Apptronik
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Overview
Apptronik is a humanoid robotics company spun out of a robotics laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin in 2016. Its Apollo robot is designed for logistics and manufacturing work such as case handling and machine tending, with force-controlled actuators built in-house. The company works with Google DeepMind on robot learning and has run pilots with large manufacturers and retailers.
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Apptronik Announces Robot Park, A 90,000 Square Foot Humanoid Data Factory, Teases New Robot
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Apptronik raises $520 million to beat Chinese humanoids, Tesla Optimus to market
Apptronik's Apollo humanoids are being tested in factories and warehouses with partners Mercedes-Benz and GXO Logistics.
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Humanoid robot startup Apptronik has now raised $935M at a $5B+ valuation
Apptronik has raised another $520 million in a Series A extension to existing and new investors like Google and Mercedes-Benz.
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2025 Automotive News All-Star: Jeff Cardenas, Apptronik - Automotive News
Jeff Cardenas is working with Mercedes-Benz to pioneer the ways in which robots, including humanoids, might further automate manufacturing.
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Technologies
Tech DNA
C++
Python
Verilog
Drake
ROS
ROS2
AWS
Azure
GCP
Gemini
Robotics
Rust
Apollo
MuJoCo
Teleoperation
Reinforcement Learning
Imitation Learning
Isaac Sim
Sim-to-Real
Sensor Fusion
Drake
EtherCAT
Isaac Gym
ROS
ROS2
Model Predictive Control
Digital Twin
Visual-Inertial Odometry
Localization
BehaviorTree.CPP
Gazebo
Motion Planning
Ceres Solver
Perception
MQTT
OPC UA
Obstacle Avoidance
AI/ML
C++
Python
MATLAB
Reinforcement Learning
Fine-tuning
Computer Vision
Git
CI/CD
Kubernetes
Docker
JAX
PyTorch
Multimodal AI
PyTorch C++
Ansible
Edge AI
Human-in-the-Loop
CMake
RTOS
Grafana
Helm
Terraform
Synthetic Data
AI Agents
Speech Recognition
OpenCV
Gemini
BentoML
DVC
KServe
MLFlow
ONNX
Ray
Ray Serve
TensorRT
LLM Evaluation
Post-training
Simulink
Bitbucket
GitHub Actions
Jenkins
Loki
Prometheus
PagerDuty
AWS
Azure
GCP
Configuration Management
GitHub
Hardware
Verilog
VHDL
LTspice
PoC Library
Siemens ModelSim
Xilinx Vivado
Altium Designer
Other
TypeScript
Go
JavaScript
SolidWorks
Pytest
gRPC
Rest API
Apache Kafka
React.js
JUnit
Stack modernity
75/100
How modern this stack is, based on technology relevance, AI adoption and the share of legacy tools.
In-demand technologies
Python
23 jobs
Required
$319k
+77% vs market
C++
23 jobs
Required
$319k
+60% vs market
Apollo
20 jobs
Required
$265k
+13% vs market
MuJoCo
13 jobs
Required
$260k
-4% vs market
Teleoperation
12 jobs
Required
$305k
+20% vs market
Reinforcement Learning
9 jobs
Required
$305k
+14% vs market
Reinforcement Learning
9 jobs
Required
$305k
+11% vs market
Imitation Learning
8 jobs
Required
$260k
-13% vs market
Salary medians are calculated from this company's open jobs and compared with the market.
Industry adoption
Python
20%
AWS
16%
JavaScript
15%
CI/CD
15%
Kubernetes
14%
TypeScript
13%
Share of companies in the same industry that use each technology.
Stack changes
Post-training
Aug 2026
GitHub
Aug 2026
Human-in-the-Loop
Aug 2026
LLM Evaluation
Aug 2026
Edge AI
Aug 2026
JavaScript
Aug 2026
Rest API
Aug 2026
React.js
Aug 2026
Technologies recently added to or removed from this company's stack - a signal of tech migrations and new initiatives.
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$273k
Typical range
$223k – $350k
Open positions
8
8
Jobs
Senior
25%
Staff
75%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | 2 | $242k | $223k – $260k |
| Staff | 6 | $287k | $235k – $350k |
Highest paying role
Lead Software Engineer - Dexterous Manipulation
$350k
Normalized to USD per year
Growth
Hiring Momentum
38/100
Slowing
Open positions
56
3 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
41 days
faster than 36% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~12 hours
08/31/2026
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Hardware
41% ▼
Product
21% ▲
Backend
18% ▲
AI/ML
6% ▲
Robotics
6% ▲
Executive
3% ▲
Actively hiring for Hardware (+7 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added Configuration Management to stack
Aug 2026
Added Perception to stack
Aug 2026
Added Model Predictive Control to stack
Aug 2026
Added TensorRT to stack
Aug 2026
Added Rust to stack
Aug 2026
Added Ray Serve to stack
Aug 2026
Added Ray to stack
Aug 2026
Added ONNX to stack
Aug 2026
Added MLFlow to stack
Aug 2026
Added KServe to stack
Aug 2026
Added GCP to stack
Aug 2026
Added DVC to stack
Aug 2026
Jobs
$190k – $223k per year • In office • 7+ years exp • Sunnyvale
Synthetic Data
Robotics
Apollo
Digital Twin
MuJoCo
Apply
$215k – $245k per year • In office • 10+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Sunnyvale
Fine-tuning
Reinforcement Learning
Robotics
Apollo
Imitation Learning
Reinforcement Learning
Teleoperation
Apply
$240k – $288k per year • In office • Contractor • 8+ years exp • PhD • Sunnyvale
C++
Python
Apollo
Sensor Fusion
Visual-Inertial Odometry
Apply
$210k – $235k per year • In office • 10+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Sunnyvale
RTOS
Robotics
Apollo
Apply
≈ $141k – $292k per year (Estimated) • In office • Internship • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Sunnyvale
Verilog
VHDL
PoC Library
Siemens ModelSim
Xilinx Vivado
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≈ $126k – $285k per year (Estimated) • In office • Internship • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Sunnyvale
Verilog
VHDL
PoC Library
Siemens ModelSim
Xilinx Vivado
Apply
≈ $199k – $353k per year (Estimated) • In office • Contractor • 8+ years exp • PhD • Austin
C++
Python
Apollo
Sensor Fusion
Visual-Inertial Odometry
Apply
≈ $184k – $331k per year (Estimated) • In office • 7+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Austin
Fine-tuning
Robotics
Apollo
Imitation Learning
Teleoperation
Apply
≈ $190k – $342k per year (Estimated) • In office • 5+ years exp • Master's Degree • Austin
C++
Isaac Sim
Model Predictive Control
MuJoCo
Sensor Fusion
Apply
≈ $181k – $367k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 10+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Austin
C++
Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
Apache Kafka
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
Docker
Git
gRPC
Kubernetes
Rest API
Robotics
Apollo
IoT
MQTT
OPC UA
Apply
≈ $146k – $320k per year (Estimated) • In office • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Sunnyvale
C++
CMake
DevOps
CI/CD
Git
Robotics
Apollo
BehaviorTree.CPP
Drake
MuJoCo
ROS2
Sensor Fusion
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≈ $180k – $325k per year (Estimated) • In office • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Austin
C++
CMake
DevOps
CI/CD
Git
Robotics
Apollo
BehaviorTree.CPP
Drake
MuJoCo
ROS2
Sensor Fusion
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