Meituan

美团（具身智能投资）Common

A Chinese local-services platform that is also one of the most active investors in embodied AI.

Meituan is a food-delivery and local-services platform founded by Wang Xing in 2010, headquartered in Beijing. It invests in robotics through two vehicles, Meituan Strategic Investment and Meituan Longzhu: it invested in Unitree Robotics twice in 2024 and, after multiple rounds, became its second-largest shareholder; it was also an angel investor in Galbot, and has invested in X Square Robot, Galaxea AI, Mech-Mind Robotics, Pudu Robotics, and Flexiv Robotics, leading a round in TARS Robotics for the first time in July 2025. It reportedly had invested in at least 16 embodied-AI companies as of June 2026. Meituan has its own instant-delivery use case, set up the Meituan Robotics Institute in July 2022, and also works on drones and unmanned delivery vehicles.

ExampleAccording to Tianyancha data from July 2025, Meituan-affiliated entities together held about 10.46% of Unitree Robotics, second only to founder Wang Xingxing, making it the second-largest shareholder.

Also called: Meituan Strategic Investment, Meituan Longzhu
Related: Unitree Robotics · Galaxea AI · X Square Robot · TARS Robotics · Mech-Mind Robotics · JD.com
Sources: 美团，重注具身智能（投中网） (Chinese)
美团另一面：投资中国硬科技8年，宇树科技的早期支持者（经济观察网） (Chinese)
外卖巨头决定深耕科技投资（观点网） (Chinese)
As of: 2026-06