Simate
About
About Simate
Simate develops models and software infrastructure for robot learning. Its connected system combines Sinfra for defining tasks, training, simulation validation and robot deployment; Sipai for learning physical behaviour; and RoboScientist for exploring experiments and their results. The company aims to connect repeated development and evaluation work in one workflow.
Sinfra remains under development and RoboScientist is offered as a research preview. The company demonstrates physical tasks such as ring placement and is evaluating Sipai through the RoboDojo benchmark. Its research tools retain experiment runs, comparisons and decisions so later work can build on earlier results. These are developing model and research systems rather than a finished general-purpose robot. The Shanghai company was established in 2026 and continues to develop its platform, models and experimental applications.
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Funding
- 2026-10-16 - Early financing update - Simate discloses early investment from Xiaomi- and Baidu-linked funds
Simate’s shareholder update identifies Xiaomi’s Hanxing Ventures and Baidu-linked Sanya Baichuan Zhixin among its early investors. Reporting describes several hundred million yuan of cumulative early financing, without isolating a single round. - source: auto.gasgoo.com
Investors
- Chentao Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-16
- Hanxing Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-16
- Ningbo Juxing - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-16
- Sanya Baichuan Zhixin - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-16
- Shanghai Qijixing - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-16
- Xinhe Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-16
- Yunji Tianze - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-16
Timeline
Events
- 2026-10-16 - Funding - Simate discloses early investment from Xiaomi- and Baidu-linked funds
The company was established in Shanghai in May 2026 and is led by founder and CEO Zhang Ying. Its development stack combines robot-learning models, research-agent workflows and simulation-to-robot infrastructure. Other early backers include Chentao Capital, Xinhe Capital, Yunji Tianze, Ningbo Juxing and Shanghai Qijixing.
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Context tags
- Robot-learning infrastructure stack - Stack Layer - Simate develops Sinfra robot-learning infrastructure and Sipai/RoboScientist research systems; development and research-preview maturity remain explicit.
- Robot learning research - Workflow - Simate develops Sinfra robot-learning infrastructure and Sipai/RoboScientist research systems; development and research-preview maturity remain explicit.