Sharpa Discloses Over $620 Million in Funding at 22 Billion Yuan Valuation
General-purpose robotics company Sharpa has disclosed more than 4.5 billion yuan in total funding, marking the first time the startup has publicly revealed its financing history. Investors include Alibaba, Meituan, Tencent, JD.com, Sequoia China, Qiming Venture Partners and Meituan Longzhu, with Sharpa valued at 22 billion yuan post-money.
Sharpa was founded in late 2024 by Hesai Technology CEO Li Yifan, CTO Xiang Shaoqing and chief scientist Sun Kai. The company is developing general-purpose robots and components focused on dexterous manipulation. Co-founder Li Yifan said Sharpa plans to fully penetrate several real-world application scenarios first to build generalized capabilities and real data, before gradually entering the household market from 2028.
Li said the target real-world scenarios must meet three conditions: environments are not specially modified for robots, tasks are completed fully autonomously, and operations involve complex multi-step workflows.