Sweet Potato Robot Intelligent Evolution and Large-Scale Implementation Process Accelerating

(Source: China Business Times)

Reprinted from: China Business Times

Recently, Digua Robotics announced the completion of a $120 million Series B1 funding round. Following the $100 million Series A funding in 2025, Digua Robotics has raised a total of $220 million across Series A and B rounds.

This round of financing brought together top industry investors, including Synstellation Capital, Didi, Meituan Longzhu, and other leading industry players. Strategic investors such as Borui Capital, Jiuyang Home, Yongning Gaoxin, BAIC Industry Investment, Jiukun Venture Capital, Xinlian Capital, and Yarei Capital participated, along with top financial institutions like Jinqiu Fund, Xingrui Capital, Chuxin Capital, Gengxin Capital, and Yunbai Capital. Additionally, existing major shareholders such as Hillhouse Ventures, Vertex Growth Fund under Temasek Singapore, Linear Capital, Hexuan Capital, Huangpu River Capital, Wuyuan Capital, and Meihua Venture Capital all participated with oversubscriptions.

This financing round unites industry giants, core strategic investors, and top-tier institutions, fully supporting Digua Robotics’ full-stack hardware and software technology development and product iteration. It aims to solidify the native technology foundation of embodied intelligence through soft-hardware synergy and integrated edge-cloud systems, driving the industry toward a new cycle of scale and inclusive development with systematic infrastructure.

As an important strategic partner, Horizon Robotics will leverage its BPU intelligent computing architecture and Foundation Model capabilities to jointly accelerate the intelligent evolution and large-scale deployment of Digua Robotics’ products.

As the “great common divisor” covering all categories of robots and spanning from R&D to mass production, Digua Robotics addresses three major market needs: large-scale mass-produced robot products, ubiquitous innovative robot applications, and universal embodied intelligent robots for the future. It has built a comprehensive product system from chips and algorithms to software, with a full range of computing power from 5 to 560 TOPS*, covering scenarios such as humanoid robots, wheeled and legged robots, quadruped robots, service companion robots, and logistics AMRs. It has also established a complete chain from cutting-edge technological innovation to mass production, achieving fruitful commercial and ecological results.

Over the past year, Digua Robotics has deepened collaborations with leading industry clients, launching multiple industry benchmark products in core areas such as vacuum cleaners, drones, robotic dogs, and desktop companions. Supported by full-chain development infrastructure, it continues to drive generational leaps in robot intelligence and user experience.

Currently, the robotics industry is entering a critical period of rapid technological innovation, explosive scale-up of mass production, and deep penetration into niche scenarios. Horizon focuses on investing in physical AI, particularly its BPU computing architecture and foundational models, which have already been deployed in the automotive sector—the largest application scenario—and are now migrating toward embodied intelligence.

Relying on Horizon’s proven BPU architecture with millions of units in mass production and industry-leading Foundation Model capabilities, Digua Robotics is building a native-designed, deeply optimized chip, algorithm, and software ecosystem tailored to robotic scene demands. By creating a soft-hardware collaborative, integrated edge-cloud “embodied intelligence native” technology base, it aims to lower industry barriers through a new computing paradigm and a full-chain development platform covering simulation validation to physical deployment. Its vision is to become the “Wintel” of the robotics era, providing optimal solutions for the development of robot intelligence.

Horizon Robotics founder and CEO Yu Kai stated: “Since its founding, Horizon’s original intention has been to create the ‘brain’ for robots. If autonomous driving is like a high school exam about to be ‘submitted,’ then the robotics ‘big test’ has just begun, with ten thousand tracks, each with the chance to produce a champion. Horizon and Digua Robotics have always been ‘enablers’—building weapons, not fighting wars. We will continue to provide underlying chips, toolchains, and development platforms to empower innovators across industries and elevate the entire ecosystem.”

Following the automotive industry, robots are now the next trillion-dollar blue ocean market Horizon is entering. Horizon and Digua Robotics maintain a deep, strategic, and technological partnership, jointly accelerating the evolution and large-scale deployment of robot intelligence.