The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Spirit AI: $280.0M raised. 1 source back the record.
Overview
Spirit AI is a Beijing-based robotics company building a universal brain for robots using Embodied AI models, founded in 2024. The company raised $280M in Series A funding led by Chaos Investment to scale deployment of general-purpose embodied models through 'dirty data' collection. Spirit AI has partnered with Bosch on general-purpose robot 'universal brain' development, aiming to create the next generation of intelligent workforce.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries A post-money
Key facts
Partnership
Focus
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Partnerships
Every company Spirit AI has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Brain Corp1× joint6 total
Most recent
Spirit AI on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Han Fengtao (韩峰涛) Co-founder & CEOreported, not verified
- Gao Yang (高阳) Co-founder & Chief Scientistreported, not verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Spirit 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 →
Brains developed (1)
- Spirit AI Brainfoundation-model · pilot
Recent coverage
Spirit AI in third-party press
Peers
101 peers across 1 segment. Every Spirit AI competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
humanoid(101)
68 companies in this segment · competitive (HHI 574.5255335898561) · leader Figure AI at 1207%
- AI2 Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Anyverse Dynamicsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Centerdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- CASBOTdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- DISCOVER Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Enigmadirect competitor(inferred)strong
Financial state
- Total funding
- $280.0M
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- 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.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 just announced
Every company Spirit AI has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1Brain Corp1× joint6 total
Funding rounds (1)
- Series A2026-02-25
$280M(reported) · $1.7B post
Timeline
Every recorded move in Spirit AI’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2026-02-25Series A raising $280000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 6, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Spirit AI.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Spirit AI from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Petition for Exemption and Other Relief
On July 23, 2026, JetBlue Airways Corporation (JetBlue) and Spirit Airlines, LLC (Spirit) (together, the carriers) petitioned the Department of Transportation (the Department) and…
China’s Spirit AI bets on smarter robot brains
Spirit AI CEO Han Fengtao says robots can already handle office tasks “unimaginable half a year ago,” from delivering paper to shredding documents. He told Bloomberg’s Minmin Low…
Spirit Airlines Wants to Sell Its Data to Google. Former Flight Attendants Are Freaked Out
“It never crossed my mind that they would be so bold as to sell our private data for AI,” says one former Spirit Airlines flight attendant.
Google’s attempt to buy Spirit Airlines’ data might come unstuck
Google LLC’s artificial intelligence researchers had been salivating at the prospect of getting their hands on a trove of business data acquired from the defunct airline Spirit…
AI startup Micro1 wants to challenge Google's winning bid for Spirit Airlines data with a higher offer
AI training startup Micro1 is making a late $12.5 million bid for Spirit Airlines' data, testing whether it can disrupt Google's winning deal.
Google is paying $10 million for Spirit Airlines' emails and data to train AI
Google pays $10M to get its hands on Spirit Airlines’ business data for AI training
Alphabet Inc.’s Google LLC has won an auction to acquire massive volumes of internal business data from the bankrupt airline operator Spirit Airlines Inc. for a hefty $10 million…
Spirit AI Lands $280M to Scale Embodied AI Through 'Dirty Data'
Spirit AI raised $280M in Series A funding led by Chaos Investment to scale deployment of general-purpose embodied AI models, building universal brains for robots through dirty…
Spirit AI and Bosch Partner on General-Purpose Robot 'Universal Brain'
Spirit AI partnered with Bosch to develop general-purpose robot universal brains, aiming to create the next generation of intelligent workforce using embodied AI models.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/spirit-ai.md
- RSS feed: /companies/spirit-ai/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/d743f660-6a44-416f-8bcc-ae2236a96a6c
- Revision history: /companies/spirit-ai/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
This video showcases the latest robotic capability developed by Spirit AI. The robot is given a vague command "tidy the living room". Based on this instruction,
Heat Index
Category contender77/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Spirit AI against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Well-capitalized with $280M raised and recent funding activity. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
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.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 3, 2026