Recently, StarSea Map, an embodied intelligence firm, achiEVEd success in itsA4 and A5 strategic financing rounds, amassing over $100 million in total.Meituan Longzhu and Today’s CaPital led the investment, while existingshareholders Mihoyo and Wuxi Investment Group also joined. This financingreflects Meituan’s continuous investment and strategic arrangement in embodiedintelligence.
Based on its assessment of the industry’s current stage, StarSea Map groupedall this year’s financing under ‘Series A’. Industry experts opine thatembodied intelligence is still in infrastructure building and not yet in large- scale application. Hence, the company opted for phased fundraising to alignwith market needs.
In recent years, Meituan has ramped up its investment in embodiedintelligence. In May 2025, Meituan’s venture capital led the Series Afinancing of Self – Variable Robotics, and the investment in StarSea Map isanother key move. Meituan has also invested in other firms like UnitreeTechnology and Galaxy General.
Since starting Series A financing in 2025, StarSea Map has raised nearly 1.5billion RMB, and its latest valuation has tripled compared to the start of theyear. The funds are primarily used to enhance the company’s full – stackself – reseARCh capabilities in ‘full machine + intelligence’, especiallyimproving the VLA end – to – end model capabilities, expanding production,and developing joint modules.
StarSea Map’s core team comprises AI and embodied intelligence algorithmscientists. CEO Gao Jiyang, with rich autonomous driving experience fromWaymo, leads the team. Their research spans core technologies such asreinforcement learning, ensuring the company’s industry competitiveness.
The company introduced the EFM – 1 model architecture for embodiedintelligence, a ‘fast – slow’ dual – system that combines visual language andaction models for closed – loop decision – making from perception to control.StarSea Map is dedicated to opening up basic models and data to build aglobal developer ecosystem.
As industry focus on embodied intelligence intensifies, StarSea Map’sdevelopment and Meituan’s investment will drive innovation and application,with potential breakthroughs in intelligent manufacturing and serviceindustries.