Agility Robotics Lists on Nasdaq as AGLT
The humanoid robot maker begins trading after a $465 million SPAC merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI.
Updated on Nov. 5, 2026 in Robotics
Agility Robotics began trading on Nasdaq on November 5, 2026, under the ticker AGLT following a $465 million SPAC merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI. The deal set pre-money equity at $2.5 billion and includes $201 million from a Foxconn-led private placement.
Why it matters
The listing gives U.S. investors direct exposure to a humanoid robotics company as a rival Chinese maker, Unitree, debuted in Shanghai at roughly a $50 billion valuation months earlier. It also signals that public markets are beginning to price humanoid robots as a commercial category.
Agility's Digit robot has logged more than 65,000 operating hours at customers including GXO, Schaeffler, Toyota and Amazon, and the next-generation Digit 5 holds over $300 million in committed multi-year orders. The RoboFab plant in Salem is 70,000 square feet and designed for up to 10,000 robots a year.
The players
Agility Robotics
Agility Robotics is a humanoid robotics company whose Digit robot is deployed in logistics and manufacturing facilities.
Churchill Capital Corp XI
Churchill Capital Corp XI is a special purpose acquisition company that merged with Agility Robotics to take it public.
Michael Klein
Michael Klein is a veteran dealmaker who runs Churchill Capital Corp XI and has sponsored several SPAC transactions.
Unitree
Unitree is a Hangzhou-based Chinese robotics maker whose August 2026 STAR Market debut priced it near $50 billion.
The details
Agility's first trading day came through a reverse merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI, a SPAC run by Michael Klein, and the combined company trades under AGLT and AGLTW. No insiders sold, as existing shareholders' equity was rolled into the new entity.
Timeline
August 2026: Unitree debuted on Shanghai's STAR Market at about $50 billion.
September 2026: Digit 5 was unveiled.
November 5, 2026: Agility began trading on Nasdaq as AGLT.
First half of 2027: Early customer access to Digit 5 is expected.
End of 2027: General availability of Digit 5 is targeted.
Market Landscape
Agility's Nasdaq listing follows Unitree's August 2026 debut on Shanghai's STAR Market, creating an early public-market comparison between a U.S. and a Chinese humanoid robot maker. The pairing suggests investors are beginning to test whether humanoid robotics can support valuations on the scale of established automakers.
For warehouse and factory operators, the Digit 5 timeline sets when humanoid robots could move from pilot programs into daily operations. Buyers evaluating automation should watch the first-half 2027 early-access window before planning deployments.
The takeaway
Public listings like Agility's show humanoid robots moving from research demos toward investable businesses. Watch whether the Digit 5 timeline holds as the company moves toward its 2027 customer rollout.
What happens next
Early customer access to Digit 5 is expected in the first half of 2027, with general availability targeted for the end of 2027.
Further reading
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