Robotics infra startup Lingjing raises 100M CNY angel round led by Matrix, Jingwei
What's the deal? Shangyuan Zhixing Technology, known as Lingjing Zhiyuan, has raised more than 100 million CNY (about $14.7 million) across an angel and angel-plus round, the company confirmed. Jingwei (Matrix Partners China) led the financing, with Shanghai Minhang state-owned capital investing strategically.
What does it do? Founded in July 2025 and incubated by the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Research InstituteDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, Lingjing builds a full-stack computing base for embodied AI. Rather than only supplying algorithms, it unifies chips, a native operating system, and brain-cerebellum coordination models — positioning itself as "the Android for the robot era."
Why the heavy path? The company argues that conventional CPU-plus-GPU designs cannot deliver the millisecond "perceive-decide-execute" loop robots need, leaving machines that "想得出来、做不到位" — able to think but not act precisely. Its answer is a super-heterogeneous architecture that fuses cognitive and motion control on one hardware platform.
Traction: In its first year, Lingjing says it has engaged more than 300 robotics makers, covering over 70% of the sector, and that more than 200 customers have completed batch installations or small-volume orders. Clients include Leju, Galbot, Paxini, and Fourier; some top customers have ordered over 1,000 units each.
What's next? Lingjing plans to start designing a dedicated embodied-native chip in mid-2026 and complete tape-out in 2027, closing a domestic "chip-system-model" loop. An FPGA prototype has finished full-process validation.
What could go wrong? Even with 2026 flagged as the "mass-production first year" and industry forecasts of 50,000 to 100,000 robot shipments, the near-term market for robot brains remains small. Full-stack chip and operating-system development requires long-cycle spending, meaning Lingjing must keep raising to fund research, production ramp-up, and standards-building.
The signal: The round sits in the 96th percentile among all-time angel deals in Chinese deep tech, reflecting how capital is shifting. As star robot-body makers close their funding windows and head toward IPOs, investors are tilting toward the "picks and shovels" — components, compute, and the embodied brain now among the hottest bets.
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