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MetaX and UBTech-backed robotics chip startup Xilect raises RMB 500 million

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Xilect, a robotics chip startup jointly founded by Chinese GPU maker MetaX and humanoid robot maker UBTech Robotics, has raised RMB 500 million in an angel round.

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