Spirit AI teams up with Bosch to push embodied robots into factories
The two companies will work together on robot data collection, embodied AI model training, industrial deployment and core component supply.
The two companies will work together on robot data collection, embodied AI model training, industrial deployment and core component supply.
The move formalizes the completion of the company’s previously announced angel round rather than a fresh financing deal.
This marks the company’s second financing deal in just over two months, as capital continues flowing into China’s embodied AI sector.
Zhejiang University is among the first batch of top Chinese institutions to introduce embodied AI as a new undergraduate major for 2026 enrollment.
It also explores a coding system akin to digital identification for robots, aimed at improving traceability and accountability.
Proceeds from the latest funding will be used to advance core technologies and accelerate large-scale deployment across specialized industrial scenarios nationwide.
The map divides the ecosystem into five layers: robot bodies, “brains” (software and control systems), core supply chain, application scenarios and listed firms.
The initiative is part of a broader push by Zhejiang University of Technology to strengthen international partnerships and link academic research with industrial applications.
Public records show that Slash Robotics marks the only alumni startup Li Auto has invested in over the past two years.
At the core of Spirit AI’s approach is what it calls a “diversified data” framework aimed at extending the Scaling Law into embodied intelligence.