Horizon’s Digua Robotics raises $150m B2 as China pushes robot “Wintel” ambitions

Funding and product reach

Horizon Robotics (地平线) subsidiary Digua Robotics (地瓜机器人) has closed a $150 million B2 round, it has been reported that IT Home’s coverage converts the amount to about RMB 1.031 billion and takes the B‑round total to roughly $270 million (about RMB 1.856 billion) to date. Reportedly the financing was led by an unnamed retail‑technology and supply‑chain conglomerate alongside Prosperity7, Envision Technology Group (远景科技集团) and a mix of strategic and financial investors including Muhua Kechuang (慕华科创), Yunfeng Fund (云锋基金), Huaqing/T‑Capital (华控基金), LOOK CAPITAL and Kailian Capital (凯联资本). It has been reported that existing backers such as Hillhouse Venture (高瓴创投), Didi (滴滴) and Temasek’s Vertex Growth also participated.

Digua says it covers a full compute range from 5 to 560 TOPS and offers an end‑to‑end hardware and software stack for humanoid, wheeled, quadruped, companion and logistics AMRs. Partner products cited over the past year include the YunJing Xiaoyao 002 robot vacuum, Insta360’s Antigravity A1 panoramic drone and Vita Power’s intelligent companion robot dog, signaling a push into both consumer and industrial robot segments. Short sentence. Big ambition.

Strategy, claims and geopolitics

Digua — publicly unveiled by Horizon in August 2024 — has described itself as the “industry’s only” provider of a robot‑focused soft‑hardware base and has framed its mission as becoming the “Wintel of the robot era”; it has been reported that these are company claims rather than independently verified facts. Can a single stack play become dominant in a fragmented robot market? The answer will depend on supply chains, software ecosystems and access to advanced chips.

Geopolitics matters. Western export controls on advanced semiconductors and tightening supply‑chain checks on Chinese AI and robotics firms complicate plans to scale high‑performance edge compute. Investors from retail and logistics sectors suggest demand for warehouse and service automation is driving the round. It has been reported that the ifeng page carrying the original item is a user upload on Phoenix’s Dafenghao platform and the platform provided only storage.