DeepSeek Invests 141M RMB in Unitree IPO to Partner on Embodied AI
DeepSeek has invested approximately 141 million RMB to acquire 933,390 shares in Unitree Robotics' IPO on the STAR Market. Unitree CEO Wang Xingxing confirmed a strategic partnership focusing on AGI, high-performance general-purpose robotics, and large AI models. This partnership unites a leading open-weight AI model developer with a major humanoid robotics manufacturer, accelerating the development of embodied AI. It represents a significant step toward integrating advanced cognitive models with physical robotic hardware. Alongside the investment, Wang Xingxing revealed that Unitree's humanoid robot shipments (excluding wheeled dual-arm models) exceeded 5,500 units in 2025. The IPO price for Unitree is set at 150.80 RMB per share, offering 10% of its total post-issue shares.
## BACKGROUND
Unitree Robotics is a prominent Chinese robotics company known for its quadruped and humanoid robots. DeepSeek is an AI research company funded by High-Flyer that gained global attention for training high-performing, cost-effective large language models like DeepSeek-R1. Embodied AI refers to the integration of artificial intelligence into physical systems, allowing them to interact dynamically with the physical world.