Chinese startup Rokid has been through a few stages of transformation over its eight years of existence, and it’s recently raised some new funding to stay afloat. The Temasek-backed company started as a smart speaker maker when the vertical was all the rage in China in mid-2015, but it has in recent years put more focus on augmented reality.
This week, Rokid said it has landed a $110 million Series C round. Between its last financial injection of $100 million in 2018 and this recent round, we haven’t heard much from Rokid — at least from the consumer side.
While new players like Qualcomm-backed Nreal have …
