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D-Robotics funding, valuation and investors
Robotics computing infrastructure — Sunrise chips and developer kits spun out of Horizon Robotics.
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Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
Series C
$400M · September 2026
Latest known valuation
Not publicly disclosed
Total disclosed equity funding
$400M
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
private
growth · Shenzhen / Hong Kong (announced from Hong Kong)
Investors in latest funding
Lead: Mirae Asset
Other: Meituan , Existing shareholders (unnamed in PR)
Overview
D-Robotics is a Chinese robotics computing company spun out of Horizon Robotics in January 2024. It sells Sunrise intelligent computing chips and RDK developer kits plus software spanning data collection, training, simulation, and deployment for humanoids, quadrupeds, AMRs, and companion robots. On September 17, 2026 it announced a $400 million Series C. Yicai named Mirae Asset as lead with Meituan and government-backed platforms participating; the PR Newswire release described a leading global internet company plus institutions and existing shareholders without naming Mirae. Company claims for H1 2026: revenue grew several times YoY; cumulative Sunrise shipments surpassed 8 million; Sunrise S600 (Nov 2025) adopted by more than 20 customers including UBTECH, FOURIER, Astribot, and Booster Robotics, with most projects in mass production. Prior 2026 prints include Series B rounds totaling hundreds of millions (Yicai / Gasgoo summaries conflict on exact B1/B2 splits — use company figures when restating totals). Valuation not disclosed.
Why D-Robotics is interesting
September 17, 2026: $400M Series C (Mirae Asset led per Yicai) after company-claimed 8M+ Sunrise chip shipments and 20+ embodied-AI customers on the S600 — a rare robotics-silicon round with unit volume, not just humanoid demos.
Product & use cases
Sunrise chip family (including S600) plus RDK kits and a full-chain software stack for robot development — positioned as hardware-software infrastructure rather than a single humanoid OEM.
- Humanoid and wheeled robot OEMs needing edge compute
- University and developer kits (500+ universities / 100k+ developers claimed)
- Gravity Program (DGP) incubator for robotics startups
Key facts
- Sep 17, 2026: $400M Series C; Mirae lead per Yicai; valuation undisclosed
- Company: 8M+ Sunrise chip shipments; S600 with 20+ embodied AI customers
- Spun out of Horizon Robotics January 2024
Funding history (newest first)
Series C
2026-09 $400M- Mirae Asset (lead)
- Meituan (participant)
- Existing shareholders (unnamed in PR) (participant)
Competitive landscape
Edge: Unit shipments and named mass-production customers differentiate from pure foundation-model robotics startups that disclose demos without silicon volume.
D-Robotics sells chips and kits. Humanoid OEMs (UBTECH, FOURIER) are customers, not peers. Do not confuse chip shipment counts with robot unit sales.
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NVIDIA Jetson / Isaac incumbent
Dominant robotics compute stack outside China; D-Robotics competes on local supply and cost.
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Horizon Robotics adjacent
Parent/spin origin — ADAS chips vs D-Robotics robotics focus.
Market / IPO context
Editorial / static context — not a live quote.
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