Robot maker Agility starts trading today — but its steep losses are raising red flags

Robot maker Agility starts trading today — but its steep losses are raising red flags Robot maker Agility starts trading today — but its steep losses are raising red flags Agility is going public via a SPAC merger that one executive says will give it a ‘first-mover advantage’ Agility Robotics said its Digit 5 robot can work cooperatively with people, a breakthrough it said will help it commercially scale. tics is set to become the first public “pure-play” humanoid robotics company as it seeks to capitalize on a major opportunity — but with a financial profile that gives one researcher pause. The company, set to trade on Nasdaq under the “AGLT” ticker on Thursday, was founded a little more than a decade ago as a spinoff from Oregon State University’s robotics lab. Last week, it said it would raise $465 million through a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company, along with equity funding and an investment led by Foxconn Copyright ©2026 MarketWatch, Inc.

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