The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies D-Robotics: $270.0M raised. 1 source back the record.
Overview
D-Robotics (formerly RDK) is a Chinese robot chip and Embodied AI computing platform company. Raised $270M Series B to build the silicon layer for China's embodied AI boom. Develops high-performance robot computing platforms for humanoid and industrial robots.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries B post-money
Key facts
Series B
Focus
Total fundingsee investors →
Founded
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Relationships
Current leadership (3)
Founders (1)
- Yu Kaicofounderno longer at company
previously at Horizon Robotics
Safety record
No incidents on record for D-Robotics.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
D-Robotics in third-party press
Financial state
- Total funding
- $270.0M
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
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 B2026-05-01
$270M(reported) · $2.2B post
Investors: Didi Global (follow), Prosperity7 Ventures (follow), GL Ventures (Hillhouse Ventures) (co_lead), Vertex Growth (follow)
Timeline
Every recorded move in D-Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2026-05-01Series B raising $270000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 22, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for D-Robotics.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning D-Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Northeast Texas Community College certified for material handling robotics training
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Hivebotics Raises US$6 Million Series A After Abluo Logs 10,000 Cleaning Hours Across 20 Sites
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Nscale, Figure Sign $3.5B Humanoid Robot Compute Deal
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U.S. Army taps AZAK’s wheel-centric robot for fielding
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How AI Improves the Work Robots Cannot Automate
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Caterpillar and FieldAI collaborate on AI-powered robotics for industrial sites
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AI, Vision and Robotics Converge at Advanced Vision & AI Conference
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BOTZ vs KOID: Which Robotics ETF Is Better in 2026?
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SiMa.ai and ARK Electronics Partner to Accelerate Intelligent, Autonomous Drones
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Machine-readable surfaces
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- RSS feed: /companies/d-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/8cc457e9-3c41-4a16-a836-1f566de09337
- Revision history: /companies/d-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Video
What happens when robotics meets artificial intelligence? From automation to problem-solving, the possibilities are endless. Watch as we explore how AI-powered
d-robotics.: https://en.d-robotics.cc/ Discord: https://discord.gg/3UrGxxtxaB LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/d-robotics/?viewAsMember=true X: https
Download Code & Resources: "Patrons' early access" https://www.patreon.com/posts/rdk-s100-ai-kit-146210519 Read the Article: https://www.electroniclinic.com/r
Also available on my blog: https://mikelikesrobots.github.io/blog/rdk-x3-ai-explore I was lucky enough to be sent the RDK X3, a new board from D-Robotics, whic
Meet one of the world’s top open-source humanoid robotics projects — ROBOTO ORIGIN 🤖. Powered by the RDK X5 , it represents a new wave of robotics development
Meet Sirius, a programmable AI robotic dog designed to bring personality, intelligence, and creativity into the world of consumer robotics. Developed by Hengbo
This is a online webinar about RDK Challenge, a 45-day beginner-friendly initiative hosted by D-Robotics, designed to turn your robotics dream into reality. We
D-Robotics RDK X5 Magicbox is a multimodal intelligent platform that integrates vision, hearing, and kinesthetics. Powered by the high-performance computing cor
🚀 We are proud to introduce the RAI-P4 Embodied Robot Task Planning Comprehensive Educational Platform from our partner UniRobot—a groundbreaking, all-in-one s
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
Not enough verified signal yet to place D-Robotics against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Well-capitalized with $270M raised and recent funding activity. Meaningful press and media coverage across the period.
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: Sep 6, 2026