The World’s Only International Robot Fighting Sport Secures a Major Sponsorship Deal
A new era for BattleBots includes a return to the screen, creature combat, & AI innovation
[LAS VEGAS, Friday February 6th, 2026]
BattleBots, the world’s most popular robot combat brand, today (6th February) announced a groundbreaking collaboration with Bright Data, the leading public web data infrastructure company for Artificial Intelligence & Business Intelligence, that will include a new robot fighting league and a return to the screen for the sport. The deal will secure the long-term future of the BattleBots brand for its passionate global fan base and enable it to expand with a series of exciting new initiatives, including new AI-controlled robots and a ‘creature combat’ competition featuring robots with limbs and animal characteristics.
This collaboration with Bright Data helps us move to the next generation of bot fighting. We have millions of passionate fans across the world, and they are all eagerly waiting for the next big step in the sport.
Edward Roski, BattleBots founder and CEO
Meanwhile BattleBots has extended its Las Vegas residency BattleBots: Destruct-A-Thon for a further three years until the end of December 2028. The show, which launched in February 2023 and recently passed its 600th performance, with up to 6 performances a week throughout the year, features some of the most famous robots from the broadcast television series and is also used as a test bed for new bots trying to break into the sport. Bright Data branding will appear both within the series, and also inside the BattleBots arena in Las Vegas, and the show will be rebranded BattleBots: Destruct-A-Thon Powered by Bright Data.
We’re also creating Creature Combat, an exciting new concept where some of the greatest minds in the world of robotics are already designing amazing and fantastic creatures with arms and legs.
Greg Munson, BattleBots co-creator
Following a successful trial event in 2025, BattleBots is accepting entries for a new Creature Combat competition to be held across Halloween weekend in 2026.
Already some of the greatest minds in robotics are designing inspirational creatures that combine awe-inspiring performance and agility. Designers include the great robot designers Mark Setrakian and Donald Hutson. We’re hoping it will develop into an annual event with competitors from all over the world.
Edward Roski
BattleBots is not only about explosive bot destruction, but also about ingenuity and invention. It’s a gateway that makes technology feel accessible and exciting, delivering the ultimate entertainment experience.
We are excited to be at the forefront of the future of AI and BattleBots, as the two converge, making this partnership a great match. The ingenuity and competition make tech’s leading sport irresistible, and we are helping to lead it into a new era of innovation that captures its nostalgia and inspires our next generation of AI engineers.
Or Lenchner, Bright Data CEO
About Bright Data
Bright Data is the leading web data infrastructure company, trusted by over 20,000 organizations to ethically access and collect public web data at scale.
Supporting the entire AI lifecycle, Bright Data’s platform delivers LLM-ready, compliant data packages, and unlocks efficient, large-scale video and media extraction for multimodal training. For inference, Bright Data powers advanced web search and extraction, while enabling AI agents to autonomously navigate and interact with websites through our unstoppable remote browser infrastructure.
With built-in governance, flexible delivery, and alignment to global compliance standards, it supports secure, efficient, and auditable operations.