Doha: QIA has announced its participation in Apptronik's $520 million Series A-X extension round as a new investor, joining AT and T Ventures and John Deere. The extension follows Apptronik's initial $415 million Series A raised in 2025, bringing the total capital raised to nearly $1 billion. Existing investors in the round include B Capital, Google, Mercedes-Benz, and PEAK6.

According to Qatar News Agency, the new capital will enable Apptronik to accelerate the production of its award-winning humanoid robot, Apollo, and expand its global network of commercial deployments and pilot programs. This investment will help Apptronik reduce time to market and scale initiatives essential for supporting its growing base of retail, manufacturing, and logistics customers. The funding will also facilitate the development of state-of-the-art facilities for robot training and data collection, as well as advanced projects aimed at unlocking high-impact, real-world use cases. Moreover, it will support continued innovation in Apptronik's human-centered robot design, paving the way for a new robot anticipated to debut in 2026.

Apollo is engineered to revolutionize human-robot interaction, initially targeting mission-critical industries such as logistics and manufacturing, with plans for future expansion into retail, healthcare, and eventually domestic settings. The robot is designed to perform physically demanding and labor-intensive tasks, such as transporting components and sorting and kitting, working alongside humans to enhance efficiency and operational resilience.

QIA's investment highlights its strategy of partnering with leading technology innovators to foster the growth of transformative companies while gaining exposure to scalable, real-world applications with long-term value creation potential.