Defense

Boeing, Lockheed and Northrop had decades of head start. A 9-year-old startup took their fighter-jet work anyway.

Anduril Short: $61B valuation, Fury CCA, Roadrunner-M, Ghost Shark — how a 9-year-old startup took fighter-jet work from the primes.

Footage: Anduril Industries (editorial use)

~$61B valuation (2026) · founded 2017
Fury (YFQ-44A): CCA Increment 1 with General Atomics over the primes (Apr 2024); production ordered Jun 2026; 150+ CCAs targeted by 2030
Roadrunner-M: 500+ units · ~$250M DoD contract (Oct 2024)
Ghost Shark / Dive-XL: $1.1B programme · in service Apr 2026 (Royal Australian Navy)
Thunder (with Archer): pilotless attack tiltrotor · first flight planned 2027

Full editorial: Palmer Luckey — from Oculus to Anduril.

behindrobotics data card: Sensofusion Nasdaq Helsinki IPO — gross proceeds, revenue, operating profit, headcount

Counter-drone maker Sensofusion lists in Helsinki after ~$300M IPO

Sensofusion (SENSO) began Nasdaq Helsinki main-market trading on 13 Oct 2026 after raising ~EUR 259M (~$300M) at EUR 16.41. Company/unaudited: EUR 49.4M (~$57M) revenue, EUR 30.1M (~$35M) operating profit, 111 employees.

behindrobotics funding infographic: $18.8B raised by late June 2026 vs $15B in 2025, PitchBook Q1/Q2 totals, biggest 2026 rounds led by Anduril's $5B, and who's investing

Robotics raised more by June than in all of 2025. Fewer deals, bigger checks.

VCs, YC, SoftBank, Lockheed, endowments and pensions are still funding robots, drones and physical AI in 2026. The money is concentrating in fewer winners across the US, Europe and China.

HMND 01 humanoid robot close-up — behindrobotics Short

Artem Sokolov sold jewellery for a living. Then he built Europe's first humanoid-robot unicorn.

Europe's first pure-play humanoid unicorn: $1.35B valuation, $152M Series A, Siemens Erlangen pilot, Schaeffler 1,000+ robot deal. Short + sourced profile.

behindrobotics data card: Yinghe Robotics bankruptcy key numbers — raised, peak valuation, 2025 revenue vs loss, court case

ByteDance and Meituan backed it. Yinghe Robotics is now in bankruptcy.

Shenzhen Intermediate Court accepted Yinghe's bankruptcy case （2026）粤03破454号 in late Aug 2026; first creditors' meeting is Oct 19. The firm raised >RMB 600M (~$85M est.) and once hit a reported ~$500M valuation — then posted RMB 4.33M revenue and ~RMB 67M net loss for 2025 (reported).

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Counter-drone maker Sensofusion lists in Helsinki after ~$300M IPO

Robotics raised more by June than in all of 2025. Fewer deals, bigger checks.

Artem Sokolov sold jewellery for a living. Then he built Europe's first humanoid-robot unicorn.

ByteDance and Meituan backed it. Yinghe Robotics is now in bankruptcy.