Swiss robotics developer ANYbotics raises over €127 million for its four-legged workforce
Zurich-based ANYbotics announced today that they have raised a total funding of over €127 million to support their continued global expansion and help to bring the new ANYmal X model to market – due in part to a recent investment by Climate Investment (CI).
With this investment, CI joins investors Aramco Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, NGP Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Supernova Invest, Swisscom Ventures, TDK Ventures, and Walden Catalyst Ventures.
“We are thrilled to welcome CI to our investor group,” said Dr Péter Fankhauser, Co-founder and CEO of ANYbotics. “CI’s deep sector expertise and strong network of industrial partners will be invaluable as we scale our operations and continue to deliver autonomous robotics inspection solutions to customers worldwide.”
Founded in 2016, ANYbotics is innovating AI-driven robot inspection solutions, tackling critical industry challenges in safety, efficiency, and sustainability.
ANYbotics’ ANYmal robots reportedly excel in autonomous operations, advanced mobility, and real-time data collection, making them ideal for tasks such as routine inspections, remote operations, or predictive maintenance.
ANYmal provides early warnings of asset degradation and potential failures by autonomously identifying issues like equipment overheating, abnormal vibrations, and fugitive gas emissions, often in areas that are hazardous or remote for human inspectors. Its AI-powered software stack enables fully autonomous navigation, collision avoidance, and stair climbing, making it deployable in complex and remote industrial sites.
With over 200 units of its first product ANYmal shipped, the fleet reportedly performs thousands of inspections weekly across the oil and gas, mining, power, utilities, and metals industries.
The company is now gearing up to start customer deliveries of ANYmal X, the world’s first Ex-certified legged robot, purpose-built for hazardous and explosive environments. With CI’s investment and deployment support, ANYmal X will be brought to market in 2026 to enable safe, continuous inspection in explosive zones, directly addressing critical operational challenges.
This follows a period of notable growth for the company, with a €57 million funding round announced in December 2024 and €46 million in May 2023 – both reported by EU-Startups.
“ANYbotics’ technology has the potential to significantly enhance industrial inspection” said Felicity O’Kelly, Investment Director at CI. “By bringing cutting-edge robotics technology into the industrial sector, ANYmal is helping operators meet emissions goals while improving operational resilience, particularly in the oil and gas sector where safety is paramount. This investment aligns perfectly with CI’s mission to accelerate decarbonization in hard-to-abate sectors.”
ANYbotics is already deployed with multiple CI Limited Partners including bp, Equinor, ENI, and Petrobras, as well as additional customers and partners SLB, Siemens Energy, Siemens AG, GE Vernova, Novelis, Outokumpu, AWS, SAP, Yokogawa, and NVIDIA.
One notable deployment is at the Northern Lights Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) facility in Norway, a joint venture between Equinor, TotalEnergies, and Shell.
Working autonomously at the normally uncrewed facility, the ANYmal robot is monitoring CO2 concentration levels in addition to performing frequent inspections. The robot is able to provide automatic analysis and anomaly reporting to operators, dramatically improving safety, uptime, and asset integrity.
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