AI startup funding in China 2026: 17 rounds
- Manus raises $500M, . AI apps. Led by Boyu Capital, IDG Capital. Manus develops autonomous AI agents to automate digital tasks.
- SiliconFlow raises a Series C round, . AI infrastructure. SiliconFlow operates SiliconCloud, a platform that serves and optimizes inference for open source AI models.
- D-Robotics raises $400M Series C, . Robotics. D-Robotics makes Sunrise robot chips and a software platform for training and deploying robot models.
- RobotPlusPlus raises a Series C round, . Robotics. Led by Qianggang Capital Fund. RobotPlusPlus builds working-at-height robots, such as hull derusting robots for shipyards and energy facilities.
- XPENG Robotics raises $900M Series A, . Robotics. Led by IDG Capital. XPENG Robotics, the robotics unit of XPeng, develops the IRON humanoid robot and physical AI models.
- Moonshot AI raises $3.5B Growth, . AI models. Led by National Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund. Chinese AI lab that develops the Kimi family of large language models.
- LimX Dynamics raises $200M Growth, . Robotics. LimX Dynamics builds humanoid and legged robots and the software stack that runs them.
- SiliconFlow raises $294M Series B, . AI infrastructure. Led by Trip.com Group, SenseTime. SiliconFlow operates SiliconCloud, a platform that serves and optimizes inference for open source AI models.
- DeepSeek raises $7.4B, . AI models. Builds open-weight large language models including the DeepSeek V and R series.
- StepFun raises $2.5B, . AI models. Develops multimodal foundation models and AI assistants integrated into phones and other devices.
- Moonshot AI raises $2B Series D, . AI models. Led by Long-Z Investments. Builds the Kimi family of large language models and the Kimi chatbot.
- LimX Dynamics raises $200M Series B, . Robotics. Led by Stone Venture, JD, Oriental Fortune Capital, CoStone Capital. Builds humanoid and legged robots and the software that runs them.
- Moonshot AI raises $700M, . AI models. Builds the Kimi family of large language models and the Kimi chatbot.
- StepFun raises $718M Series B, . AI models. Develops multimodal foundation models and AI assistants integrated into phones and other devices.
- Moonshot AI raises $500M Series C, . AI models. Led by IDG Capital. Builds the Kimi family of large language models and the Kimi chatbot.
- Moonshot AI raises $300M, . AI models. Builds the Kimi family of large language models and the Kimi chatbot.
- Moonshot AI raises $1B, . AI models. Led by Alibaba, HongShan. Builds the Kimi family of large language models and the Kimi chatbot.