36Kr Exclusive | An Agricultural Embodied AI Company Secures New Financing, Valued at 500 Million Yuan

Author | Zhang Ziyi

Editor | Yuan Silai

Hard Krypton has learned that the agricultural embodied intelligence enterprise "Hexin Dynamics" recently completed an angel round of financing of tens of millions of yuan, with a post - investment valuation of 500 million yuan. This round of investment was jointly completed by Yibin High - tech Frontier Technology Industry Venture Capital Fund and Xiamen Guosheng Zhuichuang Robot Industry Venture Capital Fund. The funds from this round of financing will be mainly used for core product iteration, global scenario expansion, and talent introduction.

Hexin Dynamics was established in 2025. The company focuses on the "agricultural embodied intelligence" direction. By researching and developing drones, robots, and intelligent terminals, it aims to solve the problems of agricultural labor shortage and operation standardization. Currently, its product line covers five scenarios: plant protection, inspection, picking, transportation, and weeding.

Currently, agricultural automation is at the juncture of transforming from "mechanization" to "intelligence". Traditional automated equipment has difficulty adapting to non - standardized field operation environments. Meanwhile, robot solutions with high - level autonomous capabilities have long been restricted by the high prices of overseas products, resulting in limited market penetration. Data shows that with the combination of AI and robot technology, the market scale of agricultural robots is growing rapidly. The global market scale is expected to reach 80 billion yuan by 2030.

In response to this market pain point, Hexin Dynamics has established a business strategy of "domestic R & D, global implementation". On the technical side, the company has joined hands with Tsinghua University, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and Harbin Institute of Technology to focus on overcoming underlying technologies such as environmental perception, agricultural - specific AI models, robot motion control, and multi - machine collaboration.

At the core technology level, Hexin Dynamics does not adopt a general integrated solution but builds a barrier from the underlying hardware and algorithms. In terms of hardware, the company has mastered the core technology of high - speed digital motors and has achieved mass production of motors with a speed of 180,000 to 200,000 revolutions per minute. This technology has a high thrust - to - weight ratio and high energy efficiency and is applied to the power systems of its drones and robots.

At the algorithm and software level, for the plant protection scenario, Hexin Dynamics has developed a pesticide drift prediction platform. Through wind tunnel experiments and hanging drop method analysis, it has clarified the deposition and drift laws of pesticides under different flight conditions. At the same time, the company has constructed the YOLO - Fi algorithm model, which can meet the recognition and positioning needs of specific crops such as tobacco and staple grains. Combined with multi - spectral images and RTK data, it can achieve precise variable spraying.

Based on the above technologies, Hexin Dynamics has launched a number of targeted products. Its plant protection drone series includes the P70 for high - stem crops such as tobacco and the P100S for large - scale rice operations. By optimizing the airflow and nozzle layout, the P70 can enhance the nozzle penetration in tobacco plant protection, enabling the pesticide to more effectively cover the whole plant.

The agricultural robot series mainly features greenhouse mushroom picking robots, inspection robots, and weeding robots.

The mushroom picking robot solves the pain points of high costs and the need to transform production lines of traditional automated equipment. Hexin Dynamics said that compared with the price of over $1 million for the international competitor 4AG Robotics, the cost of Hexin Dynamics' solution is controlled within 200,000 yuan, and there is no need to transform the existing production line. The robot can directly start working on - site, with a human - to - machine efficiency ratio of 2.5:1.

The unmanned inspection robot uses a multi - legged off - road chassis or a hybrid mechanical wheel design, has obstacle - crossing capabilities, and is equipped with a visual and lidar fusion navigation system, which can achieve all - weather monitoring and crop disease early warning.

The weeding robot is based on RTK + visual fusion positioning technology, with a field passing rate of over 99%. It is equipped with a self - developed precise recognition and segmentation algorithm, which increases the accurate recognition rate of major weeds to 98%. Through physical eradication, it realizes clean agriculture with zero chemical pesticides.

In terms of commercialization progress, Hexin Dynamics has adopted the strategy of "R & D in Shenzhen, production in the Chinese mainland, and market globally". Currently, the company has delivered 10 robots and completed acceptance in real - world scenarios. It has more than 100 orders in multiple scenarios, with a total amount of tens of millions of yuan.

In terms of global layout, Hexin Dynamics has entered markets in Central Asia, South America, Africa, etc. The company has built a 15 - square - kilometer digital and intelligent planting experimental base in Nigeria for commercial tests of drones and robots. In addition, the company plans to establish a sales network in Turkey and cooperate with local Russian enterprises to develop cold - resistant agricultural equipment.

In terms of the team, Zhao Feng, the founder and CEO of Hexin Dynamics, has 14 years of experience in agricultural strategic investment and has been in charge of multiple cross - border agricultural projects such as the China - Africa Agricultural Free Trade Zone. Sun Shilong, the CTO, is a doctoral supervisor at Harbin Institute of Technology and has presided over multiple national - level robot and precision agricultural equipment projects. Zhang Jiang, the CFO, was formerly the chief analyst of agriculture at UBS Securities and China Renaissance Capital.

Zhao Feng said that the goal of Hexin Dynamics is to become a standardized intelligent productivity unit for global farmland. Through "embodied intelligence" technology, robots can understand agronomic requirements and adapt to unstructured field environments. With the growing global demand for agricultural automation, the company will continue to promote the large - scale application of its products on farms in multiple countries.