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Galaxea AI, an embodied intelligence startup based in China, has recently secured nearly 2 billion yuan (approximately USD 290.4 million) in funding. This investment aims to bolster the development of foundational models, expand its global ecosystem, and advance Vision-Language-Action (VLA) and World Action Models—driven by their real data roadmap. The company also plans to accelerate large-scale deployment of embodied intelligence in real-world applications.
The Series B+ financing round was supported by a mix of industrial capital, long-term investment funds, and state-owned financial institutions. With a valuation surpassing 200 billion yuan (about USD 29 billion), the firm now stands among the top-tier companies in the industry, comparable to other major players.
Earlier in February, the company raised close to 1 billion yuan in a Series B round. Although many new competitors have entered the embodied AI sector recently, Luo Tianqi, the company’s CFO, predicts that more than half of the leading firms in China’s future top 10 will originate from this crop of startups.
Galaxea emphasizes the coexistence of VLA and World Action Models—integrating intuitive physical world understanding with precise task execution through extensive real-world and open-scenario data. The company has also open-sourced three VLA models.
Founded in 2023, Galaxea’s focus is on research and development of core models for embodied AI and robotics. Unlike its competitor that primarily relies on simulation data, Galaxea has chosen to develop a real-world embodied data engine, which presents challenges such as data collection difficulties, high costs, and slower growth.
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