Huawei’s Hubble Invests in Two Strategic Tech Firms to Strengthen Robotics and Simulation Capabilities

Huawei’s investment arm, Hubble Technology Investment, has made two new strategic moves in May 2025, expanding its presence in cutting-edge technology domains. The company has invested in Qianxun Intelligent, a startup focused on embodied AI and humanoid robotics, and Tongyuan SoftControl, a leader in cyber-physical system simulation software. These investments underscore Huawei’s continued commitment to building a robust technological ecosystem across AI, robotics, and advanced industrial software.

Huawei Enters the Embodied Intelligence Race with Qianxun Intelligent Investment

In a notable first, Hubble acquired a 1.43% stake in Qianxun Intelligent (Hangzhou), marking Huawei’s initial entry into the humanoid robotics space. Founded in January 2024, Qianxun focuses on developing general-purpose humanoid robots and next-generation embodied AI models. The startup’s team comprises talent from top institutions like UC Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, and Tsinghua, along with experience from tech giants such as ByteDance, Xiaomi, and Tencent.

Qianxun’s technology stack includes its proprietary VLA (Vision-Language Action) model and the CoPa component constraint model, enabling generalizable, cross-scenario robot control. Its flagship Moz1 humanoid robot, boasting 26 degrees of freedom and a power density 15% greater than Tesla’s Optimus, is set for deployment in industrial and logistics applications in 2025. The startup also announced VLA Spirit v1, China’s first robot capable of complex soft-object manipulation, such as folding clothes.

Qianxun’s tech aligns well with Huawei’s AI stack—particularly its Ascend chips, Pangu AI models, and HarmonyOS. Analysts suggest this could form a vertically integrated robotics ecosystem, akin to Tesla’s “Optimus + Dojo” model. Huawei is already partnering with Leju Robotics, whose latest humanoid model “Kuafu” integrates HarmonyOS and the Pangu embodied AI model.

With Qianxun’s addition, Huawei further strengthens its position in the burgeoning field of embodied AI, potentially enabling collaboration across its existing robotics partnerships and enhancing its competitiveness in next-gen smart robotics.

Tongyuan SoftControl: Strengthening Huawei’s Cyber-Physical Simulation Stack

Hubble also took a strategic stake in Suzhou Tongyuan SoftControl, a pioneer in simulation tools for Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). This move reinforces Huawei’s capabilities in industrial-grade simulation software, essential for the digital transformation of manufacturing and smart infrastructure.

Tongyuan’s flagship platform MWORKS is built on the Modelica language and boasts Asia’s only Modelica compiler and solver kernel. It supports multi-domain simulations—mechanical, electrical, thermal, and fluid—allowing unified modeling of complex physical systems. The company has achieved technical breakthroughs, such as standardized modeling and multi-physics coupling, and is the first in China to receive solver certification from Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute.

MWORKS is increasingly applied in semiconductor design, wireless communication, and industrial process optimization, offering digital-analog chip modeling, algorithm testing, and high-efficiency antenna simulation. Importantly, Tongyuan co-developed an AI toolbox with Huawei based on the Julia programming language and MindSpore AI framework, signaling deep ecosystem synergy.

Huawei’s backing will empower Tongyuan with capital, technical support, and market access, helping it scale and advance in line with China’s push for indigenous innovation in critical software infrastructure. The collaboration supports Huawei’s long-term industrial strategy, especially in the intelligent manufacturing and industrial Internet sectors.

Huawei’s Expanding Ecosystem Strategy

These dual investments highlight Huawei’s broader strategy to control key nodes across emerging tech stacks—from AI hardware and software to simulation and robotics. Both Qianxun and Tongyuan complement Huawei’s ambitions in AI, smart manufacturing, and future industrial systems. As the global AI and robotics race accelerates, Huawei’s positioning through Hubble appears increasingly deliberate and forward-looking.