Unitree has
- leader in quadruped robots, used widely for inspection and surveillance
- dtc robots that supports oss, sold 5000+ in 2025
- handful of enterprise partnerships
- profitable, FY2025 $230m, ~60% margin
- highest mindshare out of chinese robot makers, great at marketing (kungfu, athletics etc.)
UBTech
- owns full stack with 3k patents
- focused on enterprise pilot programs; BYD, Geely Auto, Honda Trading, Foxconn, Volkswagen, Dongfeng, AJIN Industrial, Siemens, Airbus, Texas Instruments, SF Express etc.
- in their first dtc attempt sold out companion robot; over 13000 robots with prices between $18k - $200k
- not profitable yet, FY2025 $280m, ~40% gross margins, heavily investing into r&d
- CEO pissed off some people (maybe even CCP) last conference by calling factory work insufferable.
- may suck at PR and marketing
- high insider ownership, no sale in 2026 so far
Unitree is at $66b, UBTech $6b.
ive always been a sucker for catch up trades. $9880 earnings next week, loading up on this dip.