Robotics infra startup Lingjing raises US$13.8M angel round led by Matrix, Jingwei
What's the deal? Shangyuan Zhixing Technology, known as Lingjing Zhiyuan, has raised more than US$13.8M across an angel and angel-plus round, the company confirmed. Jingwei (Matrix Partners China) led the financing, with Shanghai Minhang state-owned capital investing strategically.
What does it do? Founded in July 2025 and incubated by the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Research InstituteDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, Lingjing builds a full-stack computing base for embodied AI. Rather than only supplying algorithms, it unifies chips, a native operating system, and brain-cerebellum coordination models — positioning itself as "the Android for the robot era."
Why the heavy path? The company argues that conventional CPU-plus-GPU designs cannot deliver the millisecond "perceive-decide-execute" loop robots need, leaving machines that "想得出来、做不到位" — able to think but not act precisely. Its answer is a super-heterogeneous architecture that fuses cognitive and motion control on one hardware platform.
Traction: In its first year, Lingjing says it has engaged more than 300 robotics makers, covering over 70% of the sector, and that more than 200 customers have completed batch installations or small-volume orders. Clients include Leju, Galbot, Paxini, and Fourier; some top customers have ordered over 1,000 units each.
What's next? Lingjing plans to start designing a dedicated embodied-native chip in mid-2026 and complete tape-out in 2027, closing a domestic "chip-system-model" loop. An FPGA prototype has finished full-process validation.
What could go wrong? Even with 2026 flagged as the "mass-production first year" and industry forecasts of 50,000 to 100,000 robot shipments, the near-term market for robot brains remains small. Full-stack chip and operating-system development requires long-cycle spending, meaning Lingjing must keep raising to fund research, production ramp-up, and standards-building.
The signal: The round sits in the 96th percentile among all-time angel deals in Chinese deep tech, reflecting how capital is shifting. As star robot-body makers close their funding windows and head toward IPOs, investors are tilting toward the "picks and shovels" — components, compute, and the embodied brain now among the hottest bets.
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