On July 16, Critical Aerospace Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. issued an announcement stating that the company had completed an angel round of financing of 200 million yuan. This round of financing was jointly invested by Oasis Capital, Source Code Dynamics, Shangshi Capital, Qingliu Capital, and Dongfang Fuhai. Gao Hu Capital acted as the exclusive financial advisor. Critical Aerospace was incorporated in early 2026, and this angel round of financing was completed within half a year of establishment. The company focuses on intelligent research and development of the entire AI-driven liquid rocket engine chain. The founder, Chen Zhi, was born in 1991, received his doctorate degree from Cambridge University in 2016, and was a researcher and doctoral supervisor at Peking University's School of Engineering. According to information disclosed by the company, the planned use of the financing is divided into three parts: carrying out prototyping, ground and thermal test tests of various propellant liquid rocket engines; iteratively optimizing the “Prime One Line” intelligent R&D platform; and building supporting facilities and large-scale testing and production systems for the industrial chain.

On July 16, Critical Aerospace Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. issued an announcement stating that the company had completed an angel round of financing of 200 million yuan. This round of financing was jointly invested by Oasis Capital, Source Code Dynamics, Shangshi Capital, Qingliu Capital, and Dongfang Fuhai. Gao Hu Capital acted as the exclusive financial advisor. Critical Aerospace was incorporated in early 2026, and this angel round of financing was completed within half a year of establishment. The company focuses on intelligent research and development of the entire AI-driven liquid rocket engine chain. The founder, Chen Zhi, was born in 1991, received his doctorate degree from Cambridge University in 2016, and was a researcher and doctoral supervisor at Peking University's School of Engineering. According to information disclosed by the company, the planned use of the financing is divided into three parts: carrying out prototyping, ground and thermal test tests of various propellant liquid rocket engines; iteratively optimizing the “Prime One Line” intelligent R&D platform; and building supporting facilities and large-scale testing and production systems for the industrial chain.