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Reportedly DeepSeek Another investment in a robotics startup: Former LimX Dynamics foundation-model lead starts company, valuation may reach 200000000 USD Beating AI news flash,DeepSeek is reportedly preparing to invest in another embodied-intelligence startup. Top Chinese Science and Technology Community learned that Yu Tao, former head of humanoid-robot foundation models at LimX Dynamics, has left to start a company focused on combining LLM with embodied intelligence. According to people familiar with the matter, the new company’s first-round valuation is approximately 70000000 USD, and the second round approximately 200000000 USD，DeepSeek is also among the potential investors. The company name, actual financing amount, and transaction progress have not been disclosed.
Yu Tao holds a PhD from the University of Science and Technology of China. He previously conducted reinforcement-learning research at Tencent’s AI Lab Juewu team, and later led humanoid-robot foundation models at LimX Dynamics. The System 0 he led primarily addresses whole-body motion control for robots. For example, when a robot bends down to pick up a box, it must not only reach out and grasp it, but also coordinate its legs, waist, and arms, adjust its center of gravity in real time, and avoid falling. LimX Dynamics’July announced this year COSA 0.5 has applied this technology to 43-degree-of-freedom humanoid robot Oli, supporting simultaneous walking and manipulation and improving motion strategies through reinforcement learning on a real robot.DeepSeek’s investment activity is extending into the physical world. This year,August, it invested approximately 141000000 yuan in Unitree’s IPO strategic placement, committing to a lock-up period of 36 months.October 12, Bloomberg reported that DeepSeek plans to lead an investment in Winverse, founded by former Tencent scientist Hu Han,AI with a post-money valuation of approximately 400000000 USD, although the transaction has not been finalized. Phoenix Technology learned at the same time that Liang Wenfeng is actively contacting embodied-intelligence entrepreneurs and evaluating both building an in-house team and making external investments.
These moves target different technical components. Unitree provides robot hardware and collaboration scenarios; Hu Han has experience developing vision-language and embodied foundation models; and Yu Tao specializes in translating model-generated actions into actual whole-body robot control. If the latest investment is completed,DeepSeek will gain further exposure to robots’ underlying execution technologies.
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