The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Cowarobot: 1 model, $250.0M raised. 1 source back the record.
CategoryRobotaxis
Overview
Shanghai-based autonomous-driving company making self-driving vehicles and robots for Smart sanitation, urban logistics, and commercial applications. Founded in 2015 by Liu Liyuan, Liao Wenlong, and CEO He Tao, CowaRobot raised 50M in Series C funding and is a leading provider of high-level self-driving full-stack solutions, with the fastest and largest commercial high-level self-driving deployment in China.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries C post-money
Key facts
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
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Current leadership (1)
- He Tao CEOreported, not verified
Founders (1)
- He Taocofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Cowarobot.
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Recent coverage
Cowarobot in third-party press
Peers
88 peers across 1 segment. Every Cowarobot competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
av(88)
57 companies in this segment · highly_concentrated (HHI 4969.122215850638) · leader Waymo at 6990%
- Autonomous A2Zdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Haomo.AIdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Momenta Globaldirect competitor(inferred)strong
- QCraftdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Robotic Researchdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Zerondirect competitor(inferred)strong
Mentioned on (1)
Registry pages whose text names Cowarobot.
People (1)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $250.0M
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Funding rounds (1)
- Series C2024-01-01
$250M(reported) · $2.5B post
Timeline
Every recorded move in Cowarobot’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries C funding round
2024-01-01Series C raising $250000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 27, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-12
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-12
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Cowarobot.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Cowarobot from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
CowaRobot collects 50m in series C round
CowaRobot raised 50M in Series C funding for its self-driving robots in sanitation, logistics, and commercial applications.
COWAROBOT - Forbes
Forbes profile of CowaRobot, founded in 2015 by Liu Liyuan, Liao Wenlong, and CEO He Tao in Shanghai.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/cowarobot.md
- RSS feed: /companies/cowarobot/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/14ee1c90-57ed-4d6f-b7c2-2ea2536c500a
- Revision history: /companies/cowarobot/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Heat Index
Category contender75/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Cowarobot draws attention at the 1st percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among AVs.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 13, 2026