{"title":"DexForce vs Spirit AI: General-purpose compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/dexforce-vs-spirit-ai","comparison":"DexForce ranks 9 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 85; Spirit AI ranks 41 with 66. DexForce is ahead on deployment, commercials, progress, positioning, firepower and leverage. Level on production and technology. Both are based in China. DexForce is named in 26 signals and Spirit AI in 26.","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":"Spirit AI","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/spirit-ai","city":null,"country":"China","stage":null,"founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Spirit AI (Hangzhou, also known as Qianxun) makes the Xiaomo (Moz) humanoid, which is in regular production operation at CATL's Luoyang plant doing high-precision battery-connector insertion and end-of-line testing at skilled-worker pace, a task-focused design that deliberately avoids complex five-finger hands. It is CATL-affiliated (Borui Capital, a CATL co-founder, backs it), raised ~RMB 1.3B/$185M across three rounds since 2024, and represents the deepest verified single-customer humanoid deployment in China outside auto plants. That single-customer concentration is the whole story so far.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Humanoids","list":"Humanoids 100","rank":41,"score":66,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":6,"position":6,"progress":9,"firepower":6,"commercial":4,"deployment":6,"production":6,"technology":8},"why":"Spirit AI develops Moz humanoid robots and has deployed a fleet at CATL’s battery facility, where the robots perform industrial connector-insertion and testing work.","segment":"General-purpose","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":26,"facts_total":16}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}