What FABU.ai does

FABU.ai is a Chinese autonomous driving technology company founded in 2017 by internationally renowned AI scholar Professor He Xiaofei, headquartered in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. The company develops vehicle-road-cloud integrated AI systems for horizontal transport automation, primarily serving container terminal operators with unmanned container trucks, IGVs, and electric tractor units. Its core product suite comprises FabuDrive (vehicle-side L4 autonomous driving system), FabuRemote (teleoperations / remote control system), and FabuDispatch (cloud-side fleet and equipment scheduling platform), unified under an end-to-end large-model architecture called "Fabu Brain" (飞步大脑). FABU's proprietary "Deep Manifold Network" (深度流形网络) algorithm received the Zhejiang Province Natural Science First Prize, and the company operates what it claims is the world's largest port unmanned container truck fleet (160+ vehicles globally, 200+ when including IGVs).

The company's revenue model is anchored in multi-year, multi-phase turnkey deployment contracts awarded via competitive public tender to port operators, combining hardware sales (unmanned trucks, IGVs, tractors), software licensing (FabuDrive/FabuRemote/FabuDispatch), and managed dispatch/operations services. Anchor engagements include a six-year flagship partnership with Ningbo Zhoushan Port Group (130 trucks at Meidong Terminal, 9-lane fully unmanned operation), an exclusive IGV fleet and dispatch framework at Singapore PSA Tuas Port (covering 3,000+ planned IGVs), deployment of unmanned electric tractors at Napier Port (New Zealand), and a 48-IGV contract for the Ningbo Zhoushan new automated terminal plus a bulk-to-container tender at Qingdao Port. Certifications include ISO 22737 functional safety, IEC 62443-3-3 system security, MIIT selection as an "AI Empowering New Industrialization Typical Application Case," National Specialized-Refined-Differential-Innovative "Little Giant" Enterprise designation, and the 2025 China Ports Association Science & Technology Progress Award Special Prize (only 3 awarded out of 250 projects). The company has raised approximately $55.4M across four disclosed funding rounds (2017 Sinovation Ventures $15M, 2018 MSA Capital-led $25M, 2021 Cowin/DYEE Capital-led Series B+ $15.4M, plus an undisclosed 2022 round).

Name

FABU.ai

Legal name

Hangzhou Fabu Technology Co., Ltd. (杭州飞步科技有限公司)

Website

https://fabu.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

FABU.ai is a Chinese autonomous driving company that develops vehicle-road-cloud integrated AI systems for unmanned horizontal transport at container ports, serving operators in China, Singapore, and New Zealand with its FabuDrive, FabuRemote, and FabuDispatch product suite.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Autonomous Port Logistics Software

NAICS

Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511), Industrial Truck, Tractor, Trailer, and Stacker Machinery Manufacturing (333924)

SIC

Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Autonomy Software, AI & Mission Management (UAS/UXV) (IMABAIAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

UAS Communications, Datalinks, SATCOM & Remote Control Systems (IMABAIAJ), Video Telematics, ADAS & AI Dashcams (TLAEAFAG)

Keywords

• Autonomous port vehicles
• Fleet dispatch software
• Container terminal automation
• Unmanned driving systems
• Cloud fleet optimization

Headquarters

HQ city

Hangzhou

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Port project deployment contracts: Multi-year, multi-phase turnkey deployment contracts with port operators: vehicle hardware (unmanned trucks, IGVs, tractor units) + integrated software (FabuDrive/FabuRemote/FabuDispatch). Examples: 130-truck Meidong six-phase project, 48 IGV Ningbo Zhoushan new automated terminal, Singapore Tuas Port IGV fleet contract, Napier Port (NZ) tractor fleet. Large one-time / multi-year project-based revenue with land-and-expand dynamics across phases.
2. Managed dispatch and operations services: Cloud-side FabuDispatch scheduling platform offered as 'the only fleet dispatch system' contract for Singapore Tuas Port, managing all unmanned fleets within the terminal — implying platform-level recurring / managed-service revenue in addition to per-vehicle hardware. Provides continuous operation, optimization, and remote tele-operation support.
3. Hardware sales of autonomous vehicles: Sale of unmanned container trucks (e.g., AT518, AT566, AT569 series), IGVs (Intelligent Guided Vehicles), and unmanned electric tractor units equipped with FabuDrive system — supplied as products to port customers.
4. Integrated intelligent hardware-software systems: Sales of proprietary integrated software platforms (FabuDrive, FabuRemote, FabuDispatch) bundled with deployments; serves multiple industries including ports, automotive, public transit, and aviation per company description.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

FABU.ai develops and sells autonomous driving systems for port and industrial logistics, built around an end-to-end large model deployed on a vehicle-road-cloud integrated platform. Its core product is FabuDrive, a vehicle-side L4 unmanned horizontal transport system for container trucks, IGVs, and tractors, supported by FabuRemote teleoperations and FabuDispatch cloud-side global fleet and equipment scheduling. The company delivers turnkey multi-vehicle-type fleets and ongoing managed dispatch services to port operators worldwide.

Product overview

FABU.ai offers a platform-plus-modules architecture organized around a "car-road-cloud" (车路云) integrated autonomous driving system for port and other industrial logistics environments. The core autonomous driving capability is delivered through FabuDrive (vehicle-side L4 unmanned horizontal transport system, now powered by an end-to-end large model), supported by FabuRemote (remote control / teleoperations for edge-case intervention) and FabuDispatch (cloud-side global fleet and equipment dispatch and resource optimization). Together the three products enable end-to-end automated horizontal transport of containers and bulk goods across traditional brownfield terminals (e.g., Meidong Terminal at Ningbo Zhoushan Port, Qingdao Port Dagang Terminal) and greenfield automated terminals (Singapore Tuas Port, Ningbo Zhoushan new automated terminal), as well as overseas deployments such as Napier Port in New Zealand. The combined fleet operated by FABU customers represents the world's largest port unmanned container truck fleet, and the platform has been extended from container handling to bulk-to-container and sea-rail intermodal scenarios.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FabuDrive®: Unmanned driving level transportation system (无人驾驶水平运输系统), the company's flagship autonomous driving product for ports and logistics.
• FabuRemote®
• FabuDispatch®

Products and services

• FabuDrive® Vehicle-side autonomous driving system that enables L4-level unmanned horizontal transport for container trucks, IGVs, and tractor units in port terminals. Combines an end-to-end large model for integrated perception and decision-making with multi-modal sensor fusion and vehicle-road-cloud cooperative perception. Selected for MIIT "AI Empowering New Industrialization Typical Application Cases."
• FabuRemote® Remote tele-operation system for human supervision and intervention of the unmanned fleet when edge cases arise, complementing FabuDrive's autonomous decision-making with operator fallback for safety and exception handling. Enables operation without infrastructure modification or physical isolation ("lands and runs").
• FabuDispatch® Cloud-side fleet and equipment dispatch management system that performs global optimization across berth allocation, equipment scheduling, capacity assignment, and path planning. Pairs a cloud-side large model with time-series forecasting to convert operational data into optimal dispatch instructions and real-time route plans; improves quay crane efficiency by ~10.2%.

Quantifiable outcome

• Quay crane efficiency uplift of ~10.2% via cloud-side large model optimization
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability10 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered major strategic — first 'bulk-to-container' scenario deployment; expands bohai rim port cluster footprint, flagship / anchor customer — 6-year partnership; core reference site for international expansion, flagship international reference — first oceania deployment, major strategic — framework contract covering world's largest automated terminal under construction, industry / awards body and regulator / certification body.

• Qingdao Port (山东港口青岛港)major strategic — first 'bulk-to-container' scenario deployment; expands bohai rim port cluster footprintStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 May 2026FABU won the 'Shandong Port bulk-to-container terminal copper concentrate bulk-to-container intelligent unmanned tractor procurement' tender — fully unmanned container truck fleet deployed at Qingdao Dagang Terminal. First scale deployment in the 'bulk-to-container' (散改集) scenario for traditional bulk-cargo terminals transitioning to automation. Establishes FABU's 'car-cloud integrated' business in the Bohai Rim port cluster.
• Ningbo Zhoushan Port Group (宁波舟山港集团)flagship / anchor customer — 6-year partnership; core reference site for international expansionStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2025Long-running strategic partnership since FABU's first unmanned container truck deployment at Meidong Terminal (now 130 trucks, world's largest single-terminal unmanned truck fleet). Has expanded across multiple project phases (Meidong phase 1–6, Yongzhou L4 mixed IGV+unmanned-truck fleet, new automated terminal 48 IGV contract). FABU's unmanned trucks have executed Ningbo Zhoushan Port's milestone container operations (30 millionth in 2021, 10 millionth at Meidong in 2024, 40 millionth in 2025). Ningbo Zhoushan Port is the world's #1 cargo throughput port for 16 consecutive years.
• Napier Port (New Zealand / 纳皮尔港)flagship international reference — first oceania deploymentStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 November 2025FABU delivered unmanned electric tractor fleet for horizontal container transport at Napier Port (New Zealand). First Chinese port unmanned driving technology deployment in Oceania. Napier Port described this as 'a key step towards the Napier Port Transformation project'. Coverage by WorldCargo News (global port logistics authoritative media).
• Singapore PSA Tuas Port (新加坡港大士码头)major strategic — framework contract covering world's largest automated terminal under constructionStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Won IGV fleet contract at the world's largest automated container terminal under construction (66 berths, 3,000+ planned IGVs) and secured the exclusive fleet dispatch system contract to manage all unmanned fleets within the terminal. Marks FABU as the first Chinese autonomous driving vendor to enter the supply chain of a global top-tier port.
• China Ports Association (中国港口协会)industry / awards bodyOthersGranted FABU the 2025 China Ports Association Science & Technology Progress Award Special Prize (特等奖) — highest honor in port industry science and technology. The award is administered by an association approved by China's Ministry of Science & Technology and National Office of Science & Technology Awards; 250 projects were submitted and only 3 received the Special Prize.
• Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT / 工信部)regulator / certification bodyOthersFABU's unmanned container truck + IGV horizontal transport equipment (FabuDrive) was selected for the MIIT 'AI Empowering New Industrialization Typical Application Cases' program — a national-level regulatory endorsement validating FABU's technology and unlocking additional government / state-owned port procurement pathways.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Westwell Technology: Shanghai-based AI company specializing in autonomous driving for ports and logistics, with its own Q-Truck fleet deployed at Chinese and overseas container terminals. Closest direct competitor to FABU in port horizontal-transport automation; competes head-to-head on tenders at Chinese state-owned ports and is expanding internationally.
• Kalmar (Cargotec / Hiab): Finland-headquartered port equipment and automation vendor offering AutoStrad AGVs and terminal automation systems used in many of the world's automated container terminals. Direct port-automation peer; competes with FABU on horizontal-transport and terminal-control scope though FABU's car-road-cloud model differentiates technically.

Broad incumbents

• Konecranes: Finland-headquartered global leader in port cranes and container-handling equipment, with a growing automation and digital portfolio. Competes broadly with FABU on terminal automation stacks and could expand into horizontal transport, leveraging installed base and financing capability as a broad incumbent.
• ZPMC (Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries): China's dominant port crane and equipment manufacturer, increasingly building AGV and automated-terminal offerings. A natural domestic incumbent competitor and potential supplier; competes with FABU through bundled equipment-plus-automation bids at Chinese ports.
• Daifuku: Japan-headquartered global leader in material handling systems, including AGVs for factories and warehouses with growing port applications. Broad incumbent peer in industrial automation and AGV technology; competes with FABU for industrial-logistics automation budgets globally.
• Plus AI: US-based autonomous-trucking company focused on long-haul line-haul. Comparable as an autonomous-driving company pursuing logistics and trucking; partially competes with FABU on Chinese autonomous-trucking and industrial logistics applications through Plus's China partnerships.

Emerging players

• Inceptio Technology: China-based autonomous-trucking company with Level 3 line-haul deployments that could expand into port hinterland and intra-terminal autonomous operations. Comparable in Chinese autonomous-driving technology stack and similar end-customers in logistics; partial overlap with FABU's port horizontal-transport use case.
• Trunk Technology (Trunk.AI / 嬴彻科技): China-based autonomous-trucking startup operating L3 autonomous trucks on logistics corridors. Compares to FABU as a fellow Chinese autonomous-driving company pursuing industrial-logistics deployments; could extend into intra-terminal and yard operations.
• Geek+: China-headquartered global leader in warehouse mobile robots and automated storage; an adjacent mobile-robotics peer that competes with FABU for industrial-customer wallet share in China and demonstrates the broader Chinese AMR ecosystem into which FABU's port AV could expand.
• Quicktron (Shanghai Quicktron Intelligent Technology): Chinese AMR/AGV vendor with strong warehouse and logistics presence. Comparable as a Chinese mobile-robotics platform player; could push into port/terminal applications and compete with FABU on customer overlap and Chinese AI talent.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat7 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fabu-ai

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors5 records

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M&A

Investments

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