Spirit AI Timeline

Events

• 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. Spirit v1.6 ranked first on the North American RoboArena benchmark, ahead of NVIDIA Cosmos3. The round adds to Spirit AI funding context around embodied intelligence, VLA… - source: autonews.gasgoo.com
• 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. The cooperation covers embodied-intelligence data collection, humanoid robot core components and industrial-scenario applications. The agreement supports deployment and… - source: stcn.com
• 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 intelligence. The companies will collaborate on robot data acquisition and model training using Bosch factories and logistics centers in China… - source: autonews.gasgoo.com
• 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 named as co-lead investors. Additional support in the round was reported from Fortune Capital, Galaxy Yuanhui, Turing Fund, Xinding Capital, and Gengxin… - source: autonews.gasgoo.com
• 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 initial model and benchmark release. The repository documents training requirements, dataset loading, distributed training… - source: github.com
• 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, technical integration, real-world deployment and joint marketing from 2026 through 2029. The first tangible outcome is Spirit AI's Moz robot going online… - source: autonews.gasgoo.com
• 2026-02-25 - Funding - Spirit AI confirms $280M across two consecutive rounds - Yunfeng Capital, Chaos Investment, Synstellation Capital and TCL Venture Capital were among the disclosed backers. State-backed investors included Chongqing Industrial Investment Mother Fund and Hangzhou Financial Investment. The capital supports… - source: spirit-ai.com
• 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. The company said Spirit AI-powered agents handle flexible wire harnesses, achieving a reported 99%+ success rate while matching skilled human workers on precision and cycle time. The… - source: prnewswire.com
• 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, inference wrapper, RoboChallenge integration and model checkpoints. The repository says Spirit-v1.5 ranked first on the RoboChallenge Table30… - source: github.com
• 2025-12-18 - Deployment - Spirit AI's Moz robots start large-scale battery-line work at CATL - Moz works in EOL and DCR final functional testing before battery packs leave the line. Its vision-language-action model adjusts posture and force for changing insertion points and flexible wiring harnesses. Spirit AI reports insertion success above 99% and… - source: spirit-ai.com
• 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 Moz1 robot arm with wrist offsets. The author reports full self-motion support, singularity handling, and all 16 solutions per pose for the arm configuration. - source: arxiv.org
• 2025-07-21 - Funding - Spirit AI secures nearly 600 million RMB in Pre-A+ funding round - China Internet Investment Fund, Zhejiang Science and Technology Innovation Mother Fund, Huatai PCPD Investment and Fosun RZ Capital participated. Existing shareholders Shunwei Capital and China-Central Healthcare Fund increased their investments. Gaohu… - source: spirit-ai.com