China-based artificial intelligence company SenseTime said today that embodied robotics startup ACE Robotics has completed an angel round, raising an undisclosed amount, led by Ant Group. Qiming Venture Partners, GVC, Hony Capital, Lenovo Capital, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s Lotus Capital joined the round, while existing investor Sense Capital also increased its investment.
ACE Robotics is led by SenseTime co-founder Wang Xiaogang and chief scientist Tao Dacheng, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. The company debuted in December 2025 with its ACE embodied R&D framework, an A1 robot intelligence module, and an open-source world model dubbed Kairos 3.0.
Proceeds will fund model development, data collection, and commercial deployments across sectors including energy, transport, and tourism, the company said. [TechNode reporting]
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