Apptronik (@Apptronik) — Twitter Score 61 out of 1000

Apptronik is an AI-powered humanoid robotics company that co-founded by Jeff Cardenas and Dr. Nick Paine, builds general-purpose robots targeting logistics, manufacturing, and beyond. Apptronik's Twitter Score is 61 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of July 2026, ranking #16,162 (top 5%) among 531,432 tracked accounts.

Apptronik was co-founded by Jeff Cardenas and Dr. Nick Paine and grew out of the Human Centered Robotics Lab at the University of Texas at Austin, with which it was formerly affiliated. The company unveiled its Apollo general-purpose humanoid robot on August 23, 2023, designed for deployment in logistics and manufacturing environments. Apptronik has raised over $935 million in Series A funding, bringing total capital raised to nearly $1 billion, backed by investors including Google, Mercedes-Benz, ARK Invest, B Capital, Capital Factory, John Deere, Qatar Investment Authority, Japan Post Capital, PEAK6, AT&T Ventures, Helium-3, Magnetar, RyderVentures, and a Korea Investment Partners-led syndicate.

Apptronik partners with Google DeepMind to develop next-generation humanoid robots powered by Gemini Robotics, and collaborates with NVIDIA using GR00T foundation models, Isaac Lab, and OSMO for robot learning. The company also works with Jabil on a pilot engagement and strategic collaboration to manufacture Apollo robots, and counts GXO Logistics as a commercial partner. NASA is a humanoid-robot development partner, reflecting the breadth of sectors Apollo is being developed to serve. Apptronik's account has 22,740 followers as of July 2026 and has published 278 posts. Apptronik has been mentioned by 41 accounts a total of 112 times.

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The accounts that follow Apptronik include 222 founders, 80 angel investors, 161 influencers and 8 VCs. Among them are Andrew Kang, Luca Netz, Gmoney, Vance Spencer, Jason Choi and John Wang.