Simple AI raises several hundred million yuan Pre-A for embodied robots
Simple AI raised a Pre-A round worth several hundred million yuan to advance embodied robots, Simple-World Model upgrades and embodied-intelligence data systems.
Evidence notes
- Didi led the round, with participation from Plum Ventures and Keli Sensing.
- Funding supports model upgrades, embodied data systems, core hiring and family-oriented application deployment.
- The capital supports commercial automation and autonomous-system workflows as Simple AI moves toward broader commercial use.
Company context
Simple AI develops embodied foundation models, robot-learning data infrastructure and robot engineering systems. Its HiFi-UMI pipeline captures robot-free bimanual demonstrations and converts them into policy-training data for physical manipulators.