Chinese embodied AI startup Kinetix AI has raised over RMB 500 million in an angel+ round. It will use the funds to accelerate its data-model-body loop and commercialize highly humanoid robots.
West Lake Robotics Technology (Hangzhou) has raised several hundred million yuan in a Series A1 round from Haiyuan Capital, Cuiwei Fund, Ginkgo Valley Capital, Xihu Kechuang Investment, and Zhongshan Venture Capital. Founded in 2021, the embodied AI company aims to advance general robot intelligence by integrating reinforcement learning with large models.
Westlake Robotics, a Hangzhou-based general brain company, has completed an A1 financing round worth hundreds of millions of yuan. The funds will be used to develop its embodied AI foundation model WR1 and expand commercialization.
Maven Robotics raised a $100 million Series A for wheeled warehouse robots, with eight units working 16 hours a day at more than 99% uptime. While humanoid firms chase bipedal generalists, Maven bets on ROI-first specialized automation, using scale to gain data and later move into assembly.
Huayan Robotics (1021.HK) surged against the market trend today, jumping nearly 80% intraday to HK$17, hitting a new high since early July, with trading volume expanding to HK$350 million.
West Lake Robotics has completed its A1 funding round with investors including Haiyuan Capital and Cuiwei Fund. The funds will support the development of its general embodied AI model WR1 and commercialization of embodied intelligence.
Maven Robotics has launched with a $100 million Series A, betting on wheeled bases with dual arms instead of humanoid robots for warehouse palletizing. The company has achieved over 99% uptime in customer warehouses and plans to accumulate 1 million hours of autonomous operation data by 2027.
Swarmer Inc. has agreed to acquire Ukrainian uncrewed ground vehicle maker Ratel Robotics in a cash-and-stock deal worth up to $224 million if earnout milestones are met. The deal would add more than 300 Ratel employees to Swarmer and combine battle-tested UGVs with Swarmer's swarm-control autonomy software.
Huashi Technology (301218.SZ) stated on an investor platform that it is involved in robot-related business, mainly through an investment in Hangzhou Yuchuang Robotics Technology Co., Ltd.
China's primary market is pouring roughly 90% of hard-tech capital into the same handful of themes — AI, robotics, world models, fusion and commercial space — pushing valuations up within weeks. Secondary markets are far less convinced, as Unitree's post-IPO slide and Mech-Mind's flat debut show, while regulators warn against herd behavior.
PHYMI, an embodied AI startup founded by former DeepRoute.ai executive Liu Nianqiu, has raised nearly US$100 million in seed funding led by IDG Capital. The company is developing 'Physical Agents' that can understand goals, manipulate objects, and complete tasks in open, dynamic environments.