T-Chef Timeline

Events

• 2026-07-27 - Funding - Zhigu Tianchu closes near-RMB100 million strategic financing - Yueqian Capital participated, while existing shareholders Yunqi Capital and Qifu Capital made follow-on investments. Capital is allocated to physical-AI R&D and international deployment of Chinese and pan-Asian cooking systems. The amount is stated as nearly… - source: eu.36kr.com
• 2026-04-15 - Demonstration - Zhigu Tianchu and SoftBank Robotics jointly demonstrate an integrated restaurant-automation stack - The joint display ran from April 15 to 17, 2026. Zhigu Tianchu supplied cooking automation while SoftBank Robotics contributed delivery and cleaning systems. This was a demonstrated integrated workflow, not a disclosed customer deployment. - source: t-chef.com.cn
• 2026-03-18 - Product Launch - Zhigu Tianchu launches TC-40EA-US for North America - The North American variant adds English, Chinese and Spanish interfaces. The company describes barcode-driven recipe loading and visual operating-state feedback. The release presents TC-XaaS as a combined hardware, software, recipe-development and… - source: t-chef.com.cn
• 2025-12-16 - Funding - Zhigu Tianchu closes tens-of-millions-RMB Series A - Qifu Capital was the Series A investor. Capital supports R&D, manufacturing scale and market expansion for intelligent cooking systems. - source: m.pedaily.cn
• 2025-10-31 - Regulatory - Zhigu Tianchu helps draft China's commercial smart cooking-machine standard - The standard was issued on October 31, 2025 and is scheduled to take effect on November 1, 2026. It covers terminology, classification, technical requirements and testing methods. Zhigu Tianchu says it contributed to the framework and performance, safety and… - source: t-chef.com.cn