Jiateng Robot, a leading supplier of industrial embodied intelligent mobile chassis, has completed a strategic funding round of tens of millions of yuan. Led by listed company Hertan, the investment will accelerate product development and market expansion in the embodied AI sector.
Stanley Robotics faces controversy over its equity incentive plan, which has led to a surge in executive compensation, while the company lags behind industry leader Unitree in commercialization.
Jiateng Robotics has completed a strategic funding round worth tens of millions of yuan, led by listed company Hitek (002402.SZ), with participation from Daohu Fund and Jinmu Capital. The funds will support the company's expansion in logistics robotics.
Jiateng Robotics, a core supplier of industrial embodied intelligent mobile chassis, has completed a strategic funding round of tens of millions of yuan, led by H&T with participation from Daohe Fund and Jinmu Capital.
Gravis Robotics raised $200M in Series A funding led by SoftBank, the largest in construction robotics. The Zurich-based company retrofits excavators with autonomous kits to improve productivity and safety.
Silin Zhiqu announced plans to raise up to 1.8 billion yuan via private placement to fund a smart manufacturing base for auto and robot components, plus working capital.
MIFeng Technology, a one-stop physical AI data service provider, has raised hundreds of millions of yuan in a new funding round led by China Telecom. The capital will be used to build embodied intelligence data infrastructure and expand its MEgo series production.
Faraday Future founder Jia Yueting announced that FF Robotics has entered a phase of rapid revenue growth and is exploring independent financing and a potential IPO.
China's embodied AI raised RMB 96B in a year. Now the test is spending: Unitree profits on tiny R&D while UBTECH lost RMB 4.2B. Who spends well?
Unitree Technology's listing has become a valuation anchor, prompting a wave of Chinese robot companies to pursue IPOs. Five robotics firms have already gone public in Hong Kong since 2026.
Recent launches of new 'Chuang' series indices, including ChiNext photovoltaic, smart driving, and robotics indices, have spurred fund firms to rapidly file over 30 related products in H2, expanding tools for new quality productive forces.
Zhiyang Innovation announced plans to raise up to 904 million yuan via a private placement to fund embodied intelligence and other projects. The issuance targets no more than 35 investors, with pricing at least 80% of the average stock price over the prior 20 trading days.
Agility Robotics and Serve Robotics both chose non-traditional routes to public markets, using SPAC mergers and reverse mergers instead of traditional IPOs. These paths offer flexibility and strategic backing but come with unique risks, making them increasingly viable for robotics companies.
China's embodied AI sector raised over 93.5 billion yuan in H1 2026, up five-fold year-on-year, as robots accelerate into factories, per CCTV Finance.
Light Origins, founded by a ChatGPT core contributor, has raised tens of millions of yuan in a Pre-A round led by Guoke Investment to advance embodied AGI technologies.
Linghou Robotics has completed a Series C financing round exceeding 100 million yuan, led by Cinda Capital, with participation from several industry funds and existing investors.
Westlake Robotics, founded by a Westlake University professor, completed a Series A round of over 100 million RMB, bringing total funding to 500 million RMB in four rounds within six months. The funds will accelerate development of a unified large model for humanoid robots.
As the World Robot Conference approaches, robotics stocks rebound, with institutions recommending August-October as the prime trading window. The CSI Robot Index is up 6.95% in August, and robotics ETFs see net inflows.
NOUSBOT, a precision transmission component supplier, has secured nearly 100 million yuan in Series A+ funding, led by Shunwei Capital. The investment will fuel capacity expansion for micro planetary roller screws, product upgrades, and overseas market growth.
Tencent announced significant increases in AI compute procurement, while Westlake Robotics, a general-purpose embodied intelligence company, completed Series A funding.
Unitree's RMB 60.99B IPO at 219x P/E gives China's embodied AI its first public valuation benchmark. What the price demands, and who it measures.
Westlake Robotics has closed its Series A round, completing four funding rounds within six months. Investors are betting on its advanced technology and commercialization potential in the competitive robotics sector.
Westlake Robotics, an embodied intelligence startup, has closed a Series A round exceeding 100 million yuan, led by Haiyuan Capital. The funding will support quadruped robot iteration, AGI behavior model development, and team expansion.
West Lake Robotics has completed its Series A funding round, led by Haiyuan Fund, raising over 100 million yuan to advance humanoid robot AI models and systems.
Westlake Robotics, an embodied intelligence startup from Westlake University, has raised 500 million yuan (about 70 million USD) in Series A funding within six months. The funds will be used to develop a unified large model for humanoid robots and build a talent hub.
Westlake Robotics, a developer of universal brains for embodied intelligence, has closed a new funding round led by Haiyuan Fund, bringing its total raised in the past six months to 500 million RMB across four rounds.
Brokerages are increasingly taking direct stakes in hard-tech IPOs like Unitree's, leveraging an integrated investment-banking model. This synergy is becoming a major earnings engine for securities firms.
Ant Group leads a multi-hundred-million-yuan funding round in Daimeng Robotics, marking its first investment in tactile sensing for robots. The move highlights a growing trend of capital flowing into embodied AI and tactile sensor startups.
Qiangrui Technology announced a proposed private placement to raise up to 1.05 billion yuan, earmarked for AI server precision liquid cooling components, server automation assembly and testing equipment, high-end semiconductor equipment precision parts, and headquarters construction.
Daimeng Robotics, a Shenzhen-based embodied intelligence startup, announced a multi-hundred-million-yuan funding round led by Ant Group, marking Ant's first investment in the tactile sensing sector. The company originated from a Hong Kong University of Science and Technology research team and began operations in 2023.
Daimon Robotics announced on August 11 that it secured hundreds of millions in new funding led by Ant Group, with existing shareholders increasing their stakes. The capital will accelerate its expansion from tactile sensors to data infrastructure and model deployment.
Ant Group has led a multi-million yuan funding round in embodied AI startup Damon Robot, marking its latest move in the robotics sector. The company has previously invested in several other robot firms.
DaiMeng Robot has secured hundreds of millions of yuan in funding led by Ant Group, with existing shareholders increasing their stakes. The company is expanding from tactile sensors to data infrastructure and AI model deployment.
DaMeng Robotics, a robotics startup incubated at HKUST, has secured hundreds of millions in funding in a round led by Ant Group, with existing investors also participating. The company focuses on advanced robotics solutions and has received backing from major industrial investors.
Lingoh Robotics, a Suzhou-based industrial robot maker, announced completion of its Series C funding round exceeding 100 million RMB, led by Chendao Capital, CATL's industrial investment platform.
West Lake Robotics, an embodied intelligence general brain company, announced the completion of its Series A round, less than a month after the previous close. The company raised a total of 500 million yuan across four rounds in six months, with investments from Sequoia, Xiaomiao Langcheng, and Henan Investment Group.
Acorn Robotics has completed its angel round financing, co-led by China Merchants Group Ventures and NIO Capital, with Tsinghua Alumni Seed Fund participating. This follows a seed round of nearly 100 million yuan in March, bringing total funding to several hundred million yuan within four months.
Kaiwang Data, a full-chain AI data infrastructure company, has secured over 100 million yuan in strategic funding, with leading embodied AI firms such as Self-Model and Zhiyuan as first-time strategic investors. This move highlights the growing scarcity of high-quality physical-world training data as a bottleneck for the industry.
Avatar Robotics, a San Francisco startup, raised $6.5 million in seed funding led by AlleyCorp to deploy semi-humanoid robots in industrial settings. The company uses a human-in-the-loop teleoperation model to address labor shortages and gather data for future autonomy.
Funding for home robots is heating up, with companies demonstrating fine household skills like cooking mapo tofu and folding clothes to attract investors.
LumiBot, a dexterous manipulation startup, secured tens of millions in angel funding led by Changyou Technology, marking the first investment from Changyou's robot fund. The company's focus on thermal management for dexterous hands aims to solve the reliability issues that hinder industrial adoption.
On August 7, A-shares rallied broadly with the ChiNext up 2.19%. The Guotai Robot ETF (159551) rose 0.91% and saw net inflows for the fourth straight day.
Ommo Technologies, a spatial intelligence company, has raised tens of millions of dollars in a Series A funding round to advance its permanent-magnet positioning system. The technology enables robots to track their own 6DoF position even in occluded or confined spaces, with sub-millimeter accuracy, and is initially applied in medical navigation and embodied AI.
Shoucheng Holdings has established a 3.5 billion yuan fund focused on physical AI, targeting robotics and embodied intelligence. This follows the IPO approval of its portfolio company Unitree Robotics, reinforcing Shoucheng's strategic push into the hard-tech sector.
Dianshi Tech, a robotics-related company, has announced that its capital increase project is currently listed on a property exchange to solicit investors. The company will disclose further progress as required by regulations.
Former DJI executive's startup Strutt has completed a Pre-A+ round, raising nearly $100 million cumulatively. Its autonomous wheelchair product EV1 has started overseas delivery, with a test-drive conversion rate near 50%.
Faraday Future (FF) announced four key measures to revive its market value, including spinning off its robot business for independent funding and a potential IPO. The company aims to return to its 2021 listing level within two years, backed by robot business milestones like 157 units shipped and a 2026 target of 1,500 units.
PokeBot, a Chinese embodied-AI startup, has raised hundreds of millions of dollars in a pre-A round led by Shunwei Capital and Matrix Partners. The company is developing household robots for tasks like clothes folding and cooking, with a recent demo showing autonomous mapo tofu preparation in nine minutes.
Faraday Future announced key measures to restore its market value to 2021 levels within two years, including locking the minimum conversion price of existing notes and exploring independent financing for its robotics business.
Moove has secured $250 million in Series C funding to expand its autonomous vehicle infrastructure, including fleet ownership and robotic depots. The investment will support global market launches and a 220% increase in its AV workforce by year-end.
Luoshi Robotics announced full exercise of the over-allotment option, issuing 3.45 million H-shares at HK$38 each, raising approximately HK$127 million.
Fangshi Robotics, a Beijing-based startup specializing in unmanned and intelligent construction site solutions, has secured tens of millions of yuan in an A+ funding round led by Jinan Quehua Science and Technology Innovation Investment.
Strutt, founded by a former DJI executive, has raised nearly $100 million and launched its personal mobility robot EV1, achieving a 50% trial-to-purchase conversion rate and zero returns. The company plans to enter the Chinese market in late 2026.
Global billionaire family offices are increasingly investing in AI robotics, pivoting from large language models to physical robots, as seen in recent funding rounds and market performance.
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.
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.
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.