Apptronik
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Apptronik is a humanoid robotics company whose Apollo 2 robot has been integrated with Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2 AI models to perform whole-body control tasks including walking, manipulation, and object retrieval using natural language instructions. The company recently raised $935 million in funding at a $5.3 billion valuation, positioning it among the major players in physical AI development.
Updated 6 August 2026
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Management
updated 5 Aug 2026- Jeff Cardenas Co-Founder & CEO
- Nick Paine CTO
- Barry Phillips Chief Commercial Officer (cco)
- Daniel Chu Chief Product Officer
- Molly C. Executive Assistant To CEO
- Raghu Marthi Chief Information Officer
- Stephen O'Dea Chief Operating Officer
- Paul Huggins General Counsel (Fractional)
- Kay Sheils Kingsbury Chief Financial Officer
- Gordon Daugherty Board Director
- Luis Sentis Co-Founder & Scientific Advisor
Latest developments
Google DeepMind Ships Three Physical AI Models For Whole Body Control, Dexterity And Multi Robot Collaboration
MarkTechPost · 1 month ago ·
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Google DeepMind’s new AI model can control a robot’s entire body
The Verge · 1 month ago ·
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LWiAI Podcast #234 - Opus 4.6, GPT-5.3-Codex, Seedance 2.0, GLM-5
Last Week in AI · 7 months ago ·
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Google DeepMind releases Gemini Robotics 2 suite of AI models for whole-body robot control and multi-robot collaboration Model release
Multiple AI Model Releases and Funding Announcements Covered in Last Week in AI Other
- The Sequence AI of the Week #908: You Need to Learn About Gemini Robotics
- Google DeepMind Ships Three Physical AI Models For Whole Body Control, Dexterity And Multi Robot Collaboration
- Google DeepMind’s new AI model can control a robot’s entire body
- LWiAI Podcast #234 - Opus 4.6, GPT-5.3-Codex, Seedance 2.0, GLM-5
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Products & technology
- Develops Apollo 2 · 2 sources