Company record

Spirit AI

Updated November 9, 2026 · Presspool

Spirit AI is a Chinese embodied-AI company that builds the Moz1 wheeled humanoid robot and the Spirit VLA models that run it, deployed at CATL and JD.com. spirit-ai.com

Funding

• 1.5 billion yuan A+, announced June 3, 2026. No lead or investor names given; the company cites top-tier USD funds, large industrial investors and state-owned funds, with existing shareholders adding more. Sources: spirit-ai.com, sina.com.cn.

Whether AI names Spirit AI

• On the Humanoid robots map: named or cited in 3 of 48 answers to Presspool's Humanoid robots questions on November 9, 2026 (ChatGPT 0 of 8, Claude 0 of 8, Perplexity 2 of 8, Gemini 1 of 8, Google AI Mode 0 of 8, Google AI Overviews 0 of 8). See the map. Of the 31 companies on the map, Spirit AI ranked joint 18th by answers naming or citing it in that sample. The other companies AI names most on Humanoid robots questions: Unitree (40 of 48), Agility Robotics (37 of 48), Figure (36 of 48), Apptronik (26 of 48) and UBTech Robotics (26 of 48). Most often named in the same answers: Astribot (2), Galbot (2), NEURA Robotics (2), Unitree (2), AgiBot (1).
• On the Physical AI map: named or cited in 2 of 48 answers to Presspool's Physical AI questions on November 9, 2026 (ChatGPT 0 of 8, Claude 0 of 8, Perplexity 1 of 8, Gemini 0 of 8, Google AI Mode 1 of 8, Google AI Overviews 0 of 8). See the map. Of the 53 companies on the map, Spirit AI ranked joint 21st by answers naming or citing it in that sample. The other companies AI names most on Physical AI questions: Figure (36 of 48), Agility Robotics (31 of 48), 1X (25 of 48), Apptronik (25 of 48) and Physical Intelligence (25 of 48). Most often named in the same answers: 1X (1), AgiBot (1), Agility Robotics (1), Apptronik (1), Astribot (1).

A company counts when an AI answer names it or cites its website. Answers vary from run to run, so each count is a dated sample.

Week by week

Answers that named or cited Spirit AI in each weekly sample of Presspool's Humanoid robots and Physical AI questions, by the Monday of the sample week. A row is added every week. Copilot answers count through November 2, 2026, the last day Copilot answered. Copilot is no longer asked, so later weeks are not counted on the same apps as earlier ones.

Sources AI cites when it names Spirit AI

Counted over only the answers that named or cited the company. Each count is a dated sample and does not say why the company was named.

Related records

Also on the Humanoid robots map: 1X, AeiROBOT, AgiBot, Agility Robotics, Apptronik, Astribot, Booster Robotics, Clone Robotics, Dexmate, Donut Robotics, EngineAI, Engineered Arts and 18 more on the map.

Also on the Physical AI map: 1X, AeiROBOT, AgiBot, Agile Robots, Agility Robotics, Aleph, Apptronik, ASI, Astribot, Bedrock Robotics, Booster Robotics, Clone Robotics and 40 more on the map.

Sources

• Own site
• Independent source
• spirit-ai.com
• sina.com.cn

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