墨奇智能 (Morphi)
Category: Robotics / Embodied AI
A Chinese embodied AI robotics startup building general-purpose humanoid robots for commercial and household use, founded by ex-Huawei autonomous driving AI lead and ex-iMile co-founder. 墨奇智能 (Morphi) was founded in 2025. The company is led by 高文礼 (Gao Wenli). Based in Shenzhen, China. Team size: 51-100. Total funding raised: $1.4B. Latest round: Angel. Key investors include Alibaba (阿里巴巴), Tencent (腾讯), 蓝驰创投 (BlueRun Ventures), 君联资本 (Junlian Capital), 华业天成 (Huaye Tiancheng), 高榕资本 (Gaorong Capital), 中科创星 (Zhongke Chuangxing), 源码资本 (Source Code Capital), 光合创投 (Guanghe VC), 柏睿资本 (Bai Rui Capital), 58产业基金 (58 Industrial Fund).
- Founded
- 2025
- Headquarters
- Shenzhen, China
- Team size
- 51-100
- Total funding
- $1.4B
Value proposition
Building truly autonomous general-purpose household robots by systematically reusing proven autonomous driving data-loop methodologies, edge-model optimization, and multi-sensor fusion at scale — transitioning from commercial service scenarios to household deployment
Products and solutions
General-purpose humanoid robots powered by native vision-language model + world model, full-stack embodied AI system covering hardware design, motion control, multi-modal perception, 3D spatial cognition, embodied foundation model training, and large-scale data闭环 (data loop) infrastructure
Unique value
"From autonomous driving to embodied AI" — founders bring proven mass-production experience from Huawei's ADS 1.0→4.0 system (millions of vehicles deployed) directly to robotics, enabling full-stack closed-loop embodied systems with real-world data flywheel, targeting the most ambitious goal: general-purpose home robots that become "the third productive force" in families
Target customer
Commercial service venues (hospitality, logistics delivery) initially → mass-market household consumers eventually
Industries served
Commercial services (hotel room service, last-mile logistics), Household/home services (long-term target)
Technology advantage
Full-stack in-house R&D from hardware to algorithms; data闭环 (closed-loop) methodology adapted from autonomous driving production; "native VLM + world model" core architecture; multi-sensor fusion and mass-production quality control systems proven at Huawei's million-vehicle scale; systematic re-use of autonomous driving engineering methods in embodied AI
How they differentiate
Unlike many robotics startups focused on lab demos, Morphi anchors on "no lab demos, scale delivery from day one" by applying autonomous driving-grade data闭环, edge optimization, and quality control systems to robotics. The founding team uniquely combines Huawei autonomous driving mass-production experience (CTO) with cross-border logistics operational scale-up expertise (CEO) — both have built and delivered at massive scale before.
Main competitors
它石智航 (TARS/Itoshi), 星动纪元 (Xingdong Jiyuan), 智元机器人 (Agibot/Zhiyuan), 银河通用 (Galbot)
Major milestones
2025-08: Founded in Shenzhen, 2026-07: Completed >¥1B Angel round from Alibaba, Tencent and 9+ top VCs at >¥70B valuation — record for Chinese embodied AI first-round funding
Market positioning
Premium-tier startup in China's competitive embodied AI landscape, backed by China's largest tech giants (Alibaba, Tencent) in their first joint robotics investment; valuation of >70 billion RMB ($9.6B+) after only 6 months — among the highest-valued Chinese embodied AI startups at the Angel stage
Geographic focus
China (Shenzhen-headquartered), targeting domestic commercial and household markets initially
About 高文礼 (Gao Wenli)
Co-founder of iMile (cross-border logistics company serving Amazon, Noon, SheIn); former Huawei 11-year veteran
Official website: https://www.morphi.com