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Shenzhen-based robot chip manufacturer D-Robotics announced today that it has secured $150 million in a Series B funding round, bringing its total Series B capital raised to $270 million. This milestone highlights sustained investor enthusiasm for the core technologies driving embodied artificial intelligence.
This recent fundraising follows a $120 million Series B1 round completed just 20 days earlier and a $100 million Series A round completed last May. The size of this funding round and the diverse list of investors emphasize ongoing investments in foundational capabilities for embodied AI, especially as funding within the robotics sector becomes increasingly polarized.
Participants in the B2 round include a major retail technology and supply chain enterprise, ride-hailing leader Didi Global, Prosperity7 Ventures, GL Ventures, Vertex Growth backed by Temasek Holdings, and 5Y Capital. In the earlier B1 round, investors included Didi Global, Meituan Long-Z Fund, BAIC Capital, Xilian Capital, and Joyoung Family Office, among others.
Founded in January 2024 as a spin-off from Horizon Robotics’ artificial intelligence division for autonomous driving chips, D-Robotics concentrates on developing foundational computing platforms and versatile hardware and software infrastructure for consumer robots and embodied AI applications.
The company’s product lineup features the RDK S600 robot computing development platform, along with embodied AI model systems called HoloBrain and HoloMotion. These systems are designed to facilitate a closed-loop cycle of perception, decision-making, and control, supporting a “one brain, multiple forms” approach that allows a single model to be applicable across various robot types.
This approach mirrors the “chip + toolchain + algorithm” model pioneered by Horizon Robotics for autonomous vehicles. Industry experts believe D-Robotics aims to emulate this strategy in robotics by starting with computing platforms and gradually expanding into operating systems and ecosystem development.
The company reported a 180% increase in shipments last year compared to the previous year, with its customer base growing by 200%. It has introduced over 100 robot products and built a developer community of more than 100,000 users across Asia-Pacific, Europe, and North America. However, it has not publicly disclosed exact shipment volumes or revenue figures.
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