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China’s AI companies, verified — for the world, by Europe’s rules

Every Chinese AI, robotics and mobility company we have profiled, with a sourced Europe status, in one place. Search by name, field or how far a company is in Europe.

23 companies · 8 fields · updated October 2026

The directory in numbers

23companies profiled
6of 8 fields covered
18European countries with presence
12with office, operations or production in Europe

Graphic: Inside China AI · Source: company disclosures and reporting as linked on each company page; status October 2026. Only confirmed presence counts.

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FieldFoundation Models 6Agents & Apps 1Infrastructure, Cloud & Chips 1Humanoids & Robotics 8Autonomous Driving & Vehicles 6Enterprise AI 0AI for Science & Health 0Consumer & Content 1
Europe status0 · No footprint1 · Declared interest2 · Partner / distributor3 · Own office4 · Customers / operations5 · Production
AgiBotShanghai-based humanoid maker, opened mass-production base in Serbia with Minth Group.5 · ProductionBYDWorld’s largest EV maker with in-house AI stack, own chip, and humanoid robots for showrooms.5 · ProductionAlibaba CloudAlibaba Cloud is expanding global AI infrastructure and launching agentic AI services in Europe.4 · Customers / operationsBaidu Apollo GoChina’s oldest large-scale robotaxi operator, now testing in London and targeting Germany with Uber and Lyft partnerships.4 · Customers / operationsDeepSeekDeepSeek released V4-Flash, a 304B parameter model under MIT licence, focused on inference speed.4 · Customers / operationsMiniMaxMiniMax builds multimodal AI models and consumer apps, with 70%+ revenue from overseas and 236M+ users in 200+ countries.4 · Customers / operationsMomentaChinese autonomous driving company with German Level-4 test license and European HQ, supplying ADAS to global carmakers.4 · Customers / operationsPony.aiPony.ai is a Chinese autonomous driving company sending its co-founder and CFO to Web Summit 2026.4 · Customers / operationsPudu RoboticsChina’s commercial service robotics leader, now launching humanoids and semi-humanoids for global hospitality and retail.4 · Customers / operationsWeRideWeRide operates autonomous vehicles in over 40 cities across 12 countries, including a growing European presence.4 · Customers / operationsXiaomiXiaomi is launching AI-powered electric vehicles in Europe, building a German dealer and service network.4 · Customers / operationsUBTech RoboticsChina’s listed humanoid robotics leader, with real factory deployments and over ¥800 million humanoid revenue in 2025.3 · Own officeUnitreeUnitree is a major Chinese humanoid robotics company with high shipment volumes and public listing.2 · Partner / distributorLimX DynamicsShenzhen-based humanoid robotics company with global patent leadership and thousands of orders, over half international.1 · Declared interestTripo AITripo AI generates production-quality 3D models from text or images in under ten seconds.1 · Declared interestZhipu AIDeveloper of the GLM model family, GLM-5.3 weights published.1 · Declared interestBaiduBaidu is a leading Chinese tech company with a vertical AI stack from models to autonomous driving.0 · No footprintFourierShanghai-based humanoid robotics company, top-ranked globally for patents, focused on care and rehabilitation robots.0 · No footprintGalbotChina’s most valuable unlisted humanoid robotics startup, deploying wheeled two-armed robots in retail and logistics at scale.0 · No footprintLeju RobotLeju Robot is a top-10 Chinese humanoid robotics startup, Huawei Cloud’s first humanoid partner, and Kuavo robot maker.0 · No footprintManus AIManus builds general-purpose AI agents that autonomously execute tasks in a virtual cloud computer.0 · No footprintModelBestModelBest builds small, open-source language models and in-car AI agents, spun out from Tsinghua University in 2022.0 · No footprintTencentTencent embeds AI horizontally across its ecosystem, powering WeChat, gaming, and fintech with its Hunyuan model.0 · No footprint

Field × Europe status

Where China’s AI companies stand in Europe, by field

Each cell counts profiled companies. Red: customers, operations or production in Europe.

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Graphic: Inside China AI · Source: company disclosures and reporting as linked on each company page; status October 2026. Only confirmed presence counts.

Europe status

One scale for every company: how far is it in Europe?

We rate only confirmed facts with a source — announcements that have not materialised do not count. The scale is the same across all fields.

0No footprint
1Declared interest
2Partner / distributor
3Own office
4Customers / operations
5Production

Inside China AI · Method on the Europe Readiness page.

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Foundation Models6 companies→Agents & Apps1 company→Infrastructure, Cloud & Chips1 company→Humanoids & Robotics8 companies→Autonomous Driving & Vehicles6 companies→Enterprise AImapping in progress→AI for Science & Healthmapping in progress→Consumer & Content1 company→

Europe Entry Tracker

All steps →

How Chinese AI companies arrive in Europe: the partnerships, deployments and investments the companies announced — dated, with sources.

DateChinese companyStepAs announcedWithFieldSource
2026-10Pony.aiPartnershipPony.ai, Uber, Verne announced robotaxi testing in ManchesterUberAutonomous Driving & Vehiclessource
2026-10CheryPartnershipChery and Bosch signed for European driver-assistance programme.BoschAutonomous Driving & Vehiclessource
2026-10GeelySupplyGeely vehicles sold outside China include Google built-in services.GoogleConsumer & Contentsource
2026-10ModelBestPartnershipModelBest reached deal to pre-install models on Samsung flagshipsSamsungFoundation Modelssource
2026-10XPengPartnershipXPeng signed Emil Frey as a German dealerEmil FreyAutonomous Driving & Vehiclessource
2026-10XpengCustomer / deploymentXpeng delivered L03 to a French customer in Paris.French customerAutonomous Driving & Vehiclessource
2026-10XPengPartnershipVolkswagen partnered with XPeng on vehicle platforms and AI stack.VolkswagenAutonomous Driving & Vehiclessource
2026-09XiaomiPartnershipXiaomi signed MoU with Emil Frey Deutschland to sell vehiclesEmil Frey DeutschlandAutonomous Driving & Vehiclessource

Europe’s AI companies

All European companies →

The other side of the bridge: which European AI companies build on open models, host in the EU and run partner programmes — from their own websites, quoted and dated.

Europe × China

Where Chinese AI is already in Europe

11 Chinese AI, robotics and mobility companies we have profiled, in 14 European countries. Red: companies speaking at Web Summit Lisbon.

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Germany
PartnersAgiBot — Munich-based Minth Group as European distributor since February 2026
Data centreAlibaba Cloud — Frankfurt cloud region since 2016
CustomersGalbot — Bosch named among industrial customers (company statement)
OfficeMomenta — European HQ in Böblingen; Germany-wide L4 test permit (KBA, July 2026); robotaxi tests with Uber in Munich
DealersXiaomi — MoUs with eight German dealer groups (IFA, September 2026); sales planned from 2027
United Kingdom
PartnersAgiBot — London partner conference (July 2026); UK robot-as-a-service model
Data centreAlibaba Cloud — Two London data centres since 2018
TestingApollo Go — Robotaxi testing in London with Uber and Lyft since July 2026
TestingPony.ai — Gen-7 robotaxi testing with Uber and Verne in London and Manchester (October 2026)
Switzerland
CustomersPudu Robotics — Retailer Denner rolling out 200 cleaning robots (announced June 2026)
Denmark
OperationsWeRide — Partnership with GreenMobility for Denmark’s first commercial autonomous mobility service
Finland
OfficeUBTech — Agent office in Helsinki
France
Data centreAlibaba Cloud — Paris hub with two availability zones since June 2026
Croatia
OperationsPony.ai — Paid robotaxi rides via Verne in Zagreb since April 2026
Hungary
PlantBYD — Car plant in Hungary
Italy
PartnersAgiBot — Milan debut (January 2026); integration partner SIR SpA
Luxembourg
TestingPony.ai — Autonomous truck pilots since 2022 — its first European footprint
Netherlands
OfficePudu Robotics — European subsidiary
Poland
CustomersPudu Robotics — Service robots in Carrefour stores since 2022
Serbia
PlantAgiBot — Humanoid production base in Šabac with Minth Group
Turkey
PlantBYD — Car plant in Turkey

Graphic: Inside China AI · Source: company disclosures and reporting as linked in our profiles; status October 2026. Only confirmed presence is shown — announcements that have not materialised are excluded.

Tools

Readiness and model choice.

Two tools built on the same verified data: a transparent Europe Readiness check for every company, and a Model Picker that answers “which open model may I use for this?” — with sources. Free, no accounts, no fees.

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Who it is for

Companies

For Chinese AI companies

A verified profile is your entry ticket to Europe. See what we check, how to complete it, and what we never do.

Users

For buyers, investors and media — anywhere

From Singapore to San Francisco: the fastest sourced answer to “who is this, and are they in Europe?”, judged by Europe’s rules.

Europe Entry Tracker

For AI companies anywhere

Partner, customer or builder on a Chinese model: announced steps are recorded as you announced them, with your statement if you want one.

Places

Bridges

Singapore, the Gulf, Germany, Iberia: where Chinese and international AI already meet.

Method

How the directory works

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