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PsiBot has officially closed a new round of financing worth more than $100 million, according to an August 27 update. The round brings together industrial leaders and institutional investors including Tuopu Group, Ruicheng Fund under Chery Holdings, Lens Technology, Sanqi Interactive Entertainment, Wuhu Investment Holding Group and Fosun Chuangfu. Existing shareholder Zhuhai Science and Technology Industry Group made a further over‑subscribed follow‑on investment. Following previous backing from state‑affiliated investors, this financing round draws capital from multiple leading real‑economy enterprises. It marks dual authoritative recognition of PsiBot’s technical roadmap and commercial value from both state‑owned capital and industrial players. The firm has built a multi‑dimensional development framework featuring national policy guidance, real‑world industrial deployment and long‑term capital support. As China’s first...
AI robotics firm Sharpa has completed financing totaling over 4.5 billion RMB, backed by a lineup of top industrial and financial investors. The investor consortium includes industrial giants Alibaba, Meituan, Tencent, JD.com and Transsion Holdings, as well as leading investment institutions such as Sequoia China, Qiming Venture Partners, Meituan Longzhu Capital and Photosynthesis Venture Capital. The raised funds will be dedicated to core technology R&D, global talent recruitment and cultivation, and advancing the real-world deployment of general-purpose robots from technical verification to large-scale commercial application. Marking a key milestone for real-scene robotic implementation, the world’s first fully autonomous, renovation-free, year-round robotic restaurant — jointly built by Sharpa and DQ — officially launched on August 29 at DQ’s Wujiang Road store...
DexTeleop, an embodied-AI infrastructure provider, has closed a nine-figure RMB (tens of millions USD) Pre-A round led by Zhuzhou Industrial Investment, Feitu Capital, Future Margin Ventures, and Xineng Ventures. Proceeds will scale production of its robot hardware, upgrade real-world data collection pipelines, and advance its cloud operation platform. Maple Pledge continues as exclusive PE advisor. This marks DexTeleop’s third funding round this year, following prior backers including InnoFund, CMC Capital, Galaxy Innovation, Futian Capital, Leaguer, and Tianying Capital—total financing now exceeds nine figures RMB. As embodied AI moves from demos to commercial deep water in 2026, investor focus shifts from pure growth to the viability of “real-scenario data driving model evolution.” Founded in early 2025, DexTeleop builds full-stack infrastructure—robot bodies, data acquisition,...
