Full Name
Astribot (Shenzhen) Artificial Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd.
About
Astribot, known in Chinese as 星尘智能 and incorporated as Astribot (Shenzhen) Artificial Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd., is a Shenzhen robotics company founded in late 2022 by Lai Jie, its chief executive, who has sixteen years of robotics research and development experience. Its stated vision is that billions of people should have an AI robot assistant, and its mission is to advance coexistence, co-creation and mutual benefit between people and machines. The company says it pioneered a Design for AI software-hardware integrated system architecture that couples AI capability with what it calls optimal operation, and that this produced a key breakthrough in embodied intelligence data acquisition, letting a robot learn, think and work in much the same way a person does, interact fluidly, use human tools and equipment, and take on dull, difficult or dangerous tasks. It describes itself as the first company to mass-produce tendon-driven AI robots. Its product is the Astribot S1, presented as an AI robotic partner and positioned against an adult male as the reference for its operating parameters: seven degrees of freedom per arm, a 5 kg payload per arm at horizontal reach, a maximum effector velocity of at least 10 metres per second, a maximum effector acceleration of about 100 metres per second squared, positioning repeatability of plus or minus 0.1 mm, a height of 170 cm and a weight of 80 kg, all of which the company frames as giving researchers and explorers the stability and safety to bring their ideas to life. The company's AI side is documented separately through Lumo 1, Lumo 2, Philia and SmoothRL, and the site also lists a product page for the wider Astribot product line. On financing, the company completed a pre-A round led by Matrix Partners China in August 2024, an A++ round co-led by CAS Capital and Ant Group announced in November 2025, and a Series B group of three rounds in June 2026 totalling more than one billion yuan at a valuation above ten billion yuan. It is registered under Guangdong ICP filing 2025360189, and its public channels include WeChat, Bilibili, Douyin, YouTube, X and TikTok.
Technical Overview
Contact Information
Robot Products
Astribot S1
Released 2024
Funding History
Total $141M| Round | Amount | Valuation | Date | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 新一轮 | $141M | $2.1B | Oct 2026 | Shenzhen Investment Holdings Donghai (投控东海, lead), Hongtai Fund (洪泰基金), Ninghai Xingtaihe Fund managed by Guanghua Sunshine (光华阳光管理的宁海兴泰合基金), Shanheng Capital (善恒资本), Xianmu (先沐, existing shareholder) | Source |
| Series B | Undisclosed | - | Jun 2026 | Liangxi Sci-Tech Innovation Phase II Fund (managed by Bohua Capital) | Source |
| Series A++ | Undisclosed | - | Nov 2025 | CAS Capital (Guoke Investment), Ant Group, Bloom Advance Capital, Times Berle (Jinma Youle Industrial Fund manager), Nanshan Strategic Emerging Industry Investment | Source |
| Pre-A | Undisclosed | - | Aug 2024 | Matrix Partners China | Source |
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