Robotics chip startup Xilect raises RMB 500M from MetaX and UBTech backers

Xilect, a robotics chip startup founded by Chinese GPU maker MetaX and humanoid robot maker UBTech Robotics, has raised RMB 500 million in an angel round, TechNode reports.

Xilect is designing a system-on-chip that handles multimodal perception, decision-making and motion control on the robot itself, along with software to help robot makers run existing AI models on it. The money will fund its first chip, software and engineering hires, and testing with robot manufacturers. It plans to give partners a development platform in 2027 and release its first chip in 2028.