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Sudu Technology Secures $500 mln Pre-A Round, Joins Embodied AI Unicorns

2026-04-21 Category: Briefs Comments(0)

Shanghai-based Sudu Technology said on April 20, 2026 it has closed a $500 million Pre-A funding round valuing the firm above $2 billion, making it a new billion-yuan embodied AI unicorn with backers including CATL, Alibaba, Tencent Investment and Ant Group; founded in 2025, the company focuses on R&D and deployment of embodied intelligent robots.

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