An index of frontier and emerging AI labs.
Robotics
Tsinghua-spinout humanoid-robot lab behind the ERA-42 end-to-end vision-language-action embodied model. Raised >$200M in late April 2026 led by SF Group (HSG, IDG, Hillhouse, CICC in prior round). Deployed in 10+ China Post / SF Group logistics centers.
| Name | RobotEra |
|---|---|
| Aliases | Robot Era |
| Space | Robotics |
| Founded | 2023 |
| Latest valuation | ~$1.5B |
| Stage | — |
| Status | active |
| HQ | Beijing |
| Founders | Chen Jianyu, Yang Fengxiang |
| Website | https://www.robotera.com |
| Careers | — |
| — | |
| X / Twitter | — |
| Date | Round | Amount ($M) | Valuation | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | ~$1.5B | reported |
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| Date | Type | Title | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-03 | added | RobotEra added to tracker Latest valuation: ~$1.5B. | — |
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| Lab | Valuation | Founded |
|---|---|---|
| 1X Technologies | — | 2014 |
| Generalist | — | 2024 |
| Sanctuary AI | — | 2018 |
| Figure AI | $39B | 2022 |
| Skild AI | >$14B | 2023 |
| Physical Intelligence | ~$11B | 2024 |
| Wayve | $8.6B | 2017 |
| Apptronik | $5.3B | 2016 |