# D-Robotics closes $400 million robotics-chip financing

_Published Saturday, September 19, 2026 at 8:20 AM EDT · Robotics · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

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D-Robotics, a Chinese designer of chips for humanoid and industrial robots, announced a $400 million financing round on September 17. The company says it will use the capital to broaden its Sunrise chip range and build software spanning model training, deployment and real-time joint control. D-Robotics reports that cumulative Sunrise shipments have exceeded 8 million units and that its S600 chip has been adopted by more than 20 embodied-AI customers. Mirae Asset led the round, according to the report.

## Sources

- [Tech Times](https://www.techtimes.com/articles/327765/20260919/d-robotics-raises-400m-humanoid-chips-us-bans-chinese-robot-imports.htm)

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