Full Name
Lingtong Robot (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
About
Lingtong Robot (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (brand Figurobot) is a Shanghai-based AI-native-hardware startup founded on 2022-08-23 by Lu Jie. The founding team comes from Shanghai Future Partner Robot, with more than 22 years of combined service-robot experience. The company claims to be the world's first humanoid robot company to propose the 'AI soul hardware' concept, focusing on desktop-grade embodied humanoid robots for AI emotional companionship and the consumer HOBBY/toy market. Its representative product, the 'Nian' (念) NIA-F01 desktop humanoid, is about 56-60 cm tall with multi-DOF motion, multimodal interaction, emotion recognition and personalization, priced around RMB 9,999; listed on JD.com in August 2025 with first-batch deliveries the same month. A second-generation model was announced for pre-sale in Q2 2026, and a new-generation 60 cm desktop humanoid with 30 self-developed millimeter-scale torque joints was unveiled in August 2026. The company completed multiple financing rounds with investors including iFlytek, Ceyuan Capital and Yonghua Investment.
Technical Overview
Contact Information
Robot Products
NIAN ・ NIA-FR02
Released 2026
Funding History
| Round | Amount | Valuation | Date | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series A++ | Undisclosed | - | Dec 2025 | Yonghua Investment (Shanghai Yonghua Yongyi Venture Capital Partnership) | Source |
| Pre-A | Undisclosed | - | Jan 2025 | Ceyuan Capital (Chengdu Ceyuan Guangyi Digital Economy Equity Investment Fund Partnership), Chengdu High-Tech Ceyuan Co-creation Enterprise Management Consulting Partnership, iFlytek (per media report) | Source |
| Strategic Financing | Undisclosed | - | Sep 2024 | iFlytek via Anhui iFlytek Cloud Innovation Technology Co., Ltd. | Source |
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