Insider Brief
- Climate Investment invested in ANYbotics, lifting the Zurich-based robotics firm’s total funding above $150 million to scale autonomous inspection that reduces emissions and safety risks.
- ANYbotics’ four-legged ANYmal robots—over 200 shipped—conduct thousands of weekly inspections across energy and industrial sites, autonomously navigating complex facilities to detect overheating, abnormal vibration and fugitive emissions.
- Backed by CI’s industrial LP network, ANYbotics plans 2026 deliveries of ANYmal X, an Ex-certified legged robot for explosive zones, as deployments expand with operators such as Equinor, ENI, Petrobras and at Norway’s Northern Lights CCS project.
Climate Investment (CI) announced its investment in ANYbotics, betting that legged robots can cut emissions and safety risks at heavy‑industry sites while speeding routine inspections. The investment follows ANYbotics’ recent round and lifts the Zurich‑based company’s total funding to more than $150 million, according to Climate Investment and the company.
ANYbotics makes four‑legged robots that roam refineries, chemical plants, power stations and mines to spot problems before they trigger failures or leaks. The flagship system, ANYmal, uses onboard AI to navigate complex layouts, avoid collisions and climb stairs—allowing fully autonomous patrols in areas that are remote or hazardous for people, the ANYbotics noted.. Customers use the robots to flag overheating equipment, abnormal vibrations and fugitive gas emissions. The company said it has shipped more than 200 units, with the fleet conducting thousands of inspections each week across oil and gas, power and utilities, metals and mining, and other sectors.
CI framed the deal as part of its mandate to drive industrial decarbonization. The investor said ANYbotics’ technology can help operators meet emissions targets while improving resilience and keeping workers out of harm’s way—goals that align with CI’s focus on hard‑to‑abate industries. CI added that its network of limited partners in energy and heavy industry provides a ready path to deployment.
ANYbotics’ next product, ANYmal X, is designed for continuous inspection in explosive or otherwise hazardous zones. The company describes it as the world’s first Ex‑certified legged robot—a designation for equipment approved for use in atmospheres with flammable gases, vapors or dust. With CI’s capital and deployment support, ANYbotics plans first customer deliveries in 2026, the companies said.
The robots are already in the field with several CI limited partners—including Equinor, ENI and Petrobras—and with industrial customers and partners such as SLB, Siemens Energy, Siemens AG, GE Vernova, Novelis, Outokumpu, AWS, SAP, Yokogawa and NVIDIA, according to ANYbotics. At the Northern Lights carbon‑capture and storage project in Norway, a joint venture of Equinor, TotalEnergies and Shell, an ANYmal patrols a normally uncrewed site, monitors CO₂ concentrations and reports anomalies to operators—actions that the companies say improve safety, uptime and asset integrity.
CI said the investment will support ANYbotics’ global expansion and the commercialization of ANYmal X. ANYbotics said the new backing complements funding from investors including Aramco Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, NGP Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Supernova Invest, Swisscom Ventures, TDK Ventures and Walden Catalyst Ventures.
Founded in 2017, Climate Investment is an independently managed specialist investor focused on decarbonizing industry through venture and growth capital. The firm said its portfolio has delivered a cumulative 133 million metric tons of CO₂‑equivalent reductions from 2019 to 2024. CI was founded by member companies of the Oil & Gas Climate Initiative, whose participation has helped deploy portfolio technologies in the field, the firm said.
