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According to a report by Sina Technology, Faraday Future (abbreviated as FF) announced that its robotics business plans to merge into the NASDAQ-listed company AIxC (which will be renamed FFR) for an independent listing at a valuation of $200 million. FFAI's strategic upgrade will transform it into a Robotaxi sharing network + smart cabin technology operator and Physical AI investment holding company.FF founder and global CEO Jia Yueting stated, "FFAI will merge its robotics business into AIxC and go public independently, and FFAI will release value in a more open and resilient manner." The NASDAQ-listed company AIxC has signed a non-binding Term Sheet with FFAI to merge FFAI's robotics assets and business at a market valuation of $200 million, aiming to become the first pure-play stock in the four-core fully intelligent EAI robotics ecosystem. Specific transaction arrangements are still subject to the final agreement, approval from the special committee of the boards of AIxC and FFAI, regulatory approval, and formal company announcements.

According to Nikkei Asia, Chinese startup Unitree Robotics saw its stock price drop more than 50% from its opening price one month after listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The market capitalization corresponding to the company's opening price reached 66 billion dollars.The report states that as the IPO frenzy subsides, investors are assessing the future of humanoid robots, with retail investors paying closer attention to the potential of humanoid robots. Unitree Robotics is a Chinese robotics startup, with products covering quadrupedal robots and humanoid robots.

According to a report by Reuters, Gao Yang, co-founder and chief scientist of the Chinese humanoid robot startup Spirit AI, stated that humanoid robots could complete most general tasks based on verbal instructions as early as next year, but it will take at least 8 more years to enter households. He mentioned that the brain is the weakest link in the entire robotics technology stack, and it is expected to reach a milestone similar to GPT-3.0 by mid-2027, allowing users to speak to robots in natural language and have them perform a series of reasonable physical actions to attempt to complete tasks.Spirit AI was founded in 2024, has about 300 employees, and raised $670 million in funding within two years, with a valuation of $2.9 billion. The company employs about 1,000 contractors who wear data collection devices at home or in factories, primarily relying on real-world data for training. The success rate for simple tasks in a structured living room environment is 90%. Currently, dozens of Moz1 wheeled humanoid robots are deployed on production lines at CATL and JD.com.Gao Yang stated that the next 1-2 years represent the initial window for industrial applications, and after two years, they can enter commercial service scenarios to perform simple tasks, but entering households will be more challenging. In terms of safety, full-body force control is implemented, and the robots will automatically engage emergency braking when encountering significant interaction forces. High-quality data is the main bottleneck for training the robot's brain.

According to the Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily, Shanghai-based embodied haptic company Qianjue Robotics has announced the completion of two rounds of strategic financing totaling hundreds of millions. Previously, Qianjue Robotics had announced the completion of financing at the hundred million level, with investors including embodied intelligence industry players, Tianji Capital, and Jide Electric. Currently, Qianjue's shareholders include financial investment institutions such as Hillhouse Venture Capital, Yuanhe Origin, and Futen Capital, as well as industry players in the embodied and industrial fields like Li Auto, Zhiyuan Robotics, and Jide Electric.This round of funding will focus on product upgrades, business expansion, and industrial implementation, accelerating the iteration and large-scale delivery of high-precision visual and haptic sensors, improving the collection of real interaction data, haptic simulation, and dataset construction, and continuously promoting the research and development of haptic embodied models and haptic world models.

According to Sifted, the head of the robotics division of the French AI unicorn Mistral is seeking to raise 200 million euros for its new startup, planning to develop robotic AI models based on more comprehensive data training to surpass competitors in data quality.Mistral officially established its robotics division last year.

According to Gate market data, the Hong Kong stock market closed with the Hang Seng Index down 0.17% and the Tech Index down 0.76%. Youdi Robotics rose 153% on its first day of listing, Lenovo Group and Weichai Power rose over 6%, while Haidilao fell over 9%.

Xiaopeng Robotics production line officially launched today. The world's first advanced general-purpose humanoid robot completed automated assembly and autonomously walked off the production line, marking a key leap for Xiaopeng Robotics from research and development to production manufacturing.This production line is independently designed and developed by Xiaopeng, deeply integrating the mature quality systems of the automotive industry with the precision manufacturing of humanoid robots, achieving an automation rate of over 80% in core processes. The Xiaopeng robot has 76 degrees of freedom and is equipped with three Turing AI chips, with an effective computing power of 2250 TOPS.The Xiaopeng robot will officially enter large-scale production by the end of this year and will be launched and delivered in 2027.

According to TechCrunch, citing multiple informed sources, less than three months after emerging from stealth mode, the startup XDOF, which specializes in collecting real-world remote control data for training general-purpose robots, is in the late stages of negotiations for a Series B funding round, with an expected valuation of around $1.2 billion. This round of financing is led by 8VC.XDOF was co-founded in 2024 by researchers Philipp Wu (CEO) and Fred Shentu (CTO) from the University of California, Berkeley. The company previously completed a $70 million Series A funding round, with investors including Thrive Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Lux, and Spark Capital. XDOF did not originally plan to raise funds again so quickly after completing this round, but informed sources say the company's business is growing rapidly, with annual revenue nearing $50 million, thus attracting several venture capital firms to proactively reach out and push for a new funding round.TechCrunch was unable to ascertain the specific amount of this funding round and could not confirm whether the aforementioned $1.2 billion valuation includes the new financing. Informed sources indicated that the transaction terms have not yet been finalized and may still change.

Kuaishou (01024.HK) announced that on August 31, 2026, Beijing Keling entered into joining agreements with the National Artificial Intelligence Fund and Charoen Pokphand Robotics.Accordingly, the National Artificial Intelligence Fund and Charoen Pokphand Robotics each agreed to become additional investors and parties to the capital increase agreement, injecting cash capital of RMB 1.4 billion and approximately USD 19.29 million (equivalent to approximately RMB 131.45 million) into Beijing Keling, respectively.

Xpeng Motors (NYSE: XPEV) robotics subsidiary has signed a share purchase agreement with investors, aiming to raise over $900 million, with a post-investment valuation exceeding $6.3 billion. Xpeng stated that this is the largest single financing completed by a Chinese company in the robotics field to date. The financing round was led by IDG Capital, with strategic follow-on investments from Tencent and Alibaba, and participation from Gao Rong Capital and others.In terms of financing structure, external investors contributed approximately $600 million, Xpeng's subsidiary contributed about $200 million, and CEO He Xiaopeng along with co-president Gu Hongdi's related entities contributed around $100 million. Xpeng will retain about 82% of the controlling stake and consolidate this business. The funds will be used for the research and development of the flagship humanoid robot IRON, the construction of embodied intelligence and data capabilities, as well as mass production and business expansion aimed for the end of 2026. IRON is equipped with Xpeng's self-developed robotics and AI-specific chips.This subsidiary is part of Xpeng's robotics platform Dogotix (Xpeng robotic dog/humanoid robot related entities). Alibaba and Tencent had previously participated as Pre-IPO investors in the financing of the Chinese humanoid robotics company Yushu Technology.

According to Reuters, Xiaopeng Group's humanoid robot business has signed equity financing agreements with multiple investors, raising over $900 million, with a post-investment valuation exceeding $6.3 billion, setting a record for single-round private equity financing in China's embodied intelligence industry.This round of financing was led by IDG Capital, with participation from Gao Rong Capital, and received support from two strategic investors, Tencent and Alibaba. The funds raised in this round will primarily be used for software and hardware research and development of Xiaopeng's robot business, physical AI model training and iteration, high-quality data collection, construction of a full-chain mass production base, and global commercialization expansion.

According to reports from the Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily, humanoid intelligence company Current Robotics has publicly disclosed its financing progress for the first time: the company has completed seed round, angel round, and Pre-A round financing, with a total financing amount of hundreds of millions of RMB. The company's investors include financial investment institutions such as BV Baidu Ventures, Hillhouse Capital, Oasis Capital, Monolith Capital, Qianhai Ark, Fosun Wealth, Junshan Capital, as well as industry players like Zhiyuan Robotics, Xinghai Map, and Jike Technology.The financing funds will mainly be used to promote the large-scale collection of human body data, with a focus on investing in the research and development of core technologies such as full-body dexterous operation models and interactive world models.

At the opening ceremony of the 2026 World Robot Conference, Xin Guobin, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, stated that in 2025, the operating income of enterprises above designated size in the robotics industry exceeded 300 billion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of over 20% in the past five years. In the first half of this year, it reached 165.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 24.5%. Robot technology and products have been widely applied in various aspects of the national economy and social development, becoming an important force in promoting high-quality development.The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will focus on key industries with broad application spaces and strong demonstration effects, such as agriculture, healthcare, elderly care, and emergency response. It will organize targeted efforts for production and application pairing, on-site application verification, and promotion of mature scenarios, accelerating the iteration and upgrading of new technologies and new products through large-scale applications in new scenarios.

NVIDIA's Senior Director Huang Maidi visited LG Electronics' robotics research and development center in South Korea on Tuesday, meeting with LG Electronics executives to discuss plans to expand cooperation in the fields of artificial intelligence infrastructure and robotics.Last week, LG Electronics announced plans to launch a next-generation humanoid robot capable of bipedal walking in the first quarter of 2027, relying on NVIDIA's robotics platform.

According to Bloomberg, SoftBank Group invested $200 million in Swiss construction robotics startup Gravis Robotics, completing its Series A funding.Gravis originated from ETH Zurich and primarily develops autonomous hardware and software for earthmoving construction equipment, enabling heavy machinery to operate autonomously and allowing remote supervision of robotic fleets.

According to Bloomberg, Chinese robotics startup Robotera (Beijing Robot Era Technology Co., Ltd.) is preparing for an IPO in Hong Kong and has already begun collaborating with relevant advisors. Insiders reveal that the planned fundraising amount for this IPO is between 800 million and 1 billion USD.The company's investors include HSG and CDH Investments, and this listing plan comes at a time when there is a surge of robotics companies going public in Hong Kong.

According to the Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily, deep-sea robotics company Deep Sea Intelligent has announced the completion of over 500 million yuan in Series A financing. New shareholders include Guanghe Venture Capital, Dacheng Financial Intelligence, Jiyuan Capital, Yida Capital, Zhongbao Investment, China Electronics Technology Group Investment, and Total Energy as the funding entity of the energy technology fund managed by Kaihui Fund Management.At the same time, a number of existing shareholders, including Zhengxuan Investment, Yunze Capital, Yunshi Capital, Gaojie Capital, and Xingzhi Capital, have significantly increased their investments.

According to reports from the investment community, Daimon Robotics announced the completion of a strategic round of financing worth hundreds of millions, led by Ant Group, with existing shareholders participating in the oversubscription. Two months ago, Daimon completed a Series A financing of hundreds of millions. Along with this round led by Ant Group, Daimon has gathered a group of leading industrial capital including China Merchants Venture Capital, Lenovo Capital, Huichuan Industrial Investment, China Mobile, and China Telecom.It is reported that Daimon recently officially launched the world's first tactile anchoring world model, Daimon-TWM, which integrates native tactile perception throughout understanding, reasoning, prediction, and verification, thereby constructing a "tactile nervous system" that connects fingertip perception to brain reasoning and back to action control, promoting embodied intelligence from "seeing the world" to "understanding the world" and "interacting with the world." Based on the widely deployed tactile perception devices and collection systems, Daimon has built the world's largest tactile multimodal physical world dataset, Daimon-Infinity.

According to the industry analysis platform Hello China Tech, as of June 2026, there are a total of 8 humanoid robot-related companies in China with valuations reaching or exceeding 20 billion yuan (approximately 2.9 billion USD), of which 5 companies have valuations primarily based on models rather than shipment volumes, with annual shipment volumes still maintaining at the hundreds level. In the second quarter, the financing amount in the humanoid robot field reached 6.95 billion USD, more than double that of the previous quarter.The report points out that the data collection costs vary significantly across different stages: the hourly wage for frontline operators is about 20 to 40 yuan, approximately 25 yuan when outsourced; the internal cost for companies involving robots is about 250 yuan; and the data price from government-supported training bases reaches 500 to 1000 yuan. However, the data produced through different collection methods (wearable devices and robot involvement) shows significant differences in quality and training effectiveness, with only about 50 hours of usable data from 100 hours of raw collection. The data measurement units used by different companies (hours, trajectories, skills, etc.) are incompatible, and there is a lack of independent auditing, leading to considerable uncertainty in valuation bases. It is believed that the industry urgently needs to establish a unified data asset measurement standard.