Daimon Robotics said on Aug. 11 it completed a strategic funding round worth several hundred million yuan, led by Ant Group with existing shareholders increasing their stakes, as the Shenzhen-based company scales tactile sensing, data and model capabilities for embodied intelligence. The company said it has shipped tens of thousands of vision-tactile sensors to more than 200 customers globally, including over 50 overseas clients, and has recently delivered products to organizations including OpenAI, Figure, BMW, Google DeepMind, Physical Intelligence, Skild AI, Meta and the National University of Singapore. A separate Aug. 12 report cited by PANews described IO-AI Tech, another 2023-founded robotics and embodied intelligence infrastructure company, as raising several hundred million yuan from Shunwei Capital, Green Pine Capital, Shenzhen Capital Group and a strategic robot hardware investor.