Agility has opened a 60,000-square-foot facility in Fremont, California, that will serve as a development hub for the artificial intelligence and software used in its Digit humanoid robot. Engineering teams at the site will train and test systems designed to help Digit acquire new skills and perform more complex tasks in warehouses, manufacturing plants and other customer environments. The facility will complement Agility’s RoboFab manufacturing operation in Salem, Oregon.
The company plans to accommodate nearly 200 existing and new employees in Fremont across hardware engineering, artificial intelligence and machine learning software, and field operations.
Chief Executive Peggy Johnson said the location would give Agility access to Silicon Valley’s technology workforce and support the development of new capabilities for commercial deployments.
Agility has deployed humanoid robots with Schaeffler, GXO, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada and Mercado Libre. The company said it has secured more than $300 million in multi-year orders for the fifth version of Digit, subject to contractual milestones, and has a pipeline of more than 30 potential customers.
The expansion comes ahead of Agility’s proposed merger with special-purpose acquisition company Churchill Capital Corp XI, which trades on Nasdaq under the ticker CCXI. The transaction values Agility at a pre-money equity value of $2.5 billion and is expected to provide more than $620 million in gross proceeds.
The proceeds are expected to include about $420 million from Churchill Capital XI’s trust account, assuming no shareholder redemptions, and approximately $200 million from a private investment in public equity priced at $10 a share. The PIPE financing is led by Foxconn and includes existing and new institutional investors.
Agility plans to use the capital to fulfil existing customer orders, expand commercial deployments, increase production of Digit v5 and invest in its robotics, software, safety and manufacturing systems. Existing Agility shareholders are expected to roll all their equity into the combined company and will be subject to a 180-day lock-up after the transaction closes.
The combined company is expected to operate under the Agility name and trade under the ticker AGLT. The merger is expected to close in 2026, subject to approval from Churchill Capital XI shareholders, regulatory review, stock-exchange approval and other closing conditions.
