Knowin (诺因智能)
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About Knowin (诺因智能)
KNOWIN-X1 uses a wheeled base and a foldable dual-arm body designed for indoor household work. Each arm has seven degrees of freedom, the full body has 23, and the two arms carry a combined payload of 6 kilograms. Knowin lists an approximate mass of 50 kilograms and up to 10 hours of standby time. The robot folds below 40 centimetres for storage, while vision, depth sensing and LiDAR feed a layered obstacle-avoidance system for movement through domestic spaces.
Knowin's GLOW framework links synthetic and real physical-interaction experience with world rollouts, multimodal reasoning, action generation and closed-loop execution. KnowinDream produces household training experiences, KnowinWorld models action outcomes, KnowinGLOW unifies understanding, planning and control, and KnowinAgent manages memory and execution feedback. The company presents KNOWIN-X1 as a development-stage home robot for manipulation, natural interaction and monitoring; broad consumer availability has not been announced.
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Funding
- 2026-09-29 - Angel+++ - KNOWIN raises several hundred million yuan in Angel+++ round
KNOWIN completed an Angel+++ financing of several hundred million yuan led by a JD-linked fund, taking disclosed cumulative financing above RMB1 billion across five rounds. - source: bjnews.com.cn
- 2026-08-10 - Angel++ - Knowin completes RMB500 million Angel++ financing
Knowin completed a RMB500 million Angel++ round led by Matrix Partners China for its GLOW embodied model and KNOWIN-X1 home robot programme. - source: 36kr.com
- 2026-03-06 - Angel+ - Knowin (诺因智能) completes Angel+ round at post-money valuation above RMB 2B
valuation: > CNY 2B (~$289.7M) - source: view.inews.qq.com
- 2025-10-01 - Angel - Knowin (诺因智能) completes angel round led by L2F Guangyuan Entrepreneurs Fund
source: finance.sina.com.cn
- 2025-07-01 - Seed - Knowin (诺因智能) completes seed round led by Source Code Rhythm
source: 36kr.com
Investors
- L2F Guangyuan Entrepreneurs Fund - Participant - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2026-03-06 - latest 2026-08-10
- L2F 光源创业者基金 - Lead - Unknown - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-07-01 - latest 2025-10-01
- 源码律动 - Lead - Unknown - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-07-01 - latest 2025-10-01
- JD-linked fund - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-09-29
- Matrix Partners China - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-08-10
- Nanshan strategic investment - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-09-29
- Redpoint China - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-08-10
- SenseTime Guoxiang Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-08-10
- Source Code Rhythm - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-03-06
- Walden - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-09-29
- Walden Technology - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-08-10
- Zhengxingu Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-09-29
- Zhongding Capital - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-03-06
Team
- Chen Yingcong - Multimodal Model Scientific Advisor - Advises Knowin on multimodal-model research.
- Deng Shiyuan - Partner and Head of Infrastructure - Leads Knowin's data, training and computing infrastructure.
- Li Yinchuan - Founder - Founded Knowin around generative embodied intelligence and consumer home robots.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-09-29 - Funding - KNOWIN raises several hundred million yuan in Angel+++ round
Zhengxingu Capital, Nanshan strategic investment and Walden participated in the round. Capital will support GLOW training data and generalisation, KNOWIN-X1 engineering validation, production preparation and specialist hiring. The Angel+++ announcement came 49 days after Knowin disclosed its RMB500 million Angel++ financing on 10 August 2026.
Source - 2026-08-10 - Funding - Knowin completes RMB500 million Angel++ financing
Redpoint China, SenseTime Guoxiang Capital, Walden Technology and L2F Guangyuan Entrepreneurs Fund participated in the round. The capital will support GLOW model development and expansion of the company's engineering team. Knowin will also fund engineering validation and mass-production preparation for the KNOWIN-X1 home robot.
Source - 2026-03-06 - Funding - Knowin (诺因智能) completes Angel+ round at post-money valuation above RMB 2B
Knowin announced completion of an Angel+ financing round on 2026-03-06 with post-money valuation above RMB 2B Zhongding Capital led the round, while existing investors L2F Guangyuan Entrepreneurs Fund and Source Code Rhythm continued to invest Reporting says the company had completed seed, angel, and angel+ rounds within about half a year since its 2025 founding, with cumulative financing reaching several hundred million RMB
Source - 2025-10-01 - Funding - Knowin (诺因智能) completes angel round led by L2F Guangyuan Entrepreneurs Fund
March 2026 financing coverage says Knowin later completed an angel round after its seed financing The angel round was led by L2F 光源创业者基金, with 源码律动 following on
Source - 2025-07-01 - Funding - Knowin (诺因智能) completes seed round led by Source Code Rhythm
March 2026 financing coverage says Knowin had previously completed a seed round after founding in July 2025 The seed round was led by 源码律动, with L2F 光源创业者基金 participating
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Context tags
- Bimanual mobile manipulation - Workflow - KNOWIN-X1 uses two seven-DOF arms for mobile household manipulation.
- Embodied AI world models - Stack Layer - KNOWIN develops GLOW, KnowinWorld and related embodied world-model infrastructure as part of its core stack.
- Household humanoid robot builder - Peer Group - KNOWIN builds KNOWIN-X1 specifically for household assistance and domestic environments.
- Home service robot OEM - Stack Layer - KNOWIN builds a complete home-service robot system rather than a component or integration service.
- Home robotics environments - Customer Environment - KNOWIN-X1 is designed for homes and other domestic indoor spaces.
- Wheeled Humanoid Mobile Manipulator Builder - Peer Group - KNOWIN-X1 is a complete wheeled dual-arm semi-humanoid mobile manipulator.