Bringing Jobs Back To The US Via … Robots? Standard Bots Raises $200 Million
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- Consumer Tech Bringing Jobs Back To The US Via … Robots?
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- “We’ve gone from 20 million manufacturing workers in 1979 to only 13 million today,” the company said in a press release announcing the new funding. “Manufacturers become more competitive when they put robots to work.
Consumer Tech Bringing Jobs Back To The US Via … Robots? Standard Bots Raises $200 Million By John Koetsier,
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Journalist, analyst, author, podcaster.Follow Author Jun 10, 2026, 01:35am EDTStandard Bots announced a $200 million Series C at a $1 billion valuation. The company says it is the largest manufacturer of AI-native industrial robots in the United States.Standard Bots Robots are the bad guys when it comes to jobs, right? But Standard Bots, which today announced a $200 million Series C at a $1 billion valuation, says robots will make American manufacturers more competitive, and that will unlock more jobs.
“We’ve gone from 20 million manufacturing workers in 1979 to only 13 million today,” the company said in a press release announcing the new funding. “Manufacturers become more competitive when they put robots to work. And competitiveness is the key that unlocks company growth, job growth, and wage growth.”