TMTPOST — Striding AI, a Chinese Mainland embodied intelligence company focused on physical AI, completed a nearly $100 million angel funding round series on Tuesday. The round drew investment from listed companies including CP Group, Huaqin Technology and Jiu'an Medical, along with prominent entrepreneurs and other institutional investors. The capital will support global talent recruitment across algorithms, engineering and commercialization, advancement of world action models and reinforcement learning technologies, and accelerated validation and product deployment in retail and industrial scenarios. Striding AI’s substantial early-stage raise stands out in a crowded embodied intelligence field, where access to top talent and robust foundational models remains a key competitive edge. By prioritizing both infrastructure development and real-scene validation, the company is positioning itself to move quickly from technology validation to commercial pilots in high-volume sectors such as retail automation and industrial applications. This financing round adds to the strong momentum in China’s physical AI sector, where investors are betting on startups that can bridge advanced algorithms with practical deployment challenges, potentially shortening the path to scalable revenue and influencing the pace of robotics adoption across manufacturing and service industries.