Spirit AI Timeline

Events

• 2026-06-03 - Funding - Spirit AI raises CNY 1.5B at approximately CNY 20B valuation - The Series A+ supplied CNY 1.5 billion for embodied foundation-model development, real-world data infrastructure and commercial deployment. Spirit AI completed four financing rounds between February and June 2026, raising nearly CNY 5 billion across the… - source: autonews.gasgoo.com
• 2026-06-03 - Partnership - Schaeffler and Spirit AI sign strategic cooperation agreement for embodied intelligence - Schaeffler and Spirit AI signed a strategic cooperation agreement on June 3, 2026. The cooperation covers embodied-intelligence data collection, humanoid robot core components and industrial-scenario applications. The agreement supports deployment and… - source: stcn.com
• 2026-06-03 - Funding - Spirit AI raises RMB 1.5 billion Series A+ financing for embodied robot foundation models - Spirit AI completed a RMB 1.5 billion Series A+ financing round on June 3, 2026. Spirit v1.6 ranked first on the North American RoboArena benchmark, ahead of NVIDIA Cosmos3. The round adds to Spirit AI funding context around embodied intelligence, VLA… - source: autonews.gasgoo.com
• 2026-05-06 - Partnership - Spirit AI and Bosch China partner on embodied-intelligence deployment - Spirit AI and Bosch China signed a strategic partnership agreement to promote large-scale deployment of embodied intelligence. The companies will collaborate on robot data acquisition and model training using Bosch factories and logistics centers in China… - source: autonews.gasgoo.com
• 2026-04-07 - Funding - Spirit AI closes new RMB 1 billion financing round co-led by Shunwei Capital and Yunfeng Capital - Spirit AI announced a new RMB 1 billion financing round, with Shunwei Capital and Yunfeng Capital named as co-lead investors. Additional support in the round was reported from Fortune Capital, Galaxy Yuanhui, Turing Fund, Xinding Capital, and Gengxin… - source: autonews.gasgoo.com
• 2026-03-19 - Partnership - Spirit AI and JD partner on retail embodied intelligence - Moz robots began coffee-making demonstrations and service in JD MALL stores using JoyAI and JoyInside with remote operators. The partners plan joint embodied-training datasets and expansion into pharmacy sorting and dispensing, store guidance and cleaning. - source: finance.sina.com.cn
• 2026-02-25 - Funding - Spirit AI reports US$280M across two consecutive rounds - The amount covers two consecutive financings and is not treated as one conventional round cheque. New and strategic backers included Yunfeng Capital, Chaos Investment, Synstellation Capital, TCL Venture Capital, Minghui Zhiyuan, Chongqing Industrial… - source: spirit-ai.com
• 2026-01-12 - Research Publication - Spirit AI releases Spirit v1.5 model weights and evaluation code - The release included the foundation-model weights, benchmark-specific weights and code for independently reproducing evaluation results. Spirit v1.5 ranked first overall on RoboChallenge Table30; its unified architecture combines vision, language and action… - source: prnewswire.com
• 2025-12-18 - Deployment - Spirit AI's Moz robots start large-scale battery-line work at CATL - Moz works in EOL and DCR final functional testing before battery packs leave the line. Its vision-language-action model adjusts posture and force for changing insertion points and flexible wiring harnesses. Spirit AI reports insertion success above 99% and… - source: spirit-ai.com
• 2025-07-21 - Funding - Spirit AI secures nearly CNY 600M in Pre-A+ funding led by JD.com - China Internet Investment Fund, Zhejiang Science and Technology Innovation Mother Fund, Huatai PCPD Investment and Fosun RZ Capital participated. Existing investors Shunwei Capital, China-Central Healthcare Fund, Zhuhai Sci-Tech Innovation Group, Qiansheng… - source: spirit-ai.com
• 2025-07-21 - Funding - Spirit AI secures nearly 600 million RMB in Pre-A+ funding round - • Spirit AI secured nearly 600 million RMB in a Pre-A+ funding round led by JD.com, with participation from China Internet Investment Fund, Zhejiang Science and Technology Innovation Mother Fund, Huatai PCPD Investment, and Fosun RZ Capital. • Multiple… - source: spirit-ai.com