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MetaX-UBTech robot chip venture Xilect raises CNY500 million to take on Nvidia Thor

What happened

Xilect, a robot-chip venture set up by Chinese GPU designer MetaX and humanoid robot maker UBTech Robotics, has completed a CNY500 million (US$74.76 million) angel round to build a domestic computing platform for embodied AI, with Nvidia's Thor as its benchmark. The source does not state the cause (the underlying motivation for the funding).

Impact and signal

Medium impactImpact score: 45/100

Affected components and suppliers

robot chip

XilectMetaXUBTech RoboticsNvidia

Thor

robot chipembodied AIangel round fundingjoint ventureNvidia Thor benchmarkdomestic computing platform

Source and time

Source: DigiTimes Asia · 11/14/2026 · View original source

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MetaX-UBTech robot chip venture Xilect raises CNY500 million to take on Nvidia Thor

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