- QCraft's systems have been deployed in one million vehicles, and the company currently partners with nearly 10 automakers.
- QCraft will significantly shift its strategic focus toward Level 4 autonomous driving and general-purpose physical AI, while accelerating its expansion into overseas markets.
Chinese autonomous driving startup QCraft announced the completion of a $100 million Series D funding round, with investors including a leading domestic automaker and several industrial funds, according to a statement released on Monday.
The newly raised funds will primarily be used to ramp up R&D in cutting-edge physical AI technologies such as world models and reinforcement learning, while further strengthening the company's organizational and talent development, QCraft said.
The company will significantly shift its strategic focus toward Level 4 autonomous driving and general-purpose physical AI while accelerating its expansion into overseas markets, said Yu Qian, the company's co-founder and CEO.
Yu believes 2026 marks a critical turning point for AI development, with the greatest opportunities over the next 5 to 10 years lying in the physical world, and autonomous driving serving as the optimal entry point.
In the field of advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), QCraft's systems have been deployed in one million vehicles, with nearly 10 partner automakers and nearly 30 supported vehicle models, according to the statement.
The company expects the number of new partner vehicle models to exceed 50 by 2026, with nearly all of them equipped with urban navigation ADAS capabilities.
Regarding Level 4 autonomous driving, QCraft has partnered with industry chain partners to formally enter the autonomous delivery vehicle sector and pioneered a new model of "production-to-operation," the company said.
Currently, its autonomous delivery vehicles are already in operation in multiple locations. The company also plans to launch robotaxi pilot programs in 2026 and scale up deployment in 2027.
