Wang Xingxing, founder and chairman of humanoid robot maker Unitree Robotics, has taken on a new public role as the first rotating chair of the Hangzhou Embodied Intelligence Industry Alliance. The appointment was announced during a city-wide mobilization conference on AI innovation held on June 4, according to local media outlet Hangzhou Daily. Guided by the city’s Development and Reform Commission, the new alliance aims to leverage Hangzhou’s strengths in embodied intelligence to foster a collaborative platform spanning government, industry, academia, and research, according to Hangzhou Daily. The group also intends to push for key technology breakthroughs, the report added. Founded in 2016 after Wang briefly worked at drone giant DJI, Unitree has become one of China’s most visible robotics startups. Its humanoid robots gained national fame after appearing on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala earlier this year. The company has raised nine funding rounds and was valued at RMB 8 billion ($1.11 billion) following a Series C round in September 2024. [Hangzhou Daily, in Chinese]
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