According to informed sources, Ant Group's embodied intelligence company Ant Lingbo Technology may initiate independent financing, marking the formal entry of this enterprise fully incubated by Ant Group into the external capital market and facing market-oriented tests.

The source stated that the main reason for promoting independent financing is the increasing pressure on internal resource allocation within the group. As Ant Group continues to increase its investment in the field of artificial intelligence, with continuous growth in investments in large model development and computing infrastructure, the overall computing budget faces some resource constraints. Therefore, the embodied intelligence business seeks to introduce external capital to support subsequent R&D and business expansion.

Informed sources also pointed out that the current financing environment for the embodied intelligence sector remains active, with the capital market maintaining a high level of attention toward related companies, and Ant Lingbo's valuation is expected to reach a unicorn level or higher.

In addition to Ant Lingbo, Ant Digital, another subsidiary of Ant Group, is currently preparing for Pre-IPO financing. Combined with previously initiated independent financings of Ant International and OceanBase, four subsidiaries of Ant Group have started the capitalization process, reflecting the group's efforts to accelerate the release of development potential across various business segments through independent financing and market-oriented operations.

Against the backdrop of rising interest in AI and embodied intelligence, if Ant Lingbo successfully completes its financing, it is expected to further enhance its technological research and development and industrialization capabilities, becoming an important case in the capital layout of the embodied intelligence sector in China.