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Paris company (est. 2015) behind Stan, the first outdoor autonomous valet-parking robot; majority-owned by HL Robotics since 2024.
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AgiBot, China’s shipment leader in humanoid robots, has engaged Citic Securities, CICC, and Morgan Stanley as sponsors for a Hong Kong initial public offering, according to people familiar with the mandate. The three-bank lineup, including a global bulge-bracket name, signals a listing marketed to international institutions rather than mainland funds alone. A prospectus would deliver something the humanoid sector has never produced: audited disclosure of unit volumes, margins, and customer concentration from its highest-volume player, just as the company targets 40,000 units this year and Washington legislates against Chinese humanoids. The filing that follows will price the entire boom.
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Horizon Robotics has priced US$450 million of zero-coupon convertible bonds due 2031, with conversion set at HK$5.55 per share, its third major capital raise since listing in Hong Kong. Investors are lending the smart-driving chip maker half a billion dollars for free, in exchange for the right to convert into equity at a premium, a structure that signals credit-market conviction in the sector’s upside. Proceeds fund research, the CARIZON joint venture with Volkswagen’s CARIAD, and a war chest that positions Horizon as a buyer when the sector’s predicted consolidation arrives. The deal marks a maturing funding channel: listed robotics platforms now out-raise their private rivals on speed and price. ________________________________________
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Inside the $46,000 Humanoid Robot: A Full BOM Teardown of China's Cost Advantage
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Japan's Robot Makers Are Paying a China Discount to Skip It
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The Smart Money in China’s Robot Boom Is No Longer Betting on Robots. It Is Betting on the Exit.
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China's Automakers Are Racing to Build Humanoid Robots
Squeezed by EV price wars, Chinese automakers including BYD, Xpeng, Seres, and Li Auto are moving into humanoid robots, leveraging a 70-percent technology overlap between autonomous driving systems and physical AI. Nearly 20 mainstream automakers globally have entered the sector, though the leap from structured road environments to unstructured physical tasks remains a significant execution challenge.
ROBOTS BUILT BY STANLEY ROBOTICS
Milestones
| Year | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Stanley Robotics founded | — |
LEADERSHIP
Clement Boussard - co-founder; Aurelien Cord - co-founder