Company record
Humanoid
Updated November 9, 2026 · Presspool
Humanoid is a London-based company building industrial humanoid robots, including the wheeled HMND 01 Alpha, run by its proprietary KinetIQ AI. thehumanoid.ai
Funding
- $152 million Series A, announced July 21, 2026. Led by Prime Movers Lab. Sources: thehumanoid.ai, techtimes.com.
Whether AI names Humanoid
- On the Humanoid robots map: named or cited in 4 of 48 answers to Presspool's Humanoid robots questions on November 9, 2026 (ChatGPT 1 of 8, Claude 1 of 8, Perplexity 1 of 8, Gemini 0 of 8, Google AI Mode 0 of 8, Google AI Overviews 1 of 8). See the map. Of the 31 companies on the map, Humanoid ranked 17th by answers naming or citing it in that sample. The other companies AI names most on Humanoid robots questions: Unitree (40 of 48), Agility Robotics (37 of 48), Figure (36 of 48), Apptronik (26 of 48) and UBTech Robotics (26 of 48). Most often named in the same answers: Figure (4), Agility Robotics (3), 1X (2), AgiBot (2), Apptronik (2).
- On the Physical AI map: named or cited in 1 of 48 answers to Presspool's Physical AI questions on November 9, 2026 (ChatGPT 0 of 8, Claude 0 of 8, Perplexity 1 of 8, Gemini 0 of 8, Google AI Mode 0 of 8, Google AI Overviews 0 of 8). See the map. Of the 53 companies on the map, Humanoid ranked joint 26th by answers naming or citing it in that sample. The other companies AI names most on Physical AI questions: Figure (36 of 48), Agility Robotics (31 of 48), 1X (25 of 48), Apptronik (25 of 48) and Physical Intelligence (25 of 48). Most often named in the same answers: 1X (1), AgiBot (1), Agility Robotics (1), Apptronik (1), Astribot (1).
Week by week
Answers that named or cited Humanoid in each weekly sample of Presspool's Humanoid robots and Physical AI questions, by the Monday of the sample week. A row is added every week. Copilot answers count through November 2, 2026, the last day Copilot answered. Copilot is no longer asked, so later weeks are not counted on the same apps as earlier ones.
| Week of | Humanoid robots | Physical AI |
|---|---|---|
| September 21, 2026 | Not sampled | 0 of 38 |
| October 5, 2026 | Not sampled | 2 of 48 |
| October 12, 2026 | Not sampled | 3 of 53 |
| October 19, 2026 | 4 of 53 | 6 of 54 |
| October 26, 2026 | 4 of 56 | 3 of 55 |
| November 2, 2026 | 4 of 51 | 3 of 49 |
| November 9, 2026 | 4 of 48 | 1 of 48 |
Sources AI cites when it names Humanoid
Presspool asked its 8 Humanoid robots questions on November 9, 2026; 4 of the 48 answers named or cited Humanoid, on ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews. The sites those 4 answers cited most:
- assemblymag.com: 1 of 4 answers
- behindrobotics.com: 1 of 4 answers
- buildmvpfast.com: 1 of 4 answers
- dealroom.co: 1 of 4 answers
- donga.com: 1 of 4 answers
- evsint.com: 1 of 4 answers
- facebook.com: 1 of 4 answers
- farantzos.com: 1 of 4 answers
- globenewswire.com: 1 of 4 answers
- google.com: 1 of 4 answers
Related records
Also on the Humanoid robots map: 1X, AeiROBOT, AgiBot, Agility Robotics, Apptronik, Astribot, Booster Robotics, Clone Robotics, Dexmate, Donut Robotics, EngineAI, Engineered Arts and 18 more on the map.
Also on the Physical AI map: 1X, AeiROBOT, AgiBot, Agile Robots, Agility Robotics, Aleph, Apptronik, ASI, Astribot, Bedrock Robotics, Booster Robotics, Clone Robotics and 40 more on the map.
Founders on the record
- Artem Sokolov, founder and CEO. Source.