China robot-hand-building unicorn Linkerbot targets $6 billion valuation
The Beijing startup said it controls over 80% of the global market for high-DoF robotic hands and plans to raise production to 10,000 units a month.
- On Monday, May 4, 2026, Beijing-based Linkerbot announced plans to seek a $6 billion valuation in its next financing round, doubling the $3 billion valuation from its recently closed "Series B+" funding.
- Investor interest in China's humanoid robotics industry has surged this year after rival Unitree filed for a Shanghai IPO in March seeking a valuation of up to $7 billion following "staggering" technical advances.
- Linkerbot holds over 80% of the global market for high-degree-of-freedom robotic hands, backed by its LinkerSkillNet platform containing over 500 skills and a lightweight model capable of carrying a 50 kg load.
- Scaling monthly production to 10,000 units, CEO Alex Zhou noted that customers often mount specialized hands on existing robotic arms to avoid the $100,000 to $150,000 cost of full humanoids.
- High-Value applications such as piano playing, massage, and dentistry represent a "value-add that is at least triple that of basic labour", potentially reshaping sector valuations and funding across China's humanoid robotics industry.
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Chinese humanoid robot maker Linkerbot seeks $6B valuation
Chinese humanoid robot maker Linkerbot is seeking investment at a $6 billion valuation, double the level it raised money at only last week, highlighting investor appetite to enter the fast-growing industry. Beijing has made dominating the humanoid robot sector a national priority, committing almost $140 billion in state venture capital funds to back it and other high-tech industries. Though some analysts question the commercial viability of huma…
China’s robot-hand unicorn Linkerbot is hunting a $6bn valuation
Two years after a Beijing engineer started building dexterous hands inspired by a Japanese cartoon, his company holds 80% of the global market and is doubling its valuation in months. Robotic hands are not, conventionally, the part of a humanoid robot that investors get excited about. The legs walk, the arms lift, and the head, […] This story continues at The Next Web
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