Robot Era

Current leadership (2)

• Jianyu Chen Founder & CEOreported, not verified
• Chen Jianyu Founder & CEO; Assistant Professor, Tsinghua University (IIIS)secondary-verified

Founders (2)

• Chen Jianyusole
• Jianyu Chencofounder

Safety record

No incidents on record for Robot Era.

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Operated deployments (1)

• RobotEra L7Beijing, China

Operator customers (1)

• Robot Era1 deployment

Brains developed (1)

• RobotEra ERA-42foundation-model · pilot

Peer companies

• Unitree Robotics9 models
• AgiBot5 models
• Boston Dynamics5 models
• UBTech Robotics5 models
• 1X Technologies4 models
• Fourier Intelligence4 models

Financial state

Reporting basis

private_reported

Lifecycle stage

growth

Counterparty risk class

moderate

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Funding rounds (3)

• Other2026-05-08

  $200M(reported)

  Investors: SF Group, HSG, IDG Capital

• Series C2026-04-27

  $200M(reported)

  Investors: SF Express (lead)

• Series A2025-07-07

  $69M(reported)

  Investors: CDH Investments (co_lead), Haier Capital (co_lead)

Sources (1)

1. https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/biggest-funding-rounds-defense-aerospace-ai-fintech/ ↗

Common questions

What is Robot Era?

Robot Era is a Beijing-based humanoid robotics company incubated by the Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences at Tsinghua University. Founded in August 2023, the company develops the L7 humanoid robot for logistics and service applications. Robot Era has raised over $400 million in total funding, including a $200 million round led by SF Express, and is valued at approximately $1.5 billion. The company is deploying L7 humanoids across more than 10 logistics centers in China.

What does Robot Era make?

Robot Era has 2 robot models on the DEPLOY registry: Robot Era L7, RobotEra L7 (Robot Era builds physical robots).

Is Robot Era publicly traded?

No. Robot Era is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.

Who competes with Robot Era?

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

Where is Robot Era headquartered?

Robot Era is headquartered in Beijing, China.