China's Unitree Prepares for Stock Market Debut on Shanghai's STAR Market, Boosting Asia's
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The global market leader in humanoid-robot shipments, China-based Unitree, is set to begin trading on Shanghai's STAR Market on Wednesday, potentially sparking a wave of robotics listings in Asia as the race for physical AI remains in its early innings.
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New York Post BusinessLeading Chinese robotics firm Unitree – known for its backflipping humanoid robots and robotic dogs – surged 460% on Wednesday after making its public debut in Shanghai.
MarketWatchUnitree is first humanoid robot firm to list in mainland China Shares of Unitree Robotics soared in their Shanghai trading debut as investors piled into the first humanoid-robotics company to be listed in mainland China.
Financial TimesChinese humanoid robot maker surges 600% in trading debut Unitree makes stellar start in Shanghai as investors clamour for shares
FortuneShares in Unitree, one of China’s largest manufacturers of humanoid robots, closed their first day of trading by more than 460%, showing strong investor appetite for China’s robotics sector.
BBC BusinessPublished The world's biggest humanoid robot maker Unitree Robotics made its stock market debut in Shanghai on Wednesday, with its shares soaring by more than 600%.
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Unitree New Robot Preview: “Superman” Breaking the Limits of Humanity🥳 Standing high jump 2 m, top speed 12.66 m/s (0.85 m leg length)
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New York Post BusinessThe monster public debut came just two days after Unitree unveiled a next-gen humanoid robot it calls “Superman,” which is purportedly capable of leaping more than six feet in the air and running at more than 28 miles per hour.
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Unitree manufactures humanoid robots and "robot dogs" that can perform various tasks. AFP via Getty Images
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BBC BusinessUnitree has been selling humanoid robots since 2023, with its $13,500 child-sized G1 model hitting the market the following year.
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"Unitree's IPO is significant because it provides an important A-share valuation benchmark for embodied AI and humanoid robotics," Morningstar analyst Kangyuxiao Li said.
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FortuneUnitree raised around $900 million in its IPO on Shanghai’s STAR Market, the city’s board for technology startups, at a valuation of $9 billion. After today’s surge, Unitree is now worth around $66 billion, ahead of larger Chinese tech firms like Baidu and JD.com. It’s also worth more than the most valuable U.S. robotics company, Figure AI, which got a $39 billion valuation in a September 2025 funding round.
BBC BusinessThe G1, along with other Unitree robots have been at the centre of a huge marketing push ahead of the firm's IPO.
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One of Unitree’s domestic competitors, UBTech, listed in Hong Kong in late 2023. Another robotics startup, Agibot, is planning its own Hong Kong IPO.
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BBC BusinessUnitree's IPO comes almost three years after smaller Chinese rival UBTech Robotics listed on the Hong Kong stock market.
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01 Bloomberg Alibaba Tops Chinese Tech Stocks This Quarter on AI Resurgence Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is reclaiming its place as one of investors’ favorite Chinese technology stocks, on bets it can beat rivals in the combative artificial intelligence market.
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02 New York Post Business Chinese robot makers showed off humanoids sorting parcels, packing mobile phones and helping with household chores at a Beijing conference on Wednesday, seeking to demonstrate a shift from crowd-pleasing displays to broader commercial use.
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03 Fortune Unitree reported 1.7 billion yuan ($252 million) in revenue in 2025, with almost 45% of that coming from overseas sales. It also generated 600 million yuan ($89 million) in profit last year. Most of Unitree’s sales go towards research purposes, though some Chinese tech companies and state-owned enterprises are starting to explore using humanoid robots in their operations.
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04 ZeroHedge Asian equities fell sharply overnight as the regional semiconductor rout intensified following another downdraft in US chipmakers on Tuesday (read morning wrap). Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan led the regional declines, while Chinese stocks also weakened despite the blockbuster IPO of humanoid robotics maker Unitree.
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05 BBC Business The listing on the tech-focused Star Market - which is widely known as China's Nasdaq - marks a milestone for Beijing's ambitious plans for the country's robotics industry.
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