protective housings around its body. Agility says it can lift 50 pounds, reach 7.2 feet high and work more than 20 hours in a 24-hour day. Agility’s Digit 5 robot, which stands 5-foot-11 and weighs 284 pounds. (Agility Robotics Photos) But the big advance is that Digit 5 was design
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50
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r. Standing 5-foot-11 and weighing 284 pounds, it’s covered in sensors, with cameras and antennas in its head and safety-rated sensors in protective housings around its body. Agility says it can lift 50 pounds, reach 7.2 feet high and work more than 20 hours in a 24-hour day. Agility’s Digit 5 robot, which stands 5-foot-11 and weighs 284 pounds. (Agility Robotics Photos) But the big advance is that Digit 5 was design
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10,000 robots
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ccording to its filings. The robots would be rented rather than sold, the commitment is subject to milestones and specifications, and the customer gets warrants that vest as the robots are deployed. Agility has built about 10 Digit 5 robots, Hurst said, with the first prototypes just coming off the line. Its factory in Salem was built to eventually produce as many as 10,000 robots a year. Financial picture: Agility’s
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’s going to make our life a lot harder.” What Agility has that most rivals don’t is robots doing commercial work. As of May, its Digit 4 model had logged more than 65,000 hours across nine committed customer deployments, according to its filings. Digit 4 robots have moved more than 100,000 totes since June 2024 at a Georgia facility run by the logistics company GXO. Investors have put far higher values on rivals stil
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corded about $1.04 million in net sales from Amazon in 2025, 58% of its total for the year. Hurst said he couldn’t speak to whether Amazon is a customer now. With the safety improvements and other advancements, Hurst called Digit 5 “the scaling moment” for Agility. “That is the unlock,” he said. One customer, which Agility has not named, has committed to a $300 million, three-year contract for 1,000 Digit 5 robots, a
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ccording to its filings. The robots would be rented rather than sold, the commitment is subject to milestones and specifications, and the customer gets warrants that vest as the robots are deployed. Agility has built about 10 Digit 5 robots, Hurst said, with the first prototypes just coming off the line. Its factory in Salem was built to eventually produce as many as 10,000 robots a year. Financial picture: Agility’s
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r. Standing 5-foot-11 and weighing 284 pounds, it’s covered in sensors, with cameras and antennas in its head and safety-rated sensors in protective housings around its body. Agility says it can lift 50 pounds, reach 7.2 feet high and work more than 20 hours in a 24-hour day. Agility’s Digit 5 robot, which stands 5-foot-11 and weighs 284 pounds. (Agility Robotics Photos) But the big advance is that Digit 5 was design
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