BEIJING — Humanoid startup LimX Dynamics is getting ready to go public, just over four years after it was founded during the pandemic.
"Listing is a must," said founder Will Zhang, emphasizing the importance of timing. He was speaking to reporters ahead of the company的 announcement Tuesday that it had raised $200 million in a pre-IPO round.
张将这种情况与 2018 年至 2020 年相继在美国上市的中国电动汽车初创公司蔚来, 小鹏汽车和理想汽车, 进行了比较。"一旦技术成熟,，如果[ 公司] 不上市, 那么像威马汽车, 它可能会消失," 他用 CNBC 翻译的普通话, 说。
Zhang compared the situation to Chinese electric car startups Nio, Xpeng and Li Auto, which successively listed in the U.S. from 2018 to 2020. "Once the technology is mature, if [the company] doesn't list, then like WM Motor, it may disappear," he said in Mandarin, translated by CNBC.
Several overseas investors, including UAE-based Stone Venture, Italy-based GGG and Germany-based Redstone VC participated in LimX的 latest round, which valued the startup at 15 billion yuan ($2.21 billion), according to a press release.
该初创公司表示，它已经在为可能在香港, 的 IPO, 做准备，并且正处于保密审查阶段。
The startup said it was already preparing for its IPO, likely in Hong Kong, and is in a confidential phase of review.
由于中国现在有超过 100 家类人机器人公司,，这些公司属于国家推动"体现人工智能的范畴，因此情况紧迫。"
The urgency comes as China now has well over 100 humanoid companies, which fall under the national push for "embodied AI."
根据行业数据提供商西牛的数据，, 第二季度该行业投资额达到 470.9 亿元($69.5 亿), 是第一季度的两倍多—，比去年同期增长六倍多,，反映出利息的快速飙升。
Reflecting a rapid surge in interest, investment in the sector hit 47.09 billion yuan ($6.95 billion) in the second quarter, more than double that of the first quarter — and up over six times versus the same period last year, according to industry data provider Xiniu.
新阶段
A new phase
中国已快速批准人形机器人公司 Unitree 在上海, 上市，而香港则受理来自各行业 500 多家公司的申请。
China has fast-tracked approval for humanoid company Unitree to list in Shanghai, while Hong Kong processes applications from more than 500 companies across sectors.
"随着更多的工业和协作机器人公司可能进行 IPO, 竞争压力可能会持续," 摩根士丹利在上周的一份报告中表示, 指出行业参与者 DeepRobot 和 Leju 正在寻求尽快上市。
"With more industrial and collaborative robot companies potentially coming to IPO, competitive pressure is likely to persist," Morgan Stanley said in a report last week, noting sector players DeepRobot and Leju that are looking to list soon.
The investment firm forecasts 18% growth in China的 industrial robots market this year, and shipment of 50,000 humanoids.
LimX 旨在打造完全自主的商业服务机器人。 The company said it will kick off a multi-year plan to ship thousands of humanoids to the Middle East, and is delivering its entertainment-focused Luna humanoid to customers in South Korea.
LimX aims to create fully autonomous commercial service robots. The company said it will kick off a multi-year plan to ship thousands of humanoids to the Middle East, and is delivering its entertainment-focused Luna humanoid to customers in South Korea.
对于创始人Zhang,来说，人形机器人背后的技术已经跨越了从头开始的"0到1"创新线。他说, 进入的下一个障碍, 在于制造出满足用户 需求的好产品。
To founder Zhang, the technology behind humanoid robots has already crossed the "0 to 1" line of innovating from scratch. The next barrier to entry, he said, lies in making a good product that meets users needs.
最新一轮融资的其他支持者包括中国精密零部件公司蓝思科技, IDG资本, 华山资本, 蔚来资本和合肥滨湖产业发展集团,。
Other backers in the latest funding round include Chinese precision parts company Lens Technology, IDG Capital, WestSummit Capital, Nio Capital and Hefei Binhu Industry Development Group, the release said.
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