# Sharpa: robotics company

Canonical ID: `cb55e1ee-de7c-4ef8-a6ec-c84511517a76`

## Key facts

- **CEO:** [Li Yifan](/people/li-yifan.md)
- **CTO:** [Xiang Shaoqing](/people/xiang-shaoqing.md)
- **Chief Scientist:** [Sun Kai](/people/sun-kai.md)
- **Website:** sharpa.com
- **R&D Center:** Shanghai, China
- **AI Platform:** CraftNet VTLA (Vision-Touch-Language-Action model)
- **Funding:** [$670M Strategic Financing (Sep 2026, company-reported)](/investors.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))

- **Slug:** sharpa
- **Status:** active
- **Founded:** 2024
- **HQ:** Singapore
- **Funding total (USD):** 670000000
- **Category:** [Humanoids](/humanoids)

## Models

- [Sharpa North](/models/sharpa-north.md) (humanoid) (id: `84105a98-4bfe-49d5-b69f-6e7206b4b8e6`)
- [Sharpa Wave](/models/sharpa-wave.md) (other) (id: `9dabe437-616c-4b1c-9f34-0bc678f9230d`)
- [Sharpa Robot Restaurant System](/models/sharpa-robot-restaurant.md) (service) (id: `74d85ace-6d39-462d-90d3-d2b398416321`)

## Current leadership (3)

- [Li Yifan](/people/li-yifan.md) CEO & Co-founder (secondary-verified)
- [Xiang Shaoqing](/people/xiang-shaoqing.md) CTO & Co-founder (secondary-verified)
- [Sun Kai](/people/sun-kai.md) Chief Scientist & Co-founder (secondary-verified)

## Founders (3)

- [Li Yifan](/people/li-yifan.md) (cofounder)
- [Xiang Shaoqing](/people/xiang-shaoqing.md) (cofounder)
- [Sun Kai](/people/sun-kai.md) (cofounder)

## Partnerships (1)

- [Sharpa × Dairy Queen](/partnerships/sharpa-dairy-queen.md) with Dairy Queen _deployment_

## Supplies to

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## Common questions

### What is Sharpa?

Sharpa is a Singapore-headquartered robotics company founded in late 2024 by the three co-founders of [Hesai Technology](/companies/hesai) — Li Yifan (CEO), Xiang Shaoqing (CTO), and Sun Kai (Chief Scientist). The company builds dexterous manipulation systems for embodied AI, including the [Sharpa Wave](/models/sharpa-wave) dexterous robotic hand (22 DoF, in mass production since October 2025) and the [Sharpa North](/models/sharpa-north) full-body [humanoid robot](/models?form-factor=humanoid) (67 DoF, debuted at CES 2026). Its proprietary CraftNet VTLA model fuses vision, touch, and language to power autonomous manipulation. In partnership with [NVIDIA](/companies/nvidia), Sharpa's Wave hands are integrated into the Isaac GR00T reference humanoid built on [Unitree Robotics](/companies/unitree-robotics)'s H2 Plus platform. The company has deployed its robot restaurant system at Dairy Queen locations in Shanghai, China.

### What does Sharpa make?

Sharpa has 3 robot models on the DEPLOY registry: Sharpa North, Sharpa Wave, Sharpa Robot Restaurant System (Sharpa builds physical robots).

### Who competes with Sharpa?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Sharpa building in the same form factors include Roborock, Ecovacs Robotics, SharkNinja, Unitree Robotics.

### Where is Sharpa headquartered?

Sharpa is headquartered in Singapore.

### How much funding has Sharpa raised?

Sharpa has raised approximately $670M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.

### Where does Sharpa operate robots?

Sharpa 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.

### When was Sharpa founded?

Sharpa was founded in 2024.


## Sources (1)

1. https://www.dealstreetasia.com/artificial-intelligence/hesai-founders-sharpa-bags-670m-unveils-fully-automated-robot-restaurant

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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