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title: "ITjuzi: Chinese embodied AI companies raised ~$13B across 322 deals in H1 2026, up 5x YoY, as robot makers shift focus from hardware to AI (Reuters)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/itjuzi-chinese-embodied-ai-companies-raised-13b-across-322-deals-in-h1-095f67d0
published: 2026-11-04T07:20:02.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# ITjuzi: Chinese embodied AI companies raised \~$13B across 322 deals in H1 2026, up 5x YoY, as robot makers shift focus from hardware to AI (Reuters)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-11-04 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/itjuzi-chinese-embodied-ai-companies-raised-13b-across-322-deals-in-h1-095f67d0

Reuters : ITjuzi: Chinese embodied AI companies raised \~$13B across 322 deals in H1 2026, up 5x YoY, as robot makers shift focus from hardware to AI — After years of building humanoid robots capable of running, dancing and performing backflips, Chinese companies are pouring resources into a different challenge …

In this story: [Humanoid robots](https://frontiernewswire.com/topics/humanoid-robots), [Reuters](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/reuters)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261104/p7#a261104p7)

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