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Simplexity Robotics announced that it has raised over 2 billion Chinese yuan (approximately $289.3 million USD) within just six months. The funds will be used to train foundational models, conduct research, develop and refine robots, gather data, and create core algorithms—accelerating the widespread deployment of its embodied intelligence technologies across various scenarios.
Over the past six months, investments came from several prominent firms, including Tencent Holdings, Alibaba Group, Vision Capital, Lanchi Ventures, HongShan Capital Group, Legend Capital, CAS Star, and Gaorong Ventures. Following its latest funding round, the company’s valuation surpassed $1 billion USD.
Founded last July by CEO Jia Peng, Chairman Wang Kai, and COO Wang Jiajia—who all previously worked at the Chinese electric vehicle startup, Li Auto—Simplexity Robotics follows a comprehensive in-house development strategy. The company’s LaST₀ base model addresses the challenge of enabling robots to think and respond swiftly in dynamic environments by combining world understanding and predictive abilities with a dual-track thinking process within its vision-language-action framework.
The firm has also introduced the ManualVLA ultra-long-range task model, designed to improve robots’ planning and execution for complex tasks.
In terms of deployment, Simplexity Robotics emphasizes a step-by-step approach, starting with closed environments, then moving to semi-open settings, and ultimately aiming for fully open scenarios. The company is currently leading in closed-space applications such as factories, supermarkets, and logistics centers.
Their first-generation robot has been produced in small quantities, with proof-of-concept testing underway. The company has established strategic operations in Beijing, Shanghai, and Suzhou.
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