China
Local News
Unitree Drops Humanoid Robot Price to $3,700
Unitree R1 Robot Is Now Cheaper Than a used Toyota — And It Can Actually Work
Unitree Robotics just dropped a bombshell: the R1 series dual-arm humanoid robot, starting at...
AI Hardware
Fairland IPO: China’s $150M Pool Robot Files for Hong Kong Listing
The Fairland IPO could make history as Asia's first smart backyard tech listing — and the numbers behind it are more complex than a...
China
China Embodied AI Funding: The $4B Boom Where Data Beats Robots
China embodied AI funding has surpassed $4 billion in early 2026 — and the biggest winners aren't the robot makers, they're the companies selling...
USA
China Builds Bodies, America Builds Brains
Two Paths, One Race: Hardware Scale vs. Software Scale
While Chinese humanoids danced on those TikTok videos—and performing martial arts—U.S. robotics labs published papers on...
China
Sequoia Capital Led Pre-A on China’s “Robotics Brain” — Raised Six Rounds in One Year
The Real Bottleneck Isn't Hardware—It's the Software That Makes Robots Actually Work
Fiveages, a Beijing-based embodied AI startup, has closed several hundred million chinese yuan...
China
German Chancellor Merz Tours Unitree Robotics — Europe Industrial Giants Eye China
Diplomacy Meets Robotics: A $20K Robot Just Got a Geopolitical Endorsement
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited Unitree Robotics in Hangzhou on February 26, 2026—becoming the...
Investment
Spirit AI Raises $255M — China version of Pi Went All-In on Real-World Data
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnUxOJUBYJU
$255M Backed by Alibaba, CATL, Huawei—and Every Major Chinese Industrial Powerhouse
Spirit AI, China’s fastest-rising embodied intelligence startup, has closed RMB 2 billion (~ USD$255...
China
Tesla’s Secret Chinese Supplier Is Going IPO — Betting on a Million-Robot
The Hidden Linchpin in Tesla’s Optimus Supply Chain Steps Into the Light
As Elon Musk reignites global hype around his Tesla’s Optimus humanoid—now slated for...
China
Beijing Humanoid Raises $100M in First Round — Backed by Baidu, Xiaomi
$100M Raised as China’s Flagship Humanoid Platform Enters Commercial Phase
Beijing Humanoid Robotics Innovation Center has closed its first institutional financing round of over RMB...
China
ZJ Humanoid Raises $65M in Pre-A Round — Backed by Industrial Giants, Targets Real-World “Work”
$450M in Fresh Capital as China’s Most Industrially Anchored Humanoid Startup
ZJ Humanoid (Zhejiang Humanoid Robotics Innovation Center), a Hangzhou-based embodied AI company, has closed...
China
X Square Robot Raises $140M — The “End-to-End Brain” Bet with ByteDance and Alibaba
China’s Only AI Giant-Backed Embodied Intelligence Startup Hits $14B Valuation
X Square Robot, a Shenzhen-based embodied AI company, has closed a RMB 1 billion (~$137...
