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Lightwheel AI

Corporate marketsimulationdata-engineCurated record
lightwheel.ai

Lightwheel AI builds physical-AI infrastructure for simulation, synthetic data, real-to-sim and sim-to-real workflows, evaluation and robot-learning pipelines. It is software infrastructure for robotics and embodied AI rather than a robot manufacturer.

HeadquartersSanta Clara, US
Founded2023
Corporate funding$292M
Team1-10
Deployments4
Open roles5
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Company overview

Identity and operating footprint

Company typePhysical AI software
Market segmentCorporate
StageSeries C
FoundersSteve Xie (Founder)
Regions servedUS, CN, Global
Countries deployedNot listed
Service footprintNot listed
Last reviewed2026-07-05
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Deployment log

Announced and cited only

AnnouncedCustomerSiteCountryCountEvidence
2026-03-11Google DeepMindai-labGBNot disclosedAnnouncement
2026-03-11Figurehumanoid-roboticsUSNot disclosedAnnouncement
2026-03-11ByteDancetech-companyCNNot disclosedAnnouncement
2026-03-11BYDautomotive-oemCNNot disclosedAnnouncement
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Funding history

Publicly announced rounds

Investors on recordBeijing AI Industry Investment FundMatrix Partners China (Jingwei Ventures)Zhongguancun Science City-affiliated fundsSichuan Development-affiliated fundsShandong Development-affiliated fundsGiant Network
HR

Hiring signal

Public job board · 2026-07-13

Open roles5

Hiring is an operating signal, not deployment evidence. Roles are refreshed from the company’s public careers system.

Developer Advocate / Research Community InternGo-To-Market · Mountain ViewFounding HRGo-To-Market · Mountain ViewGlobal Field Marketing ManagerGo-To-Market · Mountain ViewGo-To-Market / Techincal Sales ManagerGo-To-Market · Mountain ViewRobotics Solution ArchitectGo-To-Market · Mountain View
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Company timeline

Milestones and announcements

2026-07-07NVIDIA case study describes Lightwheel Simulation Platform for robotics simulation and physical AI workflows.NVIDIA
2026-05-06Announced approximately $100M in Q1 orders across physical AI infrastructure including simulation, data generation and evaluation systems.PR Newswire
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Source ledger

7 unique public sources

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LightWheel AI raises 1 bln yuan in strategic funding roundJiemian · retrieved 2026-07-05
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LightWheel AI Raises 1 Billion Yuan in A-round FinancingTMTPost · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Lightwheel AI completes tens-of-millions Pre-A+ round to accelerate spatial intelligence with synthetic data (光轮智能完成Pre-A+轮数千万融资，用合成数据加速空间智能)36Kr · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Lightwheel AI completes Pre-A round backed by MiraclePlus and Matrix Partners China (光轮智能完成Pre-A轮融资，奇绩创坛、经纬创投)EqualOcean/iyiou (亿欧) · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Light Wheel Intelligence Raises RMB 1B to Build Physical AI InfrastructureEqualOcean · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Lightwheel Accelerates Embodied AI With NVIDIA Foundation ModelsNVIDIA · retrieved 2026-07-05
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$100M in Q1 orders -- Lightwheel marks the start of Physical AI at scalePR Newswire · retrieved 2026-07-05