Agility Robotics Begins Trading on Nasdaq, Reported as First U.S. Public Company Focused on Humanoid Robots

On November 6, 2026, leaderobot.com reported that Agility Robotics began trading on Nasdaq, becoming the first U.S. public company with humanoid robots as its core business. In an official announcement, Agility Robotics said its business combination with Churchill Capital Corp XI closed on November 4, 2026, and that shares and warrants of the combined company were scheduled to begin trading on November 5, 2026, under the tickers “AGLT” and “AGLTW,” respectively.

Agility Robotics says RoboFab is designed for annual production of up to 10,000 units and that Digit has logged more than 65,000 hours of real-world operation. These are separate indicators of manufacturing scale and operational experience. After the listing, they will help show how much of the facility’s designed capacity translates into actual production.

The significance of the listing is not just that a robotics company has entered the public markets. Agility Robotics cites more than 65,000 hours of real-world operation, while the annual capacity of its manufacturing facility, RoboFab, is described as a design limit of “up to 10,000 units.” The former is a company-reported measure of accumulated operating time; the latter is future production capacity. They should not be treated as equivalent scale indicators. After the listing, it will be important to track actual production and how much of the designed capacity is realized, separately from the company’s stated plans. In Agility Robotics expects to raise about $465 million through business combination with Churchill XI, published by this newspaper on October 30, 2026, the business combination was described as an expectation ahead of its completion. The official announcement now confirms that the combination closed on November 4, 2026, and leaderobot.com has reported the start of trading on Nasdaq. This marks a shift from the planning stage for financing and the combination to the stage in which shares trade as a public company. For first-day share performance, Agility Robotics shares close first day at $11.49, up 2% from opening price reports an opening price of $11.26, a closing price of $11.49 and a daily range of $8.40-$12.15. These are first-day market prices, not measures of product utilization or productivity. Looking at the company’s operations, RoboFab is involved in manufacturing the robots, Agility Arc in fleet management, and Digit’s operating hours in real-world experience. Together, these indicate a direction toward building an in-house system spanning robot manufacturing through operational management. However, facility design capacity and operating hours alone do not establish the sustainability of mass production or the profitability of operations. After the listing, points to watch include actual annual production and RoboFab utilization, shipments and operating status of Digit 5, unit economics, and how collaborative safety is validated. The official announcement outlines safety design goals for Digit 5 but does not specify metrics for measuring achievement or validation results.

Agility Robotics says its flagship robot, “Digit,” has logged more than 65,000 hours of real-world operation. Its next-generation robot, “Digit 5,” has collaborative safety for robots working near people as a design goal. According to the company, its U.S. manufacturing facility, RoboFab, is designed to produce up to 10,000 robots annually. The company also offers Agility Arc, a cloud-based enterprise software platform for deploying and managing robot fleets.