Apptronik
@Apptronik
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Apptronik develops humanoid robots that work alongside people doing the tasks that humans don't want to do.
Austin, TX
Joined October 2016
🌲 ✨ Happy Holidays! ✨ 🌲 This season, we’re celebrating the joy of giving, the power of teamwork, and a future where technology helps us do more of what matters most. Even Santa needed a helping hand this year 🎅 🤖 and watching Apollo pack gifts reminds us that innovation
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We’re celebrating another win to close out the year! 🎉 Apptronik has been named a 2025 Top Tech Startup by @SDCExec , a recognition that highlights companies transforming the supply chain and logistics space. This win is a testament to Apollo’s recent development milestones and
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✨ Incredible progress from @GoogleDeepMind on open-ended robot reasoning, featuring Apollo! Check out Apollo responding to complex instructions and adapting to changing contexts with @FryRsquared
Pre-programmed backflips are fun, but open-ended reasoning is the real challenge for robots. 🤖 @Fryrsquared stepped inside the lab to see how we’re building agents that can understand context and figure things out for themselves – rather than just following a script. Watch our
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We’re proud to announce that Apptronik has been honored with the 🏆 2025 A-LIST Award for Manufacturing Excellence! This recognition celebrates our team’s relentless drive to build world-class humanoid robots right here in Austin - advancing the future of manufacturing and
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Smokey says: "Only YOU can prevent boring costumes." We're out patrolling the robot park this Halloween - keeping our circuits safe and our actuators calibrated. Have a happy and safe Halloween from all of us at Apptronik! 🤖 🐻 🌲 🎃 #apptronik #ai #humanoid #humanoidrobot
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🎯 A major milestone on the road to embodied intelligence. This week, @GoogleDeepMind's Gemini Robotics VLA reaches an important milestone in our joint mission to bring AGI into the physical world. By introducing agentic capabilities - the ability to reason, plan, actively use
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🎙️Live, from Seattle - The Next Space Race: Humanoid Robotics On September 23rd, Apptronik co-Founder and CEO Jeff Cardenas will join Brian Heater for a fireside chat at the @a3automate 2025 Humanoid Forum in Seattle, exploring how the U.S. can preserve its leadership in
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🏆 Big Wins Across the Board! 🏆 We’re proud to share that this year: 🤖 Apollo has won the @FastCompany 2025 Innovation by Design Award 👥 Apptronik has been named to the @CNBC Disruptor 50 ⭐ Our CEO, Jeff Cardenas, has been recognized as an Automotive News All-Star! These
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Big day for robotics + AI! 🤖🧠 Huge congrats to @NVIDIARobotics on the official launch of Jetson Thor! ⚡ We’ve had the opportunity to get early access to the NVIDIA Jetson Thor AGX Developer Kit over the past few weeks, and we can confidently say it’s a game-changer for Apollo
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Humans are toolmakers. We build tools to help us do more with less. We have built Apollo to dramatically improve the way we live and work. But Apollo is not the only groundbreaking creation born from our labs. Our teams have been quietly building a new kind of machine - a
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Exciting news! We're honored to be named to @CNBC 's #Disruptor50 - a list of trailblazing startups transforming the world. From capable humanoid robots to breakthrough AI, we're proud to be shaping the future of automation. Huge thanks to our team for pushing boundaries every
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On behalf all of us at Apptronik, we are honored to accept the 2025 @ieeeras Award for Product Innovation, for our efforts to build the world's most intelligent and capable humanoid robot, Apollo! This recognition reflects the incredible dedication and focus of our entire team.
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Grateful to the team at @60Minutes for featuring Apollo in a thoughtful interview with @GoogleDeepMind CEO @demishassabis on the future of AI! We're honored to play a role in bringing hashtag#embodiedAI into the world to help humans do useful work. 🤖 🦾 Check out the
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Don't miss out! 📣 Make sure to tune in to @WashingtonPost Live on Tuesday, March 25 at 9:00AM ET for insightful conversations about the global AI race and the next frontiers of the technology, featuring Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-Kentucky), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President
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The United States is racing to make America the “world capital of AI” as countries and companies invest billions of dollars in the breakthrough technology. On Tuesday, March 25 at 9:00 a.m. ET, join...
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We've just closed an oversubscribed $403 million Series A, and are thrilled to announce additional investors including @MercedesBenz , Japan Post Capital, RyderVentures (the corporate venture capital arm of @RyderSystemInc ), @ARKInvest & more. We look forward to building
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Today AI-powered humanoid robots are taking a big step forward: Apptronik and @GoogleDeepMind are partnering to build the next generation of humanoid robots with Gemini Robotics. Built on Gemini 2.0, Gemini Robotics enables Apollo to understand natural language and perform
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How do you build a safe, reliable robot that puts people first? Our CEO @JeffCardn answers that question on the #WhatsYourProblem podcast with host @JacobGoldstein. They dive into how Jeff’s grandparents inspired him to develop human helpers and why humanoids just may hold
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