- ANYbotics has raised an additional $60 million, bringing its total funding to over $130 million.

- The company, a global leader in AI-driven robot inspection solutions, tackles critical industry challenges in safety, efficiency, and sustainability and serves industry leaders in energy, power, metals, mining, and chemicals worldwide.

Zurich, Switzerland, 12 December 2024 – ANYbotics, a global leader in AI-driven robotic inspection solutions, has raised an additional $60 million, bringing its total funding to over $130 million. The new funding is led by Qualcomm Ventures and Supernova Invest, with participation from TDK Ventures and other new investors. Backed by existing investors from Silicon Valley and Europe, including Walden Catalyst, NGP Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Swisscanto, and Swisscom Ventures, the funding will accelerate ANYbotics’ global scaling and recent expansion in the U.S. to meet the growing demand for its industrial inspection robots and enhance the company's ability to deliver exceptional services and seamless integrations worldwide.

ANYbotics Accelerates Global Expansion

ANYbotics is revolutionizing safety, efficiency, and sustainability in the energy, power, metals, mining, and chemical industries. Thanks to large orders from industry leaders such as BP, Equinor, Petrobras, Novelis, and Outokumpu, the company is experiencing unprecedented growth and is expanding globally. Recent milestones include opening an office in Silicon Valley strategically positioned to enhance support and accelerate deployments for its growing North American customer base. With its innovative technology and trusted partnerships, ANYbotics is poised to redefine industrial inspection worldwide.

Global scaling efforts are further backed by collaborations with leading partners, including AWS, NVIDIA, SAP,  SLB, Equans, and Siemens Energy. These alliances strengthen ANYbotics’ ability to deliver cutting-edge AI-driven solutions, integrate seamlessly into complex industrial environments, and broaden ANYbotics’ global reach.

“We are thrilled to have the backing of world-class investors as we accelerate our mission to transform industrial inspections through autonomous robotics,” said Dr. Péter Fankhauser, Co-Founder & CEO, ANYbotics. “This additional funding allows us to scale globally, enhance our AI-driven capabilities, and continue to deliver unmatched value to our customers across industries.”

ANYmal Advancements: Smarter Inspections, Greater Customer Efficiency

ANYbotics is investing in hardware and software development, driving improvements that enhance the performance and versatility of its inspection solutions to deliver even greater customer value.

For example, enabling ANYmal to achieve next-level performance with built-in GPUs will enhance its industrial inspection robot capabilities. This will unlock faster processing and advanced AI analytics for anomaly detection and condition monitoring, boosting operational efficiency and safety in demanding industries.

ANYbotics closes the data technology gap with new solutions that offer customers smarter ways to transform industrial data into actionable insights. These capabilities will enable real-time, remote asset health monitoring, further improving efficiency and reducing asset downtime.

In addition, ANYbotics will expand ANYmal’s payload offering, integrating enhanced sensor arrays for visual, acoustic, gas, and thermal monitoring to provide unmatched flexibility and precision, enabling the robot to meet the industry's evolving inspection needs. These advances, combined with ANYmal’s proven durability and IP67 rating, solidify its position as the market leader in industrial-grade autonomous inspection solutions.

Scaling the Robotics Workforce

With more than 35 nationalities, ANYbotics attracts top talent worldwide. Over 200 experts are dedicated to innovation and building industrial-grade solutions that drive safety and ROI for customers. With the additional funding, the company will continue building one of the world's largest autonomous mobile robotics teams, with expert knowledge in engineering and customer support, to ensure that customers and partners continue to benefit from advanced robotics solutions and customer care while ANYbotics continues to scale.

About ANYbotics

ANYbotics, a global leader in AI-driven robotinspection solutions, tackles critical industry challenges in safety,efficiency, and sustainability. Designed for the toughest industrialenvironments, ANYbotics' ANYmal robots excel in autonomous operations, advancedmobility, and real-time data collection, making them ideal for tasks such asroutine inspections, remote operations, or predictive maintenance. Trusted byhundreds of industry leaders in energy, power, metals, mining, and chemicalsworldwide, ANYbotics aims to augment industrial workforces with autonomousrobots, addressing labor shortages and keeping workers out of harm's way.Supported by over CHF 130M in funding from leading European and Silicon Valleyinvestors and a 200-expert team, ANYbotics has been shaping the future ofindustrial automation since 2009 with offices in  Zurich and San Francisco. To learn more abouthow you can use ANYmal to transform your industrial operations, visit ourwebsite at anybotics.com.