From Agility Robotics to Securitize to Elroy Air, 2026's capital-intensive hardware and infrastructure companies are increasingly choosing SPAC mergers over traditional IPOs to reach public markets faster.
Jul 7, 2026Even Realities' $150M round and Agility Robotics' $620M SPAC raise show late-stage checks climbing sharply even for companies with modest revenue, continuing 2026's round-size inflation trend.
Jul 6, 2026A wave of new S-1 filings this week -- spanning cybersecurity, biotech, medical devices and SPAC vehicles -- shows a broader IPO pipeline building beneath the mega-cap headlines like Agility Robotics and SK Hynix.
Jul 6, 2026A cluster of SEC S-1 and S-1/A filings this week -- spanning cybersecurity, healthtech and biotech -- shows a steady small-cap IPO pipeline building beneath the headline megadeals like Agility Robotics and SK Hynix.
Jul 6, 2026Agility Robotics' $2.5B SPAC merger tests whether a humanoid robotics company with real warehouse revenue can avoid the boom-bust volatility that has plagued most SPAC-listed companies over the past several cycles.
Jul 5, 2026Agility Robotics is merging with Churchill Capital Corp XI in the largest capital raise in humanoid robotics history, with $300M+ in booked revenue but a CEO who says home robots are still a decade away.
Jul 5, 2026Agility Robotics is going public via SPAC merger at a ~$2.5B valuation, becoming the first pure-play humanoid robotics company to trade publicly, even as its CEO says home robots are a decade away.
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