What does Galaxea AI make?

Galaxea AI has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Galaxea R1 (Galaxea AI builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).

Is Galaxea AI publicly traded?

No. Galaxea AI is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.

Who competes with Galaxea AI?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Galaxea AI building in the same form factors include Unitree Robotics, AgiBot, Boston Dynamics, UBTech Robotics.

Who is the CEO of Galaxea AI?

Wang Helong is the ceo of Galaxea AI, per the DEPLOY registry.

How can I invest in Galaxea AI?

Galaxea AI is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today. It has raised $100M in disclosed funding.

Where is Galaxea AI headquartered?

Galaxea AI is headquartered in Beijing, China.

How much funding has Galaxea AI raised?

Galaxea AI has raised approximately $100M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.

Galaxea AI is privately held and venture-backed ($100M raised); ownership sits with its founders and private investors.

Where does Galaxea AI operate robots?

Galaxea AI is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

Is Galaxea AI a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Galaxea AI ranks in roughly the top 70% of companies tracked by the registry.

When was Galaxea AI founded?

Galaxea AI was founded in 2023.

Galaxea AI has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

Galaxea AI: robotics company

Overview

Chinese humanoid robotics company developing the R1 humanoid robot to rival Tesla's Optimus. $700M valuation. Founded two years ago, aiming for top of global robot market.

Verified record

Verified deployments: None on file
Active incidents: None on file

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Key facts

HQ

Beijing, China

Founded

~2023

Valuation

$700M valuation — aiming to rival Tesla Optimus

Product

R1 humanoid robot — also launched Kengo and Eno headless humanoid

Forbes profile

Featured in Forbes as "$700M Chinese Robot Startup That Wants To Take On Tesla"

Incidents

None found — audited

Data & sources

Web sources

3

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Models (1)

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Current platform

Galaxea R1

Galaxea AI (Chinese name Xinghai Tu; founded September 2023 in Beijing) is an embodied-AI startup that builds both foundation models and hardware, led by CEO Gao Jiyang, who previously worked on perception at Waymo and production autonomous-driving systems at Momenta and holds a USC PhD, with co-founder and co-chief scientist Xu Huazhe, a Tsinghua robotics professor. Its main robot, the R1, is a wheeled dual-arm humanoid: a humanoid upper body with two 6-degree-of-freedom A1 arms, G1 grippers, and a 4-degree-of-freedom torso on a three-wheel steering chassis, offering about 2 m of vertical range, sold in R1 Lite, R1, and R1 Pro variants priced from roughly $44,500 to $64,000, alongside the standalone A1 arm. It raised about $144 million in a Series B in February 2026 and about $291 million in a Series B+ in April 2026, pushing its valuation above 20 billion yuan, around $2.8 billion. An important disambiguation: Galaxea AI is a distinct company from Galbot, which is already in the registry, with different founders, products, and backers, and the two must not be merged. The registry records it at research maturity moving toward early pilot, since the R1 is a genuinely shippable and priced robot but its more than forty named clients, including ByteDance, Samsung, Stanford, and MIT, are self-reported research and development buyers rather than verified operational deployments. The widely circulated $29 billion valuation is a data error, a misread of roughly 20 billion yuan, and is excluded here.

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Galaxea AI on the deployment map

Where Galaxea AI's robots are verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.

Current leadership (1)

Wang Helong Founder, CEOsince 2023-01-01secondary-verified

Founders (1)

Wang Helongsolefounded 2023-01-01

Safety record

No incidents on record for Galaxea AI.

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

Galaxea AI in third-party press

The $700 Million Chinese Robot Startup That Wants To Take On Tesla

Aug 25, 2025

Beijing's Galaxea AI Raises $100 Million At $700 Million Valuation

Jan 1, 2025

Peer companies

Financial state

Reporting basis: aggregator_estimate
Lifecycle stage: growth
Counterparty risk class: moderate

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)

Other2025-01-01
$100M(reported) · $700M post

Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

Verified media addedVerifiedJun 5, 2026
Galaxea R1 Pro humanoid
Record createdJun 3, 2026
Added to the verified registry

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Sources (3)

Common questions

What is Galaxea AI?: Chinese humanoid robotics company developing the R1 humanoid robot to rival Tesla's Optimus. $700M valuation. Founded two years ago, aiming for top of global robot market.
What does Galaxea AI make?: Galaxea AI has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Galaxea R1 (Galaxea AI builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).
Is Galaxea AI publicly traded?: No. Galaxea AI is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.
Who competes with Galaxea AI?: On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Galaxea AI building in the same form factors include Unitree Robotics, AgiBot, Boston Dynamics, UBTech Robotics.
Who is the CEO of Galaxea AI?: Wang Helong is the ceo of Galaxea AI, per the DEPLOY registry.
How can I invest in Galaxea AI?: Galaxea AI is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today. It has raised $100M in disclosed funding.
Where is Galaxea AI headquartered?: Galaxea AI is headquartered in Beijing, China.
How much funding has Galaxea AI raised?: Galaxea AI has raised approximately $100M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.
Who owns Galaxea AI?: Galaxea AI is privately held and venture-backed ($100M raised); ownership sits with its founders and private investors.
Where does Galaxea AI operate robots?: Galaxea AI is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.
Is Galaxea AI a top robotics company?: On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Galaxea AI ranks in roughly the top 70% of companies tracked by the registry.
When was Galaxea AI founded?: Galaxea AI was founded in 2023.
Is Galaxea AI safe?: Galaxea AI has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-18

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-18

Sources by quality tier

3: unclassified; Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Peer companies

In the press

Recent coverage mentioning Galaxea AI from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.

ForbesAug 25, 2025

The $700 Million Chinese Robot Startup That Wants To Take On Tesla

Beijing-based Galaxea AI is shooting for the top of the global robot market with its R1 humanoid. $700M valuation, rivaling Tesla's Optimus.

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AgentReconJan 1, 2025

Beijing's Galaxea AI Raises $100 Million At $700 Million Valuation

Galaxea AI secured over $100M across two financing rounds, pushing its valuation to $700M, to develop R1 humanoid robots for factory and home deployment, aiming to rival Tesla's…

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Video

3K

Total views

1

Channel

Official (2)

Galaxea R1 Pro—the high-degree-of-freedom humanoid robot

Galaxea AI·1K views·26 likes

Official

Galaxea AI Featured in Stanford Team's BEHAVIOR Robot

Galaxea AI·1K views·2 likes

Official

Reality vs attention

Galaxea AI draws attention at the 2nd percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among humanoids.

RealityInsufficient datanot enough verified signal yet

Attention2ndpctilemedia + video vs humanoids

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6-month trend

Peer rankingTop 70% of Humanoid

vs funding peers-17.3 ptsbelow funding-adj. expected

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Analysis

Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.

Dimension breakdown

Verified signal

Insufficient data

36.244.2HIGH

Insufficient data

Insufficient data

Insufficient data

Attention (reach, not merit)

Market Presence →

16.816.8MED

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.

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Last computed: Jul 19, 2026

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