Sudo AI
Shanghai, China
Industrial Arms & Cobots · Founded 2025 · Private
Sudo AI, also known as sudo robotics, is a Shanghai-based embodied AI company building robot manipulation technology. Its flagship #sudo R1 is a fully integrated robot system with self-developed hardware and software, driven by a manipulation-centric foundation model focused on object picking. The company trains its policies entirely in simulation, with no real-world demonstrations required. It claims zero-shot grasping of unseen rigid, deformable, transparent and reflective objects, with closed-loop control at 15-25 Hz. Target markets named by the company include manufacturing, logistics, agriculture and eldercare. The firm was co-founded by embodied AI researcher Hao Su and serial entrepreneur Robin Han, and is backed by Cherubic Ventures and Xiaomi. In September 2026 it raised more than RMB 1 billion, about $149 million, in a late-stage round co-led by Shanghai state-backed funds. Its platform aims to serve developers building robotic applications.
Visit website- Based in
- Shanghai, China
- Founded
- 2025
- Builds
- Industrial Arms & Cobots, Physical AI & World Models, Robotics Development Software & Tools
- Industries
- Manufacturing, Logistics & Supply Chain, Agriculture
- Stage
- Private
- Team
- 50 to 200 people
- Funding raised
- $149M
- Open roles
- None listed today