TARS Robotics (China) Timeline

Events

• 2026-04-16 - Funding - TARS Robotics raises $455M at approximately CNY 13B valuation - GL Ventures, HongShan and Meituan co-led the Pre-A, with Beijing Robotics Industry Development Investment Fund among the participants. The $455 million financing was reported as a record single round for China's embodied-intelligence sector and placed TARS… - source: caixinglobal.com
• 2025-12-22 - Demonstration - TARS demonstrates humanoid robot hand embroidery breakthrough - In a live demonstration, TARS showed a humanoid robot performing hand embroidery, including threading a needle and stitching with both hands on flexible materials at sub-millimeter precision. Company materials and contemporaneous coverage dated December 22… - source: interestingengineering.com
• 2025-12-22 - Demonstration - TARS's A1 Robot Earns Guinness World Record for Two-Handed Stitching - • TARS Robotics' humanoid robot demonstrated two-handed stitching during a live event on December 22, 2025. • The robot threaded a needle and stitched a logo with both hands, handling flexible materials with sub-millimeter precision. • This performance… - source: e.vnexpress.net
• 2025-07-08 - Funding - TARS Robotics raises $122M angel+ round led by Meituan - TARS Robotics (China) disclosed $122,000,000 in Angel+ financing. The financing supports continued product development, deployment scaling, and commercialization of the company's robotics platform. - source: finance.sina.com.cn
• 2025-03-26 - Funding - TARS Robotics raises $120M angel round for embodied AI and humanoid robotics platform - Angel round of $120M led by Lanchi Ventures and Qiming Venture Partners with participation from Linear Capital, Hengxu Capital, Hongtai Fund, Lenovo Capital, Xianghe Capital, and Hillhouse Ventures. Capital was earmarked for product and technology R&D, model… - source: stcn.com
• 2025-02-05 - Company Formation - TARS Robotics is founded by former Huawei and Baidu autonomous systems leaders - TARS Robotics formally launched on 2025-02-05 as an embodied AI and humanoid robotics company. The founding team includes senior leaders from Huawei and Baidu autonomous driving and related autonomous-systems programs. The formation anchors the company's… - source: finance.sina.com.cn