{"title":"DexForce vs Dexmate: General-purpose compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/dexforce-vs-dexmate","comparison":"DexForce ranks 9 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 85; Dexmate ranks 73 with 57. DexForce is ahead on deployment, production, commercials, progress, technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. DexForce is based in China, Dexmate in United States. DexForce is named in 26 signals and Dexmate in 12.","companies":[{"name":"DexForce","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/dexforce","city":null,"country":"China","stage":null,"founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"DexForce, also known as Kuawei or 跨维智能, is a China-based physical-AI company supplying embodied-intelligence software, 3D perception, simulation/data infrastructure and its own W1 Pro general-purpose humanoid platform. It reported more than 1,000 deployed projects across over 30 cities, a July-2025 A1/A2 financing of several hundred million RMB, a June-2026 RMB 1 billion Series B at a valuation above RMB 10 billion, and W1 Pro production and first delivery through Lenovo's manufacturing network in October-December 2025. Its distinguishing position is a vertically integrated data-to-model-to-robot stack; the open question is how much of reported commercial deployment is autonomous operation versus company-supported or teleoperated delivery.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Humanoids","list":"Humanoids 100","rank":9,"score":85,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":10,"position":8,"progress":10,"firepower":10,"commercial":8,"deployment":8,"production":6,"technology":8},"why":"DexForce develops and sells humanoid robots, including the 40-degree-of-freedom W1 Pro, and has shipped thousands of robots for real-world deployments in tourism, cultural venues, retail and service settings.","segment":"General-purpose","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":26,"facts_total":50},{"name":"Dexmate","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/dexmate","city":null,"country":"United States","stage":null,"founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Dexmate is a US robotics company (Santa Clara, founded 2024) whose VEGA combines high-payload arms, a foldable torso, and an omnidirectional base with an integrated Physical AI development platform (the robot as one part of a tooling product). It has a corporate-Asia validation chain: an LG Technology Ventures investment plus an LG CNS commercialization partnership (March 2026) and an NEC Orchestrating Future Fund investment (August 2025), two Asian IT giants as channels within six months. It is pre-revenue class ($33-41M raised).","assessed_in":{"domain":"Humanoids","list":"Humanoids 100","rank":73,"score":57,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":6,"progress":8,"firepower":6,"commercial":2,"deployment":4,"production":4,"technology":6},"why":"Dexmate develops and commercially offers Vega, a general-purpose wheeled humanoid robot with mobile manipulation, extended reach, lifting capability and multimodal AI.","segment":"General-purpose","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":12,"facts_total":12}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}