Billionaire family offices are aggressively investing in AI robotics firms despite AI bubble fears, with Bernard Arnault's office backing a London-based robot maker.
Standard Robots (Wuxi) has filed for its third Hong Kong IPO, aiming to raise capital as customer retention issues and a sharp decline in production capacity over the past three years pressure its operations.
PokeBot, a Beijing-based embodied intelligence startup founded by Tsinghua professor Xu Huazhe, announced a nine-figure Pre-A round led by Shunwei Capital and GGV Capital, with Xiaomi and other investors following. The company, which focuses on household manipulation tasks, has reached unicorn candidate status within five months of inception.
PokeBot, a general embodied intelligence startup founded by Tsinghua professor Xu Huazhe, announced a billion-dollar Pre-A round co-led by Shunwei Capital and Matrix Partners. The company focuses on home scenarios and uses a world model approach to train robots for household tasks.
Fullhan Micro's Q2 2026 results show revenue up 103-118% and net profit soaring over 10x, driven by memory price hikes and AI-ISP chip adoption. The company's AI-ISP chips are gaining traction in robotics, signaling a new growth curve beyond surveillance.
In July 2026, humanoid robotics and embodied AI saw 18 funding events, making it the most capital-concentrated sector. Investment shifted from pure hardware to AI brains, application-specific robots, and core components.
HEBI Robotics has received a NASA SBIR Phase I contract to develop miniaturized high-torque actuators for small satellites and harsh environments. The company aims to provide affordable, rugged modular actuation hardware for space and terrestrial applications.
Theker has raised $85 million in new funding. The company aims to build factory robots that can be reconfigured for various tasks, unlike traditional humanoid robots fixed in form.