MetaX and UBTech-backed robotics chip startup Xilect raises RMB 500 million

Xilect, a robotics chip startup jointly founded by Chinese GPU maker MetaX and humanoid robot maker UBTech Robotics, has raised RMB 500 million in an angel round. The company will use the funding to develop its first chip and supporting software, expand its engineering team and test the platform with robot manufacturers.

Xilect is designing a system-on-chip that combines multimodal perception, decision-making and motion control on the robot itself. Its software toolchain is intended to help robot makers run existing AI models on the platform. The startup plans to give partners a development and testing platform in 2027 and release its first chip in 2028. [Xilect, in Chinese]