{"slug": "unitree", "name": "Unitree", "segment": "humanoid", "categories": ["humanoid"], "status": "active - pricing Shanghai STAR Market IPO at ~$9B valuation, trading expected Aug 17-21, 2026; FCC added foreign advanced robotics to Covered List Jul 28, 2026, threatening future US model approvals", "status_url": "https://www.trendforce.com/news/2026/08/07/news-chinas-robot-maker-unitree-heads-for-ipo-at-rmb-60-99b-valuation-backed-by-deepseek-and-tencent/", "what_they_build": null, "evidence": "Chinese OEM selling into US at low price points without US safety engagement", "safety_status": "Unknown", "charter": null, "funding_total_usd": null, "last_round": {"amount_usd": 900000000, "date": "2026-08", "label": "IPO"}, "valuation_usd": 9000000000, "investors": ["Meituan", "HongShan China", "Matrix Partners China", "Tencent", "Alibaba", "Ant Group", "DeepSeek", "Xiaomi"], "hq_city": "Hangzhou", "hq_country": "China", "hq_region": "North America", "regions": ["North America"], "headcount": null, "headcount_band": "Unknown", "pricing": null, "customers": [], "products": ["G1", "H2", "R1", "Go2", "B2"], "founded": "2016", "website": "https://www.unitree.com/", "news": [{"date": "2026-08", "title": "Unitree surges 460% on trading debut, lifting valuation to $66 billion", "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/08/19/unitree-china-dancing-robots-ipo-trading-surge-valuation/"}, {"date": "2026-08", "title": "Chinese humanoid robot maker Unitree prices IPO at $9 billion valuation", "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/06/chinese-humanoid-robot-maker-unitree-prices-ipo-at-9-billion-valuation.html"}, {"date": "2026-08", "title": "China's robot maker Unitree heads for IPO at RMB 60.99B valuation, backed by DeepSeek and Tencent", "url": "https://www.trendforce.com/news/2026/08/07/news-chinas-robot-maker-unitree-heads-for-ipo-at-rmb-60-99b-valuation-backed-by-deepseek-and-tencent/"}], "certifications": [], "standards": [{"id": "iso10218", "code": "ISO 10218-1/-2", "name": "Robots and Robotic Devices - Safety Requirements", "href": "/#/standard/iso10218"}, {"id": "ts15066", "code": "ISO/TS 15066", "name": "Collaborative Robots", "href": "/#/standard/ts15066"}, {"id": "r1508", "code": "ANSI/A3 R15.08", "name": "Industrial Mobile Robots - Safety Requirements", "href": "/#/standard/r1508"}, {"id": "iso13849", "code": "ISO 13849-1", "name": "Safety-Related Parts of Control Systems", "href": "/#/standard/iso13849"}, {"id": null, "code": "ISO 25785-1 (draft)", "name": "", "href": null}], "open_safety_jobs": 0, "jobs": [], "closed_jobs": [], "hiring_history": {"first_seen": null, "open": 0, "closed": 0, "total": 0}, "talent": {"total": 0, "seniority": [], "roles": [], "standards": [], "locations": []}, "template_count": 0, "fstalent_slug": null, "fs_people": 0, "incidents": 9, "max_sev": 3, "risk_band": "high", "incident_recent": [{"id": "7531cd4ca6db", "date": "2026-09-07", "title": "Unitree humanoid unexpectedly lunges at engineer and kicks remote control from his hand during test", "severity": 1, "type": "malfunction"}, {"id": "feeda9641483", "date": "2026-08-27", "title": "Two root RCE flaws (CVE-2026-76639/76640) disclosed in Unitree G1 EDU", "severity": 1, "type": "cyber"}, {"id": "4dc60f7be76b", "date": "2026-07", "title": "FCC bars new Unitree robot models from US import/sale over backdoor concerns", "severity": 3, "type": "regulatory"}, {"id": "535d57da1119", "date": "2026-06-01", "title": "Unitree G1 robot kicks child in stomach during Xinjiang demo", "severity": 2, "type": "injury"}, {"id": "20cc190dc431", "date": "2025-12", "title": "Unitree G1 accidentally kicks its own teleoperator during motion-mirroring demo", "severity": 1, "type": "injury"}], "added": null, "recently_added": false, "similar": [{"slug": "tesla", "name": "Tesla"}, {"slug": "figure-ai", "name": "Figure AI"}, {"slug": "agility-robotics", "name": "Agility Robotics"}, {"slug": "boston-dynamics", "name": "Boston Dynamics"}, {"slug": "apptronik", "name": "Apptronik"}, {"slug": "bot-company", "name": "Bot Company"}, {"slug": "collaborative-robotics-cobot", "name": "Collaborative Robotics (Cobot)"}, {"slug": "1x-technologies", "name": "1X Technologies"}]}