Artem Sokolov sold jewellery for a living. Then he built Europe’s first humanoid-robot unicorn.
- $1.35B valuation · $152M Series A (Jul 2026) · ~$270M raised in total
- Seeded Humanoid with ~$30M after growing the family jewellery firm ~10x
- Siemens Erlangen: 60 totes/hour, 8+ hours, >90% pick success
- 15 kg payload · Schaeffler binding deal for 1,000+ robots
- ~7 months idea to prototype (company-stated) · ~250 staff
Full profile with sourced figures: Artem Sokolov and Humanoid.