DeepSeek has invested 140.8 million yuan (about $20.8 million) in Unitree Robotics’ Shanghai initial public offering and signed on to jointly develop AI models for humanoid robots, according to a stock-exchange filing from the offering disclosed on August 6, 2026. The investment lands the Hangzhou AI lab 933,399 shares, or 2.31% of the IPO’s strategic placement, alongside a procurement pact that ties the two companies’ hardware and model roadmaps together. Under the agreement described in the…