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MicroAGI says it hit $100M ARR six months after Shift

Animesh Garg amplified the figure and put the company's target at a million robots in the real world.

MicroAGI went from zero to $100M in annual recurring revenue in the six months since launching Shift, according to the company's own Bercan Kilic. He posted the number alongside a second claim, that MicroAGI hosted Europe's first Physical AI summit, which he framed as a way to accelerate distribution of robots.

Animesh Garg amplified it and added the target the company is aiming at.

What is actually in the post

Not much beyond the headline figure. There are no unit counts, no named customers, no deployment sites and no breakdown of what Shift sells or who is paying for it. The revenue number is self-reported and nothing outside the company confirms it. ARR, for anyone who has not had to care about it, is annual recurring revenue, the yearly run rate implied by current subscription or contract income rather than cash already collected. Companies have a lot of freedom in how they count it, which is exactly why an unaudited figure from a six month old product deserves a pause.

Garg's post lists what he thinks decides who wins in physical AI, naming compounding data loops, top-tier talent, compute scale and execution velocity, and says MicroAGI has all four. He also opened his DMs to researchers and engineers, which puts the post somewhere between a victory lap and a recruiting pitch. The mission he states is a million robots in the real world.

Why people are paying attention

MicroAGI has been in the conversation recently for its bet on post-training as the thing that makes robot models useful, which surfaced in the earlier round of European robotics news. A claimed $100M run rate inside six months would be one of the faster ramps anyone in this field has put a number on.

Shown versus claimed matters here more than usual. What was shown is two posts. What was claimed is a revenue figure and a summit, both from inside the company, with no robot count attached to either.

Bercan
@bercankilic
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We went from 0 to $100M ARR in just 6 months after launching shift.
Oct 9, 2026 · View on X
Animesh Garg
@animesh_garg
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The mission is clear: 1 million robots in the real world.
Oct 9, 2026 · View on X

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