# Inceptio Technology: company

Canonical ID: `9f78e864-8942-4312-a9cb-552b17a17ca0`

## Key facts

- **Founded:** 2018, Shanghai, by Julian Ma (Ma Zhenjiang)
- **Funding:** ~$678M over ~6 rounds (CATL, GLP, JD Logistics, Meituan, PAG, NIO Capital, Sequoia China, Legend Capital)
- **Scale:** Largest deployed autonomous-truck fleet by volume: 2,000+ trucks (Dec 2024), 4,000+ (Nov 2025); 400M+ km
- **Autonomy level (KEY):** Xuanyuan is L2+/L3 DRIVER-ASSIST (driver present, supervising; ~95-99% auto mileage) - NOT L4 driverless. L4 a future goal (~2028 data foundation). Captured as assist-tech, not a Brain entity.
- **Partners / customers:** OEMs Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle + Sinotruk; customers ZTO Express, STO Express, YTO Express, Deppon, Huatai

- **Slug:** inceptio
- **Status:** private
- **Founded:** 2018
- **HQ:** Shanghai, China

## Models

- [Inceptio Xuanyuan-Equipped Heavy Truck](/models/inceptio-truck.md) (truck) (id: `e343deef-e227-4a10-a15b-911a50a16ab8`)

## Supplies to

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## Sources (11)

1. https://www.therobotreport.com/inceptio-technology-raises-funding-gets-validation-autonomous-trucks/
2. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/leading-autonomous-truck-startup-inceptio-technology-completed-a-new-capital-raising-of-us120-million-301172675.html
3. https://technode.com/2021/08/04/robotruck-startup-inceptio-raises-270-million-jd-logistics-and-meituan-lead-round/
4. https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-08-04/self-driving-truck-startup-inceptio-raises-270-million-101750686.html
5. https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-02-28/sequoia-china-legend-capital-lead-188-million-funding-in-self-driving-truck-developer-101848042.html
6. https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/sequoia-legend-inceptio-282922
7. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/inceptio-technology-completes-us188-million-in-financing-led-by-sequoia-capital-china-and-legend-capital-301492194.html
8. https://en.inceptio.ai/news/99016.html
9. https://www.therobotreport.com/inceptio-ceo-shares-autonomous-trucking-vision-at-bloomberg-new-economy-forum/
10. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/inceptio-technology-spotlighted-in-ark-invest-big-ideas-2026-report-for-autonomous-trucking-leadership-302679894.html
11. https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/self-driving-truck-startup-inceptio-bags-usd270-million-led-by-jd-logistics-meituan-pag

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