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Afternoon Brief · November 1st 2026

Agility Robotics heads into Monday's SPAC vote with $465 million, after most of the trust was redeemed

Shareholders of Churchill Capital Corp XI vote on Monday on the merger that would list Agility Robotics, maker of the Digit warehouse humanoid, on Nasdaq as AGLT from Thursday. Churchill's filing of October 30th puts the gross capital at about $465 million: $164 million left in the SPAC's trust after redemptions, $201 million from a share sale to private investors (a PIPE) at $10 a share led by Foxconn, and $100 million Agility already received after the deal was announced. Earlier materials counted on about $424 million in the trust if nobody redeemed, so roughly three-fifths of it walked.

The deal values Agility at about $2.5 billion before the new money, and closing is expected Wednesday. It would be the only US-listed company whose whole business is humanoid robots, arriving in the week Musk told a follower Tesla will not take Optimus orders in December. SourcesA

Where Agility's $465 million comes from
PIPE led by Foxconn$201MSPAC trust after redemptions$164MEquity already received$100M
Churchill Capital Corp XI filing, October 30th 2026. The trust held about $424 million before redemptions.

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This story ran in the Afternoon Brief of November 1st 2026.