UPDATE 1-Agility Robotics to go public in $2.5 billion SPAC deal, WSJ reports
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Adds further details from the WSJ report
June 24 (Reuters) - Agility Robotics will go public via a merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI CCXI.O, valuing the startup at about $2.5 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing the company's executives.
Here are some details from the report:
The companies expect gross proceeds of more than $600 million from the deal, including $420 million cash from Churchill XI and over $200 million via a common-stock private investment in public equity, led by Taiwan-based Foxconn
The public company will list under the ticker symbol AGLT
The Oregon-based company makes commercially deployable humanoid robots called Digit, as per its website
Agility has already secured orders for a new version of Digit that it is developing, which should have finer dexterity to move smaller objects and incorporate higher safety standards
Reuters could not immediately verify the report
Agility Robotics and Churchill Capital Corp XI did not immediately respond to requests for comment outside business hours
