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Humanoid robot maker Agility begins trading in US after SPAC merger
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Humanoid robot maker Agility began public trading on Thursday after completing a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company, Semafor and MarketWatch report. Business Insider, citing the company's merger filings, reports that Agility had $1.8 million in revenue last year and a $138.1 million net loss. Semafor reports that the merger valued the company at about $2.5 billion. The company says it has $300 million in orders for its newest robot, all from one undisclosed customer. Agility is among US makers seeking to automate factories and compete with China, where Unitree listed in Shanghai in August and has since seen its value fall.
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Agility began trading on Thursday after a SPAC merger, making it a publicly traded humanoid robotics firm.
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- Left
- Business Insider
- Center
- Semafor, MarketWatch
Business Insider reports, citing merger filings, that Agility had $1.8 million in revenue last year and a $138.1 million net loss.
One outletBusiness Insider· Left
The merger valued Agility at about $2.5 billion.
One outletSemafor· Center
The company says it has $300 million in orders for its newest robot, all from one undisclosed customer.
One outletSemafor· Center
China's Unitree listed in Shanghai in August and its value has since fallen.
One outletSemafor· Center
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All three outlets report that Agility, a humanoid robot maker, has listed on US markets through a SPAC merger. Center outlets stress investor doubts about demand and steep losses, while the left-side outlet stresses the filings' figures and the industry's distance from profit.
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1 outlet
Business Insider, the only left-side outlet in the input, frames the listing as a Wall Street first and leads its text with the industry's distance from profit.
Agility Robotics is taking humanoid robots public in a first for Wall Street
Business InsiderLeftAll left-leaning headlines the center
2 outlets
Center outlets present the listing as a market wager and investor risk, with MarketWatch leading on steep losses and red flags for investors.
Robot maker Agility starts trading today — but its steep losses are raising red flags
MarketWatchCenterAll center headlines the right
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From the left
1 outletLeads with
- first humanoid company listed in the US
- heavy losses in merger filings
- industry has far to go before profit
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- Business InsiderLeft
Agility Robotics is taking humanoid robots public in a first for Wall Street
The Oregon startup, whose humanoid robots carry heavy materials in factories and warehouses, is expected to begin trading on Nasdaq on Thursday.
From the center
2 outletsLeads with
- investor doubts about demand
- steep losses
- competition with China
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- SemaforCenter
Humanoid robotics firm Agility goes public in US robot bet
It’s a bet on a market that doesn’t exist yet.
- MarketWatchCenter
Robot maker Agility starts trading today — but its steep losses are raising red flags
Agility is going public via a SPAC merger that one executive says will give it a “first-mover advantage.”
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0 outletsNo right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.
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First to report
Business Insider, Nov 4, 8:12 PM EST
Center
11 hr 31 min later
Its first report, Nov 5, 7:43 AM EST
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- Business InsiderLeftNov 4, 8:12 PM EST
- MarketWatchCenterNov 5, 7:43 AM EST
- SemaforCenterNov 6, 12:32 PM EST
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