{"id":4980,"date":"2026-07-02T07:54:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T07:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/2026\/07\/02\/ant-group-accelerates-humanoid-robot-push-with-73m-investment-in-zeroth-11th-deal-in-18-months\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T07:54:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T07:54:29","slug":"ant-group-accelerates-humanoid-robot-push-with-73m-investment-in-zeroth-11th-deal-in-18-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/2026\/07\/02\/ant-group-accelerates-humanoid-robot-push-with-73m-investment-in-zeroth-11th-deal-in-18-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Ant Group Accelerates Humanoid Robot Push with $73M Investment in Zeroth, 11th Deal in 18 Months"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ant Group, an affiliate of Alibaba, is aggressively expanding its investment in humanoid robotics, recently leading a $73.58 million funding round for startup Zeroth. This marks the 12th company Ant has invested in within the sector since early 2025, showcasing a significant strategic pivot towards advanced robotics.<\/p>\n

The fintech giant has also launched its own AI and robotics-friendly version of its popular Alipay mobile payments service, signaling deeper integration plans for its technology with the growing robotics industry.<\/p>\n

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Ant Group, an affiliate of Alibaba, is aggressively expanding its investment in humanoid robotics, recently leading a $73.58 million funding round for startup Zeroth. This marks the 12th company Ant has invested in within the sector since early 2025, showcasing a significant strategic pivot towards advanced robotics. The fintech giant has also launched its own […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.istockphoto.com\/id\/1519800532\/photo\/robot-holding-a-newborn-baby-close-up.jpg?s=612x612&w=0&k=20&c=7Hw7YhE3JqA702z-Yl7j8y6o6z0g7rT-hF6Q4_G2iQc=","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-global-affairs","category-technology","rifnote_country-china","rifnote_country-europe","rifnote_country-north-america","rifnote_executive-guo-renjie"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.istockphoto.com\/id\/1519800532\/photo\/robot-holding-a-newborn-baby-close-up.jpg?s=612x612&w=0&k=20&c=7Hw7YhE3JqA702z-Yl7j8y6o6z0g7rT-hF6Q4_G2iQc=","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}