According to CoinMeta, robotics company Sharpa has publicly disclosed its financing information for the first time, having completed over 4.5 billion yuan in funding in total, with a post-investment valuation of 22 billion yuan. Investors include Alibaba, Meituan, Tencent, JD.com, as well as Sequoia China, Qiming Venture Capital, and Meituan Longzhu. Sharpa was co-founded at the end of 2024 by Li Yifan from Hesai Technology CEO, Xiang Shaoqing, and Chief Scientist Sun Kai. The company focuses on dexterous hands, general-purpose robots, and related AI models. It is currently focused on real commercial scenarios and plans to enter the home market by 2028.