Xpeng's Robot Unit Raises $900M to Challenge Tesla in Embodied AI
pstAsiatech · x · 2026-08-25
Xpeng's robotics unit, Dogotix, raised $900 million in a funding round valuing it at $6.3 billion. Backed by Alibaba, Tencent, and IDG Capital with $600M, plus $200M from Xpeng, it marks the largest private-equity deal for a Chinese robotics maker. The capital aims to commercialize general-purpose humanoid robots and compete with Tesla in embodied AI.
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