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Unitree Technology and Sequoia China Establish Shanyu·Innovation Program, Entering Early-Stage Investment in Embodied Intelligence

Unitree Technology announced on October 28 the joint establishment of the Shanyu·Innovation Program with Sequoia China, focusing on investment in embodied intelligence, robotics applications, and upstream and downstream core technologies, and proposed five principles: understanding technology and industry, discovering early, deciding quickly, valuing people, and not causing disruption. Unitree's previously launched Yuchuang Program received more than 200 projects in just over a month, and the company hopes to incubate more than 200 ecosystem enterprises over the next five years. Financial results disclosed the same day show that revenue for the first three quarters was 1.817 billion yuan, up 55.71% year on year; net profit attributable to shareholders was 387 million yuan, up 270.54% year on year; and net profit for the third quarter alone was 113 million yuan, down 17.37% year on year.

Zhiyuan's Peng Zhihui: Physical AI Still in Early Stage, Proposes Worken Effective Intelligent Work-Hour Framework

At the 2026 Zhiyuan Innovation Day, Peng Zhihui, co-founder, president and CTO of Zhiyuan, said that physical AI is still in an early stage; Zhiyuan has passed the first stage of possessing a stable, low-cost robot body and is advancing the second stage of deployment in vertical segmented scenarios. He proposed the Worken (effective intelligent work-hour) measurement framework, with the formula: number of active robots × autonomous working hours × output efficiency ratio, hoping to bill by work-hours in the future. In the first half of 2026, Zhiyuan's revenue was close to 2 billion yuan and it delivered 9,700 robots; in September, its cumulative output of general-purpose AI robots reached 20,000 units. On the same day, it released the embodied intelligence foundation model GO-3 Preview, the AHA3 hardware platform and the industrial robot G2 Max.

After the IPO threshold for robotics companies was raised, primary-market investment expectations for embodied AI diverged

After regulators raised the IPO threshold for robotics companies, primary-market investors in embodied AI have shown divergent attitudes toward making deals: some investors still focus on projects with innovative points and differentiation, while an investment professional at a state-owned-background institution has largely stopped looking at embodied AI projects since June this year, citing project homogenization and insufficient substantive technological progress. Zhang Zhikuan, a director in the investment department at Cornerstone Capital, said he remains cautious about high-valuation projects and acknowledged that his expectations for the listing process are more patient than before. The article also mentioned that Songyan Power was reported to have confidentially submitted a Hong Kong IPO application, that Zhiyuan was reported to have launched a new funding round of about 1 billion to 1.5 billion yuan, and that Shenpu Intelligence plans to contribute about 810 million yuan to participate in the restructuring of ST Meizhi.

Schaeffler's Embodied Intelligence Robot Digital-Intelligent Factory Opens in Taicang

On October 20, Schaeffler's Embodied Intelligence Robot Digital-Intelligent Factory was officially opened in Taicang, covering a total area of approximately 7,500 square meters and integrating an intelligent assembly production line, a scenario-based training and data collection center, a digital twin platform, and a computing power center. The core intelligent assembly production line was independently designed by Schaeffler and features five major workstations, equipped with six humanoid robots working collaboratively to complete the entire process of bin handling, parts sorting and picking, press-fitting and screw assembly, functional testing, marking, and packaging, producing joint module components including linear and rotary joints, marking the official entry of such components into mass production. Schaeffler stated that in the third quarter of 2026 it won new orders from two Chinese customers, raising its total order volume in the humanoid robot field to 400 million euros.

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Unitree Releases First Post-IPO Q3 Earnings: Revenue $99.7 Million, R&D Spending Up 250% YoY

Unitree Robotics announced its first post-IPO Q3 earnings: revenue of $99.7 million, up 70% year-over-year; Q3 R&D spending rose 250% year-over-year, mainly directed toward embodied intelligence foundation models and computing infrastructure. The company also partnered with early investor HSG (formerly Sequoia China) to launch the "ShanYu" program to incubate early-stage robotics developers. X.PIN believes that Unitree is shifting from hardware performance toward foundational software and ecosystem building.

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