QingTian Leasing and Financing, a subsidiary of Zhiyuan, achieves two consecutive successes, with its valuation reaching 7 billion yuan.

QingTian Leasing and Financing, a subsidiary of Zhiyuan, achieves two consecutive successes, with its valuation reaching 7 billion yuan.

Author | Huang Yu

On May 20th, Qingtianzu, the "robot rental platform" under Zhiyuan Robotics, announced it has recently completed its Series A and Series A+ financing rounds, raising several hundred million yuan.

Qingtianzu revealed that after completing this round of financing, its valuation has reached 7 billion yuan.

In addition, this round of financing will focus on building the RaaS (Robot as a Service) system and expanding into industrial and other scenarios, promoting robots from being used at "event sites" to entering real scenarios closer to production and operations, such as industrial manufacturing, park operations, warehousing logistics, and commercial services.

In other words, unlike the previous phase which mainly centered on display- and interaction-type scenarios like cultural tourism, commercial performances, exhibitions, and commercial marketing, after this round of financing, Qingtianzu will further shift its business focus toward more frequent and essential industrial scenarios.

Due to the insufficient maturity of humanoid robots, their applications in recent years have mostly been limited to cultural and entertainment scenarios. Having humanoid robots truly enter productivity scenarios is the common goal of industry participants today.

Qingtianzu CEO Li Yiyan pointed out that the difficulty for robots entering real scenarios is not just "whether there are robots," but whether stable and replicable application delivery capabilities can be formed.

"Especially in industrial and park scenarios, customers are no longer focused on short-term display effects, but rather whether robots can operate continuously, be dispatched as needed, maintained in a timely manner, and create actual value in specific tasks."

To promote the large-scale commercialization of robots, robot manufacturers have been exploring a variety of business models in recent years; in addition to direct sales, leasing is also an option.

The robot rental model effectively resolves the contradiction between the high price of humanoid robots and rapid technological iterations, becoming the main gateway for the public to access robots.

Public data shows that by 2026, with capacity release and the entry of platform players, daily rental fees will drop from the peak of RMB 15,000-20,000 to RMB 3,000-5,000, and the industry will shift from high demand for single units to platform-based, standardized operations. Application scenarios will expand from stage performances to commercial marketing, educational tourism, industrial trials, and other diversified scenarios.

It is reported that in the nearly half year since its establishment, Qingtianzu has completed the construction of the RaaS application service platform, successively launching the partner SaaS, global App, as well as core systems and function modules such as intelligent dispatch and skills store, initially establishing an organizational system covering business development, scenario solutions, contract delivery, technical support, and ecosystem collaboration.

As of now, Qingtianzu's platform can dispatch more than 4,000 robots, with a service network covering several cities nationwide.

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