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Five Ages

中科第五纪

China
Hangzhou
Founded 2024
Last updated: September 12, 2026

Full Name

Zhongke Fifth Epoch (Hangzhou) Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.

About

Five Ages is an embodied-intelligence company founded in Hangzhou in September 2024 by teams from Tsinghua University and the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Led by founder and CEO Liu Nianfeng and co-founder and chief scientist Sun Fuchun, the company develops ultra-few-shot end-to-end embodied models (FAM), the BridgeV2W embodied world model, and multimodal robot intelligence. It provides embodied-brain modules, wheeled embodied robots, and industry solutions for power, manufacturing, automotive, retail, and other industrial or special-operation scenarios. Public reports describe deployments and proof-of-concept or small-batch projects with Unitree, State Grid, Sinopec, Midea, Leapmotor, and other customers; product scale and exact commercial volume remain undisclosed.

Technical Overview

Company Stage
Pilot Delivery
Focus Application
Industrial
Robot Products
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Contact Information

Address
Room N202, 2nd Floor, North Building, Shuzhi Fudi Shouzuo (Yungu Fudi Center), No. 181 Jingda Road, Sandun Town, Xihu District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China

Funding History

RoundAmountValuationDateInvestorsSource
A1Undisclosed-Aug 2026Xigao Investment, Bank of China AIC Fund, Sanfeng InvestmentSource
A2Undisclosed-Aug 2026Xinneng Venture Capital, Bank of China AIC Fund, Zhongshan Venture Capital, Hongruida Investment, Boyan Technology, Jincheng InvestmentSource
Series AUndisclosed-May 2026Futeng Capital, Shanghai Semiconductor Industry Investment, Guoke Capital, China Venture Capital, Hongruida Investment, Zhuoyuan AsiaSource
Pre-AUndisclosed-Feb 2026Sequoia China, Oriental Fortune CapitalSource
Pre-A+Undisclosed-Feb 2026Xinneng Venture Capital, Youshan Capital, Qingkong JinxinSource
Angel+Undisclosed-Oct 2025Guohai Innovation CapitalSource
AngelUndisclosed-Oct 2025Huarui Investment, Dinghui Baifu, Jincheng Capital, Fuzhuo Capital, Zhuoyuan Asia, Tongchuang WeiyeSource
Seed+Undisclosed-Mar 2025Tongchuang Weiye, Lihe Capital, Zhuoyuan AsiaSource
SeedUndisclosed-Feb 2025Zhuoyuan AsiaSource

Development Timeline

2024
Zhongke Fifth Epoch (Hangzhou) Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. was founded on September 12 by teams from Tsinghua University and the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
2025
The team developed the FAM ultra-few-shot embodied-operation model and began commercializing embodied-brain and robot solutions.
2025
In September, the company won a major robot order, became the customer's 001 embodied-brain supplier, and delivered two scenarios in roughly one month.
2026
The company was reported as a Unitree core ecosystem partner and continued joint power-operation and industrial deployments.
2026
Completed Pre-A and Pre-A+ financing rounds in February; the reported combined amount was several hundred million yuan and individual amounts were not disclosed.
2026
Completed a several-hundred-million-yuan Series A round and reported overseas orders and industrial POC deployments.
2026
Announced consecutive A1 and A2 financing rounds totaling more than RMB 1 billion; individual round amounts were not disclosed.
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