Facts

• Segment: Development Platform
• Country: China
• Founded: 2024
• Website: https://en.d-robotics.cc/

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Products
• Facts
• Funding
• Investors
• Context / Market Position
• Events
• Operations / Deployments
• Team
• Relationships
• Context tags
• Articles
• Sources

Summary

D-Robotics develops computing chips and software for embodied-intelligence systems. Spun out from Horizon Robotics robotics division, the company targets humanoids, quadrupeds, logistics robots and service robots that need onboard compute for perception, control and AI workloads.

Market context

D-Robotics matters because it supplies the robot brain and tooling layer across form factors, giving it ecosystem leverage beyond any single robot platform. Proprietary robotics compute, software, and development infrastructure. Public product stack includes RDK development kits, robotics software tools, and embodied-AI-oriented compute platforms.

• Capability: Robot computing chips Edge AI acceleration Development kits and SDKs Robotics software platform tooling End-to-end robot development infrastructure
• Strategic position: Infrastructure-layer company for embodied intelligence and robot development. Provides the technical base layer for robot makers rather than selling a single end robot as its primary product

Products

• RDK X5

Facts

• Website: https://en.d-robotics.cc/
• HQ: Shenzhen, China
• Founded: 2024
• Segment: Development Platform
• Known funding rounds: 4

Funding

• 2026-04-08 - Series B2 - $150M - D-Robotics completes $150 million Series B2 financing - source: eu.36kr.com
• 2026-03-16 - Series B1 - $120M - D-Robotics raises $120M Series B1 to expand embodied AI robotics infrastructure - source: eu.36kr.com
• 2025-12-01 - Additional financing - D-Robotics completes additional financing with Prosperity7 participation - source: eu.36kr.com
• 2025-05-01 - Series A - $100M - D-Robotics completes Series A financing of $100 million - source: eu.36kr.com

Investors

• Hexuan Capital - Participant - Vc - 3 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-05-01 - latest 2026-04-08
• Hillhouse Ventures - Participant - Vc - 3 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-05-01 - latest 2026-04-08
• Huangpu River Capital - Participant - Vc - 3 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-05-01 - latest 2026-04-08
• Linear Capital - Participant - Vc - 3 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-05-01 - latest 2026-04-08
• Vertex Growth - Participant - Vc - 3 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-05-01 - latest 2026-04-08
• Wuyuan Capital - Participant - Vc - 3 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-05-01 - latest 2026-04-08
• Chuxin Capital - Participant - Vc - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2026-03-16 - latest 2026-04-08
• Didi - Participant - Unknown - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2026-03-16 - latest 2026-04-08
• Plum Ventures - Participant - Vc - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-05-01 - latest 2026-03-16
• Envision Group - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-08
• Kelian Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-08
• LOOK Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-08
• Meihua Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-08
• MGH Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-08
• Prosperity7 Venture Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-08
• T-Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-08
• Yunfeng Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-08
• BAIC Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-03-16
• Borui Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-03-16
• Gengxin Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-03-16
• Jinqiu Fund - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-03-16
• Jiukun Venture Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-03-16
• Joyoung Family Office - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-03-16
• Meituan Longzhu - Participant - Corporate / Cvc - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2026-03-16
• Synstellation Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-03-16
• Xingrui Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-03-16
• Xinlian Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-03-16
• Yare Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-03-16
• Yongning Gaoxin - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-03-16
• Yunbai Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-03-16

Edge AI compute platform for robotics

D-Robotics develops robotics-oriented edge AI computing chips and development kits for on-device perception, control and intelligent robot applications.

• Target environment: Robot development labs, embedded AI products, industrial robots, service robots and edge compute deployments.
• Deployment model: Robotics compute hardware, development kits, documentation and platform tools for developers and OEMs.
• Customer context: Robot developers, OEM engineering teams, AI edge-device builders and embedded-system integrators.
• Workflow context: On-device AI inference, robot perception compute, ROS development, prototyping and embedded control.
• Commercial maturity: Commercial developer-platform supplier, with robotics compute kits and chips available for product development and deployment.
• Market position: Robotics compute infrastructure company supplying edge AI hardware and developer platforms.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on software ecosystem support, developer uptake, performance per watt, supply availability and OEM qualification cycles.
• Adjacent context: Adjacent context includes robot compute modules, edge AI chips, embedded development kits and perception compute platforms.
• Source confidence: high

Events

• 2026-06-11 - Partnership - D-Robotics and BeingBeyond deploy Being-H-Flash on Ascend S600 edge AI chip - D-Robotics and BeingBeyond announced a strategic partnership for embodied-intelligence deployment.
• 2026-04-08 - Funding - D-Robotics completes $150 million Series B2 financing - D-Robotics announced a $150 million Series B2 financing round on April 8, 2026.
• 2026-03-16 - Funding - D-Robotics raises $120M Series B1 to expand embodied AI robotics infrastructure - D-Robotics completed a $120 million Series B1 financing, bringing its cumulative Series A and Series B financing a…
• 2025-12-01 - Funding - D-Robotics completes additional financing with Prosperity7 participation - 36Kr reported that D-Robotics completed another financing in December 2025 involving multiple USD funds and strategic inv…
• 2025-11-17 - Partnership - D-Robotics reaches deep strategic cooperation with Fourier based on RDK S600 - D-Robotics reached deep strategic cooperation with Fourier around embodied intelligent interaction based on the R…
• 2025-07-04 - Partnership - D-Robotics launches D-Robotics Gravity Program for robotics startups - D-Robotics launched the D-Robotics Gravity Program, a global initiative to accelerate deep-tech innovation in robotics st…
• 2025-05-01 - Funding - D-Robotics completes Series A financing of $100 million - D-Robotics completed a $100 million Series A financing in 2025.
• 2024-01-01 - Company Formation - D-Robotics is spun out from Horizon Robotics - D-Robotics was officially spun off from Horizon Robotics in 2024 after originating from Horizon's robotics and AIoT division.

Operations / Deployments

• 2026-06-11 - Partnership - D-Robotics and BeingBeyond deploy Being-H-Flash on Ascend S600 edge AI chip - D-Robotics and BeingBeyond announced a strategic partnership for embodied-intelligence deployment.

Team

• Wang Cong - CEO

Relationships

• BeingBeyond - partner - D-Robotics and BeingBeyond deploy Being-H-Flash on Ascend S600 edge AI chip
• parent_company - D-Robotics spun out from Horizon Robotics in 2024 (robotics / AIoT division origin).
• Fourier Intelligence - partner - Strategic cooperation on embodied intelligent interaction; RDK S600 platform with Fourier (incl. GR-3).
• Amazon - partner - D-Robotics Gravity Program partner ecosystem (cloud / program support).
• partner - D-Robotics Gravity Program partner (Alibaba Cloud).
• partner - D-Robotics Gravity Program partner (ByteDance).
• partner - D-Robotics Gravity Program partner (Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Center).
• Xiaoyu Zhizao - compute partner - Xiaoyu Zhizao and D-Robotics formed a strategic cooperation around robot body and brain technologies tied to the RDK S600 and industrial welding robot launch.

Context tags

• Edge AI compute supplier - Peer Group - D-Robotics RDK series are edge AI compute platforms for robotics.
• Robotics compute platform supplier - Peer Group - D-Robotics provides robotics-optimised AI compute boards with 5-128 TOPS.
• Robotics development compute kit - Peer Group - D-Robotics RDK X3/X5/S100 are robotics development compute kits.
• On-device AI inference - Workflow - D-Robotics platforms run on-device AI inference for robotics.
• Robot perception compute - Workflow - D-Robotics BPU accelerates robot perception and vision processing.
• ROS robotics development - Workflow - D-Robotics RDK platforms support ROS robotics development.
• AI compute component supplier - Stack Layer - D-Robotics supplies AI compute components for robotics.
• Robotics compute developer platform - Stack Layer - D-Robotics provides robotics compute developer platforms and SDKs.
• Low-power AI acceleration - Capability - D-Robotics BPU provides efficient low-power AI acceleration.
• Embedded real-time control - Capability - D-Robotics boards support real-time embedded control.
• Robot compute supply chain - Customer Environment - D-Robotics serves the robot compute and edge AI supply chain.

Articles

• 2026-04-08 - D-Robotics raises $270M Series B to scale its robot chip and platform ecosystem - Spun off from automotive chip maker Horizon Robotics in May 2024, D-Robotics provides the chip and development platform infr…