RoboParty has completed a $20 million angel round of financing, showing its initial global influence and positioning itself in the first echelon of open-source embodied AI.
Recently, 「RoboParty」 announced the completion of a $20 million angel round of financing. The financing was jointly led by Shangtang Guoxiang Capital and Matrix Partners China with over - subscribed additional investment, and followed by multiple institutions such as Pudong Venture Capital, Shanghai Future Industry Fund, AnChuang Capital, Saina Capital, and Baichuan Capital. This is also the third round of financing officially announced by RoboParty within half a year. Light Source Capital served as the incubator and exclusive financial advisor.
Led by a 2004 - born CEO, a full - stack team with extreme iteration speed
Under the leadership of RoboParty CEO Huang Yi, the team developed systematic R & D capabilities from core module motors, motion control algorithms to whole - machine product definition, open - source system, and supply - chain implementation within half a year. On the whole - machine side, key phased verifications such as RPO and RP1 Prototype were completed simultaneously. On the algorithm side, the team has completed key debugging and verification of AMP under the existing configuration and the third - generation paradigm BFM technology and verification. RoboParty also continuously lowers the consumption threshold of cutting - edge models for computing resources through algorithm optimization and engineering capabilities, promoting the evolution of higher - order behavioral intelligence towards more implementable and scalable directions.
Ranked in the Top 5 within 60 days of open - sourcing, RoboParty's global influence begins to emerge
On January 15, 2026, RoboParty open - sourced the bipedal humanoid robot ROBOTO Origin prototype. The project, with “reproducible, re - developable, and verifiable” as the core, opened up hardware blueprints, whole - machine control codes, AMP motion control algorithms, and an industry know - how co - creation knowledge base, truly achieving full - process openness. Within 60 days of going live, the project continuously attracted the attention and participation of global developers, researchers, and industry partners, forming an active interaction around replication, debugging, secondary development, and engineering optimization:
The number of GitHub Stars exceeded 1,400, and it entered the Top 5 of embodied intelligence open - source projects
Hundreds of orders were obtained through natural traffic without promotion, covering overseas scientific research laboratories, teaching scenarios, and early product prototype teams
The community scale exceeded 2,000 people, with a high proportion of overseas users. Frequent discussions were formed around assembly, motion control debugging, parameter convergence, etc.
Many domestic and overseas developers have submitted PRs and participated in the main - trunk iteration, and some modifications have been incorporated into the actual running version
The ROBOTO Origin project was selected as one of the top 10 open - source projects in embodied intelligence by EAI OpenSource
Appeared at AWE and reported to municipal leaders
On March 14, 2026, RoboParty reported and communicated on - site with Chen Jining, the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, and Gong Zheng, the Mayor, on product technology, open - source progress, scenario implementation, and market planning. As a key robot enterprise in Pudong New Area, RoboParty appeared at the AWE Eastern Hub International Center Exhibition, systematically demonstrating to the public and industry partners the company's phased achievements in the high - dynamic performance of bipedal humanoid robots, open - source ecological layout, and engineering implementation capabilities, and achieving centralized access to domestic and overseas channels and cooperation resources.
This round of financing will be used to continuously promote the iteration of core technologies and products and continue to increase investment in the ontology, motion control, software - hardware system collaboration, and developer ecosystem. With the subsequent release of the second - generation products, ecological achievements, and capital actions, RoboParty will also promote Chinese humanoid robots to truly enter a broader real - world and international stage with faster iteration, stronger product capabilities, and a more open ecosystem.
Yu Jun, a partner of Shangtang Guoxiang, said: "Although the RoboParty team is young, it has profound full - stack technical strength and demonstrates a strong geek spirit and execution ability. From the perspective of the global developer market, there is still huge potential; from the supply side, there are not many players in the market that can truly achieve large - scale mass production. Roboparty has the opportunity to stand out. Therefore, in terms of industry positioning, the company uniquely chose the 'full - stack open - source' path. Through the open path, it is committed to becoming the 'Android' in the robot field. The focus of competition in embodied robots has gradually shifted from the ontology or model to the direction of software - hardware integration and the ability to complete long - term tasks on a large scale. Young teams with open - source and strong learning abilities have a better chance of rapid growth, which is also the underlying logic of our additional investment."
Matrix Partners China said: "As an early investor in RoboParty, we are glad to witness the milestone of this post - 2000s team. With the concept of full - stack open - source, they chose a path of robot AGI starting from hardware. From the open - source project AlexBot to the now - shipped Atom, the team has proved the value of technology inclusion with solid engineering capabilities and rapid iteration, which is also a rapid practice of the open - source spirit in the robot field. We believe that RoboParty's'model of using hardware as a store and the ecosystem as products' will promote the penetration of embodied intelligence globally and allow more people to participate in the creation of robot technology."
Huang Xinxin, the person in charge of the incubation business of Light Source Capital, said: "RoboParty quickly established a good reputation and ecological effect in the open - source field in a short period, which is the best practice of the open - source concept in the robot field. The participation of new financial institutions and industry partners will be more helpful for RoboParty to build an ecological resource network. The team will continuously release new products and technological actions. We look forward to the young Huang Yi running all the way towards his ideal on the full - open - source path."