# HAI Robotics: company

Canonical ID: `8abda763-934c-499e-ae91-1afd9f3f2123`

## Key facts

- **Founded:** 2015, Shenzhen, China
- **Founders:** Lidan Chen (CEO, ex-ZTE telecom, Huawei 12 years), Shengdong Xu (CTO, PhD robotics, ex-DJI), Bing Fang (COO)
- **Product:** HAIPICK ACR (Autonomous Case-handling Robot) — cube-based vertical lift storage and retrieval; HAIPORT A3 automatic loading/unloading
- **Patents:** No verified USPTO patents filed under HAI Robotics assignee; patent portfolio concentrated in China (CNIPA) per Crunchbase indicator
- **Funding:** Seed ~$1.5M (2016); Series A $10M (2017); Series B $15M (2019, Source Code Capital); Series C $100M (2021, 5Y Capital); Series D $140M (2023, Capital Today); Series D-II $190M (2024, Capital Today); total ~$456.5M
- **Valuation:** $2B (2024, unicorn)
- **Employees:** ~600+
- **Customers:** Geek+, Phillips, Best Buy, ASOS, DHL, Puma, Nike logistics partners

- **Slug:** hai-robotics
- **Founded:** 2016
- **HQ:** Shenzhen, China

## Models

- [HAIPICK](/models/haipick.md) (amr) (id: `d1c586c5-b905-4c6e-b378-fa8c3b62a134`)

## Current leadership (2)

- [Richie Chen](/people/richie-chen.md) Founder & CEO (secondary-verified)
- [Bing Fang](/people/bing-fang.md) founder (secondary-verified)

## Founders (2)

- [Bing Fang](/people/bing-fang.md) (cofounder)
- [Richie Chen](/people/richie-chen.md) (sole)

## Supplies to

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