Humanoid Global Pioneering the Next Frontier of the Humanoid Robotics Industry
October 20, 2025
By Krystie Johnston
Humanoid Global is a publicly listed investment issuer focused on humanoid robotics and embodied artificial intelligence (AI). They are making strategic investments around the world, thereby democratizing access for the broader investment community to a market that is not readily available or accessible to most people. And they are strategically investing in the entire value chain of the humanoid industry, including manufacturers, software, and hardware, building a market proxy for this multi-trillion-dollar industry. Shahab Samimi, CEO of Humanoid Global, recognizes the potential of this market, and joined the team to lead them forward.
Enterprise robotics: the next wave to watch
Samimi is an experienced investor and technologist with an impressive history of leading early-stage, high-growth ventures. He has watched the evolution of technology – particularly robotics and artificial intelligence – and sees the opportunities on the horizon that they present. “AI models are being embedded into actual humanoid robots to address labour shortages and create efficiencies in other sectors in the industry. This is one of the reasons I was excited [about Humanoid Global], because I saw them at the forefront of the next wave that is coming and the next opportunity.”
Robotics and artificial intelligence have matured to a point where, when combined, they have become enterprise robotics with the potential to solve a myriad of challenges. “We have a significant labour shortage in the global economy. There are a lot of limitations. There are a lot of physical tasks that are labour-dependent,” Samimi says.
“And the solution is not just hardware anymore. It is software embedded into machines. That is where I see the future going. We have core intelligence and operating systems, and next-generation autonomous systems and vehicles. There are a lot of different data platforms and synthetic tools. And training and validation are happening within the market as well.”
The time is now for Samimi and his team at Humanoid Robotics to harness these elements into a cohesive solution. And they are moving quickly to assemble partners across related industries, from hardware to software. The best of the best. “We want to invest in strong partners and strong technologies that are up and coming. We have made investments in humanoid robotics, and integrators in the sense of a complete robotic system. We have invested in what we call ‘the brain’ of a robot, which includes software and modules,” he says. “And we are looking to get more exposure in a nascent industry that is growing rapidly. We are seeing significant value being generated with our investments.”
Investments build the bedrock of the emerging industry
Since the summer, Humanoid Global has invested in Cartwheel Robotics, a company that develops and builds advanced robotics products and provides engineering services to businesses looking to solve complex problems. They invested in RideScan, an AI platform focused on proactively addressing reliability, safety, and efficiency to optimize the performance of autonomous robots. They made a strategic investment in Agility Robotics via a single-asset special purpose vehicle , one of the first companies to deploy a commercial fleet.
In just a few months, Humanoid Global has invested in companies and teams with some of the most sophisticated and disruptive robotics platforms in the world. “Our vision is to be an early investor in this rapidly growing sector of technology. Technology moves so fast, so we capitalize on a lot of these relationships that we have. We are seeing a lot of venture funds change their mandate and start focusing on this sector too. Whether that is the actual humanoid robot or a task-specific industrial arm, or wheeled robots – all of these are designed to operate in environments already built for people,” Samimi says.
Humanoid Global, although new, has hit the ground running. They can see the potential for the humanoid robotics industry; despite its infancy, it is growing rapidly and gaining traction. “We have seen the general-purpose robot be the holy grail, allowing labour to be manufactured and sold at an enormous scale. We are seeing a lot of mass commercialization and intelligent humanoid robots,” he adds. “There are still challenges, of course, but costs are coming down, and the technology is being developed and scaled rapidly. I think, in the next five years, we will be in a much different place.”
What is the horizon for Humanoid Global?
Humanoid robotics will be a game-changer for essentially any application that humans are doing today. By integrating AI into robots with human form, they will be able to perform complex tasks across factories, warehouses, construction sites – essentially wherever humans offer adaptability. And thanks to physical and embodied AI, they will be able to adapt to their environment without the need for human intervention. Today, they are building the foundation of partners and expertise that will form the bedrock of the humanoid robotics industry while ensuring these systems are safe, reliable, and commercially scalable.
So, what is next for Humanoid Global? “The next stage for us is building core intelligence and operating systems that enable next-generation autonomous systems, supported by robust data platforms, synthetic tools, and digital twins for training and validation,” Samimi says.
“While task-specific robots have already proven their value, the future lies in developing general-purpose humanoid robots capable of operating in human-designed environments. This is one of the hardest technical challenges in the world, requiring advances across hardware, sensors, actuators, and vision-language-action foundation models that can generalize across robot platforms.”
Samimi says that once these challenges are solved, humanoid robots can address the historic labour shortfall, unlocking newproductivity gains across the global economy. “Humanoid Global believes that the next major leap in automation will not come from software alone, but from software embedded in machines. By combining breakthroughs in AI, robotics, and embodied intelligence, we are working toward a world where labour can be manufactured, distributed, and scaled to meet the structural imbalance between tasks that need doing and the shrinking human workforce.”
“We want people to know that while we are deeply aware of the challenges – hardware limitations, data scarcity, safety, and public acceptance – we are equally committed to building responsibly, with an eye for regulator alignment and societal impact,” Samimi adds. “At its core, our mission is to create intelligent, physical AI systems that augment human potential, rather than replace it, and to do so in a way that builds trust, reliability, and long-term value.”
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