Facts

• Segment: Humanoid
• Country: China
• Founded: 2023
• Website: https://ai2robotics.com/

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Products
• Facts
• Funding
• Investors
• Commercial
• Context / Market Position
• Events
• Team
• Relationships
• Context tags
• Customers and deployments
• Articles
• Sources

Summary

AI2 Robotics (智平方科技) builds AlphaBot general-purpose intelligent robots and GOVLA/AlphaBrain embodied-AI systems for factory, semiconductor and service workflows. The company announced February 2026 Series B funding above RMB 1 billion and a June 29, 2026 financing update near RMB 5 billion at a valuation above RMB 20 billion. Its 2025 HKC order covers more than 1,000 AlphaBot robots over three years.

Market context

Represents a new cohort of humanoid companies integrating foundation models directly into robotic systems for real-world task execution. AlphaBot 2 AI2 Robotics develops general-purpose intelligent robots and embodied-AI systems.

Products

• AlphaBot 2

Facts

• Website: https://ai2robotics.com/
• HQ: Shenzhen, China
• Founded: 2023
• Segment: Humanoid
• Funding total: $200M
• Known funding rounds: 4
• Latest funding date: 2026-06-29

Funding

• 2026-06-29 - New financing update - $700M - AI2 Robotics raises nearly RMB 5B at above RMB 20B valuation - source: 36kr.com
• 2026-02-25 - Series B - $145M - AI² Robotics Closes Series B Financing Exceeding 1 Billion Yuan - source: yicaiglobal.com
• 2025-03-12 - Pre-A+ - AI2 Robotics raises several hundred million RMB in Pre-A+ financing - source: ai2robotics.com
• 2025-01-07 - Pre-A - AI2 Robotics completes Pre-A financing - source: ai2robotics.com

Investors

• Dunhong Asset - Lead - Angel / Individual - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-01-07 - latest 2025-03-12
• Baidu - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-24
• CRRC - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-24
• Guotai Haitong - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-24
• Sentury Tire - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-24
• Yusys Technologies - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-24
• Guotou Chuangying - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-03-12
• Yunqi Partners - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-03-12
• Cornerstone Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-01-07
• Dachen Caizhi - Lead - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-01-07

Commercial

2 commercial events; 2 commercial orders; latest event 2025-09-11

• 2025-09-11 - Commercial order - AI² Robotics secures 1,000-robot HKC order - source: cnmra.com
• 2025-04-18 - Commercial order - AI² Robotics lands ~$70M order for 1,000 AlphaBot humanoid robots - source: ai2robotics.com

Wheeled humanoid robots with embodied AI for industrial and service use

AI2 Robotics develops the AlphaBot series of wheeled humanoid robots powered by its GOVLA (Global and Omni-body Vision-Language-Action) foundation model. Raised over $145M at a $1. 5B valuation with production capacity for 1,000 units per year. Secured a three-year order for 1,000 robots from LCD panel manufacturer HKC.

• Target environment: Industrial manufacturing, LCD panel production, public services and retail environments.
• Deployment model: Direct humanoid platform model supported by in-house foundation models, robot production lines, customer orders and deployment partnerships.
• Customer context: Industrial manufacturers, public-service operators, retail businesses and enterprises seeking humanoid automation.
• Workflow context: Industrial manufacturing assistance, public-service delivery, retail interaction, material movement and embodied AI task execution.
• Commercial maturity: AI2 has disclosed commercial orders, production capacity and substantial funding, with robots deployed in industrial and service settings.
• Market position: Chinese wheeled-humanoid builder with production-scale manufacturing and disclosed enterprise orders.
• Adoption constraints: Robot reliability, production quality, task generalisation, customer integration, service support and long-term deployment durability.
• Adjacent context: Humanoid robotics, wheeled humanoids, embodied AI, industrial automation and service robotics.
• Source confidence: medium

Events

• 2026-06-29 - Funding - AI2 Robotics raises nearly RMB 5B at above RMB 20B valuation - The round is a major China embodied-intelligence funding signal.
• 2026-02-25 - Funding - AI² Robotics Closes Series B Financing Exceeding 1 Billion Yuan - AI² Robotics announced completion of a Series B financing round exceeding 1 billion yuan.
• 2025-09-11 - Commercial Order - AI² Robotics secures 1,000-robot HKC order - AI² Robotics and Shenzhen Intelligence IoT announced a strategic partnership for HKC semiconductor-display production sites.
• 2025-04-27 - Partnership - AI2 Robotics and Peking University open embodied-intelligence lab - The joint lab was unveiled on April 17, 2025, with an official AI2 post published on April 27.
• 2025-04-18 - Product Launch - AI2 Robotics launches AlphaBot 2 humanoid robot platform - AI2 Robotics launched AlphaBot 2 on April 17, 2025, with an official post published on April 18.
• 2025-03-19 - Partnership - AI2 Robotics signs Jingneng Microelectronics partnership - The partnership was signed on March 18, 2025, with the official post published on March 19.
• 2025-03-12 - Funding - AI2 Robotics raises several hundred million RMB in Pre-A+ financing - AI2 Robotics announced a several-hundred-million-yuan Pre-A+ round.
• 2025-01-07 - Funding - AI2 Robotics completes Pre-A financing - AI2 Robotics announced completion of a several-hundred-million-yuan Pre-A strategic financing round.

Team

• Eric Guo Yandong - Founder and CEO - Guo leads AI2 Robotics across its AlphaBot robot line and GOVLA/AlphaBrain embodied-AI model work.
• Dr. Yandong (Eric) Guo - Founder & CEO

Relationships

• customer - AI2 Robotics has a three-year order to supply more than 1,000 AlphaBot robots for HKC semiconductor-display production bases.
• semiconductor production partner - AI2 Robotics signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Jingneng Microelectronics for AlphaBot work in semiconductor-production workflows.
• research partner - AI2 Robotics and Peking University opened a joint embodied-intelligence laboratory in Shenzhen.

Context tags

• Wheeled dual-arm manipulation - Capability - AlphaBot 2 is used for production workflows requiring bimanual manipulation.
• Industrial mobile manipulation builder - Peer Group - HKC and Jingneng sources tie AlphaBot to factory and semiconductor production tasks.
• Wheeled humanoid builder - Peer Group - AlphaBot 2 is a wheeled humanoid/mobile-manipulation robot platform.
• Factory robot deployment - Workflow - HKC order and Jingneng partnership place AlphaBot in named factory workflows.
• Electronics factory robot deployment - Workflow - HKC order covers semiconductor-display production tasks.
• Embodied AI - Capability - AI2 develops GOVLA/AlphaBrain embodied-AI systems for its robot line.
• Humanoid robot OEM - Stack Layer - AI2 builds AlphaBot general-purpose intelligent robots.
• Manipulation foundation model - Capability - The Series B and official posts link capital and product work to GOVLA/VLA model development.
• Factories - Customer Environment - AI2 targets factory and semiconductor production workflows.

Customers and deployments

• Customer Bound Units - over 1,000 robots - 2025-09-11 - Shenzhen Intelligence IoT / HKC - semiconductor display manufacturing - AI2 Robotics has a HKC-linked program to deploy over 1,000 embodied intelligent robots acro…

Articles

• 2026-02-24 - AI² Robotics raises RMB 1.2 billion Series B as AlphaBot deploys across semiconductor and automotive manufacturing - Founded by XPeng's former Chief Scientist, the Shenzhen company closed its twelfth fundin…