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Former TradFi Options Market Maker, Delegate at Lido DAO
UBTECH Robotics and XPeng look set to benefit from a rerating of Chinese robotics stocks heading into the Unitree IPO. US robotics names have already started to move while these Chinese names have not, leaving them as likely the biggest beneficiaries. XPeng is also a fairly de-risked bet, with hefty cash on its balance sheet and its entire robotics stack valued at essentially zero at current prices. x.comÂ
XPeng's cash and robotics valuation make a fourfold gain look possible. Its $8.8 billion market cap includes nearly $6 billion in cash, leaving about $2.8 billion of value above cash, while its robotics business alone was valued above $6.3 billion; that leaves the car business unaccounted for. Weekly RSI near 20 also resembles exhaustion at the 2022 bottom. x.comÂ
XPeng's $900M robotics raise is a huge vote of confidence from major players, implying either its humanoid tech is the real deal or a deluge of humanoid investment is coming. Per @wallstengine, the round valued XPeng Robotics at $6.3B+, led by IDG Capital with Tencent and Alibaba, to scale toward IRON mass production by year end and deliveries in 2027. It also offers a favorable valuation comp for XPeng, which had looked cheap at under 1x; its robots' relative strength is dexterity. x.com x.comÂ
CCXI is one of the only pure-play robotics companies, and Unitree Robotics' Shanghai IPO next week, the hottest IPO around, will probably move key names in the space. Its deal to buy Agility should close soon. x.com x.com x.comÂ
Agility Robotics could go parabolic as the only US-listed humanoid pure play, valued at about $2.5B against an expected ~$40B opening for China's Unitree. Unitree's IPO was oversubscribed about 8,000 times, showing how badly retail wants humanoid exposure, and closing that valuation gap would be welcome. With the US-China rivalry, the US will not want to lose this race, which should bring capital into North American robotics. The SPAC merger carries higher risk and higher reward. x.comÂ
Nvidia's robotics and autonomous-vehicle opportunities are not yet baked into its valuation. The stock looks super cheap here and ranks first among the Magnificent Seven for investment attractiveness. x.com x.comÂ
XPeng could re-rate dramatically if the market starts pricing it beyond EVs. It trades like a car company while quietly building autonomous driving, embodied AI and robotics optionality, at a fraction of the valuation of Tesla, which trades like an AI and robotics company. x.comÂ
Robotics is moving from a far-off narrative to a feasible industry not far away, and it will be the natural complement to AI. Ouster, Arbe Robotics, Ambarella and XPeng are the names to own for it. x.comÂ
Robotics stocks may follow memory's path, a gradual build into an aggressive rally. Micron, which likely knows where compute demand is heading, launched a $250M fund for the next-gen AI stack, including physical AI. Unitree's China IPO, possibly next Monday at $9B and above $40B on pre-IPO perps, might spark a rally in less-run US-listed names; humanoid robotics still looks bullish on higher timeframes. This year's IPOs, such as Cerebras and SpaceX, weighed on proxies after, so expect swings. … Show more
US humanoid-robot parts makers look set to be repriced because the US has no listed pure-play humanoid company while China races ahead and Washington moves to restrict foreign robots, as with solar and photonics. China's Unitree listed at $9 billion, 8,000 times oversubscribed. CCXI, the Agility Robotics merger vehicle, has $300M+ booked; Vishay Precision makes force sensing; Ouster makes lidar; Ambarella makes edge vision chips. The robot war will have few winners, but parts sell to all. x.comÂ
Meituan is a way to own Unitree through its 10% stake, the same kind of trade as SK Telecom and Zoom for Anthropic. @SemiAnalysis_ argues Unitree will dominate global robotics, with the fastest iteration cycle in next-generation robotics. x.comÂ
