Six-Month-Old Embodied AI Chip Startup Raises RMB 500M Angel Round

The unnamed startup, established about six months ago, has closed a RMB 500 million angel financing round. UBTech, a listed humanoid robotics company, and GPU designer MetaX will hold equal equity stakes in the venture, according to Leaderobot. The company is focused on chips tailored to embodied intelligence, aiming to combine robotics demand with semiconductor design for perception, planning and control workloads. The angel round is unusually large for a company at such an early stage, underscoring investor interest in specialized silicon for robots and edge AI. The fresh capital is expected to support chip R&D, team building and early customer validation, though the company has not disclosed a product timeline or manufacturing partner. The deal highlights growing convergence between China’s robotics and semiconductor sectors as embodied AI moves from prototypes toward commercialization.