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USA
Physical Intelligence Seeks $1B Raise at $11B Valuation
The Most Expensive Robotics Research Lab Just Got More Expensive
Physical Intelligence (PI), the San Francisco-based embodied AI startup, is reportedly in advanced discussions to raise ~$1 billion in new...
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...
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...
Investment
Skild AI Raises $1.4B at $14B Valuation — The “Omni-Bodied” Brain That Runs Any Robot, Anywhere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jSM3-2yt2s
SoftBank Bets Big on the Operating System for Physical Intelligence
Skild AI, the U.S.-based robotics software company, has closed a $1.4 billion Series C round...
China
Noitom Robotics Secures Pre-A+ Round — Betting on Data as the Foundation of Embodied AI
“We Don’t Build Robots — We Build the Data That Makes Them Smart”
Noitom Robotics, a Beijing-based data infrastructure company for the embodied AI industry,...
China
GalBot Raises $300M — Largest Single Financing in Embodied AI to Date
$300M Raised as GalBot Claims First Mass Deployment of Industrial Humanoids
GalBot (Galaxy General Robotics), a China-based embodied AI company, has closed a USD$300 million...
China
RoboParty Raises 2 Rounds in one month — Betting on Open Source Robot
Backed by SenseTime, Baidu, Xiaomi, and Matrix, RoboParty Doubles Down on Open-Source Humanoids
RoboParty (Shanghai RoboParty Technology Co., Ltd.), China’s only developer of fully open-source,...
