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UniX AI Closes RMB 500 Million Pre-A Round as Greenland Group Joins as Strategic Investor

By Jiang Si Qi

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UniX AI announced on November 9 that it has closed a RMB 500 million Pre-A funding round, bringing in Greenland Group as a strategic investor to transition from a downstream application partner. The round also includes Keli Sensing, HUST Venture Capital, and follow-on backing from Xeno Investment and Yonghua Investment to scale robot deployment across security, hospitality, and healthcare.

On November 9, UniX AI announced the completion of a RMB 500 million Pre-A funding round. Greenland Holdings, previously a downstream application partner, has entered as a strategic investor. The two parties will jointly advance robot deployment across multiple scenarios.

This image shows a humanoid mobile robot illuminated by a spotlight in an empty, dark indoor space. The robot features a humanoid head and dual arms, with a wheeled mobile chassis at the base. It has a dark gray appearance with orange decorative lines. In context, this robot is one of UniX AI's products. With UniX AI closing its RMB 500 million Pre-A round, Greenland Group has joined as a new investor, and the two parties will advance the deployment of such robots, along with their data and solutions, in scenarios like security, hospitality, and healthcare.

The investor lineup for this round includes Greenland Holdings, Keli Sensing, Huagong Venture Capital, Xinjing Fuying, the Red Bird Launch Fund, Yulin Industrial Investment, and others; Shenuo Investment and Yonghua Investment continued to increase their stakes. Keli Sensing previously disclosed its strategic investment in UniX AI on August 27, 2026; the current announcement did not clarify the financial relationship between the two investments.

Greenland Holdings was already a core downstream application partner for UniX AI and is now entering as a strategic investor. The two parties will focus on security, hotel, and elderly care scenarios, advancing the deployment of robot models, hardware, data, and complete solutions. Funds from this round will be used to deepen research in embodied AI algorithms, iterate on products, enhance engineering and delivery capabilities, and expand scaled deployment in mature sectors such as property management, hospitality, and retail.

The diverse investor lineup for this round includes listed companies, supply chain enterprises, local industrial platforms, and university innovation ecosystems: Keli Sensing, Huagong Venture Capital, the Red Bird Launch Fund backed by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Yulin Industrial Investment. These investors will connect UniX AI with hardware supply chain and scientific research commercialization resources.

UniX AI was founded in April 2024 by Yang Fengyu, who previously pursued his Ph.D. at Yale University. Commenting on this funding round, Yang stated that the team has long been grounded in real-world scenarios to refine its algorithms, products, and delivery capabilities. Now, an increasing number of industry partners are transitioning from simple purchasing customers to long-term investors. UniX AI will continue to adhere to its mission of "making robots actually do the work."

In terms of delivery, since the end of 2025, UniX AI has consistently maintained monthly deliveries of over 100 units, with a single-month peak exceeding 300 units. The company has secured orders for hundreds of units from multiple benchmark clients, showing improving cash collection and gross margins; however, the announcement did not disclose the exact figures for cumulative deliveries, total order value, or gross margin. The company is currently supplying robots in bulk to several leading real estate groups. In June 2026, UniX AI partnered with Inspur, signing a RMB 20 million robot order covering government and enterprise services, smart parks, commercial services, and industrial operations and maintenance. That same month, it also formed a strategic alliance with Certis, an international intelligent security service provider.

In the hospitality sector, robots have been deployed for routine operations in chain brands such as Hilton, JI Hotel, and Home Inn. On the retail front, the company is collaborating deeply with JD.com's 7Fresh Coffee. In August 2026, 7Fresh Coffee set a Guinness World Record: a robot barista produced 202 cups of coffee in one hour. During testing, its Panther robot completed the transport, cabinet loading, and other last-mile fulfillment tasks for 2,136 beverages within 24 hours.

Funding Retrospective: In March 2026, UniX AI just completed a nearly RMB 300 million equity financing round, with participation from CICC Huirong, Hongshan Capital, Guangzhou Industrial Investment, and Shenuo Investment. Existing shareholders Wuzhong Financial Holdings and Yonghua Investment made oversubscribed follow-on investments.

On the hardware front, UniX AI has developed two primary product platforms: Wanda and Panther. The Wanda 2.0 features dual arms with a 12 kg payload capacity and a battery life of 8 to 16 hours. The Panther is a full-size, wheeled, dual-arm humanoid robot that can be optionally equipped with up to 2,070 TOPS of compute.

This image displays UniX AI's robot products. The scene features a white robot with the 'UniX AI' logo on its head and a 'TEKA' logo on its chest. Its dual arms have a 12 kg payload capacity and an 8 to 16-hour battery life. The robot is operating a coffee machine while staff members take photos. The background shows other visitors, exhibition booths, and screens displaying the robot's movements. This image relates to the introduction of UniX AI's robot products, visually presenting its form factor.

At the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games, UniX AI won one gold, one silver, and one bronze medal, and consecutively secured the championship in the hospitality track.

This image shows the medals won by UniX AI at the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games. A white humanoid robot stands on the track wearing a gold medal with a blue ribbon that reads '2026 World Humanoid Robot Games'. The background features blue bleachers with some spectators. This image corresponds to the introduction of UniX AI winning one gold, one silver, and one bronze medal at the event, visually presenting its awards.

The company also collaborated with Zhejiang University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Oxford, Yale University, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University to introduce UniTac, a unified multimodal tactile model. The research was accepted to ECCV 2026. The model integrates object properties and sensor features into a single framework, enabling cross-sensor tactile understanding and generation.