Facts

• Segment: Humanoid
• Country: China
• Founded: 2024
• Website: https://www.spirit-ai.com

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Products
• Facts
• Funding
• Investors
• Context / Market Position
• Events
• Operations / Deployments
• Team
• Supply chain relationships
• Relationships
• Customers and deployments
• Record / Articles
• Sources

Summary

Spirit AI develops embodied-intelligence systems and humanoid robots for industrial automation. Its work combines full-force-control humanoid hardware, vision-language-action models and real factory task training for flexible manipulation in manufacturing environments.

Market context

Represents a new class of AI-first robotics companies where the intelligence stack (VLA) is the core differentiator, not just hardware. Spirit AI develops embodied AI systems and humanoid robotics capabilities.

• Capability: Embodied AI models for robot control Integration of AI systems with humanoid platforms Data-driven training for real-world robotic tasks
• Strategic position: Positioned as an embodied AI + humanoid robotics player Focused on scaling robot intelligence through data and models

Products

• Moz1

Facts

• Website: https://www.spirit-ai.com
• HQ: Hangzhou, China
• Founded: 2024
• Segment: Humanoid
• Known funding rounds: 4

Funding

• 2026-06-03 - Series A+ - RMB 1.5B - Spirit AI raises RMB 1.5 billion Series A+ financing for embodied robot foundation models - source: autonews.gasgoo.com
• 2026-04-07 - Venture round - $138M - Spirit AI closes new RMB 1 billion financing round co-led by Shunwei Capital and Yunfeng Capital - source: pandaily.com
• 2026-02-25 - Series B - $280M - Spirit AI raises $280M to scale embodied AI "universal brain" systems - source: prnewswire.com
• 2025-07-21 - Pre-A+ - $85M - Spirit AI secures nearly 600 million RMB in Pre-A+ funding round - source: spirit-ai.com

Investors

• Shunwei Capital - Lead - Vc - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-07-21 - latest 2026-04-07
• Fortune Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-07
• Galaxy Yuanhui - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-07
• Gengxin Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-07
• Turing Fund - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-07
• Xinding Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-07
• Yunfeng Capital - Lead - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-07
• China Internet Investment Fund - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-07-21
• China-Central Healthcare Fund - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-07-21
• Fosun RZ Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-07-21
• Huatai PCPD Investment - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-07-21
• JD.com - Lead - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-07-21
• Zhejiang Science and Technology Innovation Mother Fund - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-07-21

Embodied AI and humanoid robots with VLA foundation models

Spirit AI develops general-purpose humanoid robots and VLA (vision-language-action) foundation models. Its flagship Moz1 humanoid robot features 26 DOF whole-body force control. The company raised approximately $280M at a $1. 4B valuation and has deployed robots at CATL battery production lines and JD. com retail settings.

• Target environment: Industrial manufacturing, battery production lines, retail settings and research and development environments.
• Deployment model: Direct humanoid platform model supported by in-house VLA foundation models, robot hardware, customer deployment and open-source model releases.
• Customer context: Industrial manufacturers, logistics operators, retail companies and embodied AI researchers.
• Workflow context: Industrial task execution, material handling, retail service, whole-body humanoid manipulation and embodied AI model training and deployment.
• Commercial maturity: Spirit AI has disclosed customer deployments and substantial funding, but broad commercial maturity remains early relative to repeatable, durable field operations.
• Market position: Chinese humanoid robotics company integrating in-house VLA foundation models with full-body humanoid hardware.
• Adoption constraints: Robot reliability, manipulation performance, safety validation, production scale, model generalisation and customer integration.
• Adjacent context: Humanoid robotics, embodied AI, VLA foundation models and industrial humanoid deployment.
• Source confidence: medium

Events

• 2026-06-03 - Partnership - Schaeffler and Spirit AI sign strategic cooperation agreement for embodied intelligence - Schaeffler and Spirit AI signed a strategic cooperation agreement on June 3, 2026.
• 2026-06-03 - Funding - Spirit AI raises RMB 1.5 billion Series A+ financing for embodied robot foundation models - Spirit AI completed a RMB 1.5 billion Series A+ financing round on June 3, 2026.
• 2026-05-06 - Partnership - Spirit AI and Bosch China partner on embodied-intelligence deployment - Spirit AI and Bosch China signed a strategic partnership agreement to promote large-scale deployment of embodied intelli…
• 2026-04-07 - Funding - Spirit AI closes new RMB 1 billion financing round co-led by Shunwei Capital and Yunfeng Capital - Spirit AI announced a new RMB 1 billion financing round, with Shunwei Capital and Yunfeng Capital…
• 2026-04-01 - Research Publication - Spirit AI releases Spirit-v1.5 fine-tuning code - Spirit AI updated the Spirit-v1.5 repository in April 2026 with fine-tuning code, separating the training release from the January in…
• 2026-03-19 - Partnership - Spirit AI and JD Group form strategic partnership for retail embodied intelligence - Spirit AI and JD Group signed a strategic partnership agreement covering consumer product customization, te…
• 2026-02-25 - Deployment - Spirit AI reports Moz1 agents operating on CATL battery production lines - Spirit AI said its VLA models have been applied to CATL production lines.
• 2026-02-25 - Funding - Spirit AI raises $280M to scale embodied AI "universal brain" systems - Spirit AI raised $280 million to scale deployment of general-purpose embodied AI models
• 2026-01-11 - Research Publication - Spirit AI open-sources Spirit-v1.5 robotic foundation model - Spirit AI released Spirit-v1.5 as an official VLA robotic foundation model implementation with model architecture, infere…
• 2025-12-18 - Deployment - CATL Deploys Spirit AI's Morz1 Humanoid Robots at Zhongzhou Battery Pack Line - Spirit AI’s Xiaomo robots have been assigned to plug in high-voltage battery connectors on the assembly line, acc…
• 2025-11-28 - Research Publication - Moz1 arm paper presents analytical inverse kinematics for Spirit AI's 7-DOF robot arm - The Moz1 inverse-kinematics paper presents a closed-form analytical solution for the seven-DOF…
• 2025-07-21 - Funding - Spirit AI secures nearly 600 million RMB in Pre-A+ funding round - • Spirit AI secured nearly 600 million RMB in a Pre-A+ funding round led by JD.com, with participation from China Internet Invest…
• 2025-06-01 - Product Launch - Spirit AI launches Moz1 humanoid robot - • Spirit AI launched the Moz1 humanoid robot in June 2025.

Operations / Deployments

• 2026-02-25 - Deployment - Spirit AI reports Moz1 agents operating on CATL battery production lines - Spirit AI said its VLA models have been applied to CATL production lines.

Team

• Gao Yang - Co-founder and Chief Scientist - Adds research-founder context for Spirit AI's VLA foundation model work and embodied intelligence research direction.
• Han Fengtao - Founder and CEO
• Zheng Lingyin - Co-founder - Adds commercialization founder context for Spirit AI's move from embodied AI model development toward real-world robot deployment and global market expansion.
• Steve Andre - Founder

Supply chain relationships

• Contemporary Amperex Technology - deployment_partner - Spirit AI's Moz humanoid robot was deployed in CATL battery manufacturing, where CATL production-line requirements helped shape engineering specifications for the s…

Relationships

• Schaeffler AG - strategic cooperation partner - Schaeffler and Spirit AI signed a strategic cooperation agreement around embodied-intelligence data collection, humanoid robot core components and industrial-scenario appl…
• UMA (Universal Mechanical Assistant) - deployment - Spirit AI Morz1 humanoid robots were deployed at CATL battery-pack-line operations.
• Bosch China - technology_partner - Bosch China and Spirit AI signed a strategic partnership covering robot data acquisition, model training, industrial deployment, and embodied-intelligence commercialization.
• Bosch China - deployment_partner - Bosch China will provide factory and logistics scenarios in China for Spirit AI robot data acquisition, model training, and industrial deployment.
• Contemporary Amperex Technology - technology_partner - CATL and Spirit AI collaborated around Moz's battery-production-line deployment, with Moz powered by CATL's self-developed batteries.
• deployment_partner - JD Group and Spirit AI signed a 2026-2029 strategic partnership covering consumer product customization, technical integration, real-world deployment, and joint marketing for embodied-intelligence a…

Customers and deployments

• Active Customer Operations - Moz1 agents operating on CATL battery production lines - 2026-02-25 - CATL - battery production-line automation - Spirit AI reported Moz1 agents operating on CATL battery production lines. -…
• Named Commercial Site - 1 named commercial deployment - 2025-12-18 - CATL - battery manufacturing - SCMP reported CATL deployed Spirit AI's Moz1 humanoid robots at the Zhongzhou battery pack line, describing a factory-f…

Record / Articles

• 2026-06-05 - Spirit AI’s Fast-Raise Cycle Is Becoming a Stack Race - A new 1.5B RMB Series A+ caps a three-month sprint of funding, model releases, compute partnerships, and industrial deployment deals. - Korthos: /rese…
• 2026-05-06 - Spirit AI is building around the data problem - Spirit AI’s partnership with Bosch China gives the embodied-intelligence startup access to industrial scenarios, robot data loops, and component support after…