Insider Brief
- Galaxea AI has raised about $290 million in a Series B+ round, valuing the Beijing-based embodied intelligence startup at roughly $29 billion, according to Yicai Global.
- The company said the round included industrial investors, long-term funds and state-backed capital, and follows a separate funding round of about $140 million completed in February.
- Galaxea plans to use the funding to advance its Vision-Language-Action and World Action models and accelerate commercialization, focusing on real-world data-driven systems rather than simulation to improve performance in physical environments.
Galaxea AI has raised about $290 million in a Series B+ round, valuing the Chinese embodied intelligence startup at roughly $29 billion, Yicai Global reported.
The Beijing-based company said the round included a mix of industrial investors, long-term funds and state-backed capital, following a separate funding round of about $140 million completed in February.
Yicai reported that Galaxea plans to use the funding to expand development of its core AI models, including Vision-Language-Action and World Action models, while building out its global ecosystem and accelerating commercial deployment. The company is focused on systems trained on real-world data, rather than simulation, as it works to improve performance in physical environments.
Founded in 2023, Galaxea is developing a tightly integrated model architecture that combines perception, reasoning and action. The company told Yicai that access to large-scale real-world datasets allows for closer alignment between environmental understanding and task execution.
Yicai pointed out Galaxea’s approach contrasts with some competitors, including Galbot, which rely more heavily on simulation-based training. Galaxea’s strategy, while potentially more data-intensive and costly, is aimed at improving real-world reliability as embodied AI systems move toward deployment.
