Europe Entry Tracker
How Chinese AI companies arrive in Europe, step by step: the partnerships, deployments, investments and supply contracts the companies themselves announced. Each line carries a date and the source. Partners are named as the companies named them — this is a record of arrival, not a judgement on anyone’s choice of partner.
Foundation Models
| Date | Chinese company | Step | As announced | With | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10 | ModelBest | Partnership | ModelBest reached deal to pre-install models on Samsung flagships | Samsung | source |
| 2026-08 | Alibaba (Qwen AI) | Built on a Chinese model | Apple enabled Mac users in China to connect to Alibaba’s Qwen AI. | Apple | source |
| 2023-10 | Alibaba | Partnership | Apple enabled Alibaba Qwen models on Chinese iPhones. | Apple | source |
Agents & Apps
| Date | Chinese company | Step | As announced | With | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08 | Manus | Partnership | Meta partnership with Manus ended, Manus resumed independent operations. | Meta | source |
| 2026-03 | Zhipu AI | Built on a Chinese model | Zhipu launched AutoClaw to run OpenClaw locally in China. | OpenClaw | source |
| 2026-03 | Tencent | Partnership | Tencent launched ClawBot for WeChat users to access OpenClaw. | OpenClaw | source |
| 2026-02 | MiniMax | Partnership | MiniMax launched MaxClaw bundling M2.5 model with OpenClaw. | OpenClaw | source |
Infrastructure, Cloud & Chips
| Date | Chinese company | Step | As announced | With | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Chinese-owned fabs | Supply | ASML supplied Twinscan NXT:1980i systems to Chinese-owned fabs | ASML | source |
Humanoids & Robotics
| Date | Chinese company | Step | As announced | With | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08 | Unitree | Supply | Unitree H2 Plus was Nvidia’s GR00T reference robot | Nvidia | source |
| 2026-08 | Neura | Supply | Neura used Nvidia Thor chips and was named GR00T ecosystem partner | Nvidia | source |
| 2026-08 | UBTech | Customer / deployment | Foxconn used UBTech’s Walker humanoid robots in its operations. | Foxconn | source |
| 2026-07 | LimX Dynamics | Investment | Redstone VC invested in LimX Dynamics pre-IPO round. | Redstone VC | source |
| 2025-06 | Galbot | Partnership | Galbot set up joint venture with Bosch China and Boyuan Capital. | Bosch | source |
Autonomous Driving & Vehicles
| Date | Chinese company | Step | As announced | With | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10 | Pony.ai | Partnership | Pony.ai, Uber, Verne announced robotaxi testing in Manchester | Uber | source |
| 2026-10 | Chery | Partnership | Chery and Bosch signed for European driver-assistance programme. | Bosch | source |
| 2026-10 | XPeng | Partnership | XPeng signed Emil Frey as a German dealer | Emil Frey | source |
| 2026-10 | Xpeng | Customer / deployment | Xpeng delivered L03 to a French customer in Paris. | French customer | source |
| 2026-10 | XPeng | Partnership | Volkswagen partnered with XPeng on vehicle platforms and AI stack. | Volkswagen | source |
| 2026-09 | Xiaomi | Partnership | Xiaomi signed MoU with Emil Frey Deutschland to sell vehicles | Emil Frey Deutschland | source |
| 2026-09 | BYD | Partnership | Penske-Jacobs Innovation operated a BYD dealership in Aachen. | Penske-Jacobs Innovation | source |
| 2026-08 | Baidu | Partnership | Uber partnered with Baidu in autonomous driving field | Uber | source |
| 2026-08 | WeRide | Partnership | Uber partnered with WeRide in autonomous driving field | Uber | source |
| 2026-08 | Momenta | Partnership | Momenta partners with Toyota in autonomous driving segment. | Toyota | source |
| 2026-08 | Momenta | Partnership | Momenta partners with Mercedes-Benz in autonomous driving segment. | Mercedes-Benz | source |
| 2026-08 | WeRide | Partnership | WeRide partnered with GreenMobility for autonomous mobility service in Denmark. | GreenMobility | source |
| 2026-07 | Pony.ai | Partnership | Toyota integrated Pony.ai tech and co-developed robotaxi platform. | Toyota | source |
| 2026-07 | Pony.ai | Investment | Toyota invested over $400 million in Pony.ai. | Toyota | source |
| 2025-09 | Momenta | Partnership | Uber and Momenta announced joint robotaxi testing in Munich | Uber | source |
| 2025-04 | Pony.ai | Partnership | Pony.ai launched commercial service with Verne in Zagreb | Verne | source |
| 2024-08 | Momenta | Investment | Uber invested in Momenta’s Hong Kong IPO via subsidiary | Uber | source |
Consumer & Content
| Date | Chinese company | Step | As announced | With | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10 | Geely | Supply | Geely vehicles sold outside China include Google built-in services. | source | |
| 2026-08 | Qwen | Partnership | Apple lets Mac users in China connect to Qwen. | Apple | source |
| 2026-08 | Pudu Robotics | Customer / deployment | Denner rolled out 200 Pudu cleaning robots chain-wide | Denner | source |
What this tracker is — and is not
A record of announced steps
Signed deals, deployments, investments, supply contracts — as the parties announced them, in neutral wording.
Not a list of “China ties”
We do not aggregate or score companies by their partnerships, do not label anyone as exposed or dependent, and draw no political conclusion. Partnerships are normal business.
Open to context
Any company named here can add a statement or context to its line. Public facts stay; the framing is yours to complete.
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