QCraft Timeline

Events

• 2026-03-23 - Funding - QCraft closes $100M Series D financing - QCraft announced completion of a $100 million Series D financing round The company said the funding would support physical AI for autonomous driving and mobility QCraft said it planned to invest in world models, reinforcement learning, and global deployment - source: businesswire.com
• 2026-01-26 - Product Launch - QCraft launches next-generation 500+ TOPS autonomous driving solution - The company said its NOA technology had scaled to more than 1 million vehicles QCraft develops autonomous driving systems for automakers and mobility applications, spanning advanced driver assistance through L4 autonomy. - source: businesswire.com
• 2025-11-17 - Partnership - QCraft enters autonomous logistics sector with Chery partnership - QCraft announced a partnership with Chery focused on autonomous logistics The company said the collaboration would support L4 delivery commercialization QCraft said its Robovan had already begun operations in Suzhou and Jinhua - source: businesswire.com
• 2025-09-08 - Facility Opening - QCraft opens European headquarters in Germany and partners with Qualcomm - QCraft said it would open its European headquarters in Germany The company also announced a partnership with Qualcomm QCraft said deliveries of its full-stack solutions in Europe, the United States, Japan, and South Korea were expected to begin in 2026 - source: reuters.com
• 2024-06-26 - Funding - QCraft raises several hundred million yuan in Series C financing - Chinese media reported QCraft had completed a Series C financing round worth several hundred million yuan. The report said QCraft had raised more than 1 billion yuan across six funding rounds. The financing supports continued product development, deployment… - source: cnevpost.com
• 2022-12-02 - Funding - QCraft secures round B1 financing for self-driving development - QCraft announced completion of a B1 financing round. Public reports described the round as led by M31 Capital and Yunqi Partners. The financing supports continued product development, deployment scaling, and commercialization of the company's robotics… - source: pandaily.com
• 2022-11-10 - Regulatory - QCraft receives Beijing autonomous-bus demonstration approval - The approval covered passenger-bus demonstration rather than unrestricted commercial service. QCraft used its L4 autonomous-minibus platform for the program. The milestone followed earlier road testing in the city. - source: qcraft.ai
• 2022-09-08 - Partnership - QCraft integrates Hesai lidar into L4 autonomous-driving vehicles - The technical configuration includes lidar. The work is scoped to L4 autonomous-driving vehicles. The announcement identifies a named and bounded programme or configuration. - source: hesaitech.com
• 2022-05-18 - Product Launch - QCraft launches DBQ V4, Longzhou SPACE, and QCraft Matrix - QCraft introduced DBQ V4, its fourth-generation mass-produced autonomous driving solution The company also launched Longzhou SPACE and the QCraft Matrix autonomous driving R&D toolchain QCraft said QCraft Matrix had already started serving external clients - source: autonews.gasgoo.com
• 2022-05-09 - Regulatory - QCraft autonomous minibus receives Beijing road-test permit - The permit covered QCraft’s L4 autonomous minibus. It authorized road testing rather than routine passenger service. The permit preceded QCraft’s later Beijing demonstration-service approval. - source: qcraft.ai
• 2021-11-10 - Partnership - QCraft selects NVIDIA DRIVE Orin for next-generation autonomous driving hardware - QCraft announced it selected NVIDIA DRIVE Orin for a next-generation autonomous driving hardware solution The announcement covered robobus and robotaxi applications QCraft develops autonomous driving systems for automakers and mobility applications, spanning… - source: qcraft.ai
• 2021-11-10 - Partnership - QCraft and Volcano Engine collaborate on autonomous-driving toolchain - QCraft opened parts of its underlying development capabilities to partners through the Matrix toolchain. Volcano Engine contributes cloud infrastructure and services intended to support larger-scale autonomous-driving development and deployment. - source: qcraft.ai
• 2021-08-16 - Funding - QCraft raises $100M Series A+ round - QCraft completed a $100 million Series A+ financing round The round was led by YF Capital and Genesis Capital Meituan Longzhu and international pension-fund investors also participated - source: cnevpost.com
• 2021-04-03 - Research Publication - QCraft publishes autonomous-bus operations analysis - The report focused on real-world unmanned-bus operations rather than a laboratory benchmark. It examined operating behavior and service data from QCraft vehicles. The publication was presented as an early domestic analysis of autonomous-bus operation. - source: qcraft.ai
• 2021-03-06 - Partnership - QCraft and Datang Mobile partner on 5G autonomous buses - The programme includes demonstration routes that combine QCraft autonomous microtransit with Datang Mobile 5G infrastructure. The partners also planned regional smart-bus operating platforms and larger fleet services spanning technical and market work. - source: qcraft.ai
• 2020-04-03 - Funding - QCraft raises eight-figure USD seed round - QCraft announced an eight-figure U.S. dollar seed financing. Investors included IDG Capital, Vision Plus Capital, and Tide Capital. The financing supports continued product development, deployment scaling, and commercialization of the company's robotics… - source: qcraft.ai
• 2020-01-17 - Partnership - QCraft and Suzhou High-speed Rail New City begin autonomous-driving trials - The programme covered pilot operations for autonomous mobility and logistics services in the high-speed rail district. QCraft also demonstrated an L4 vehicle and its technical stack during the city’s connected-vehicle fleet launch ceremony. - source: qcraft.ai