Leju Robot completed the 250 million yuan B round of financing jointly led by Hongtai

Recently, the 2019 China Artificial Intelligence Summit (CAIS 2019) was grandly held in Nanjing. At the meeting, the list of "Top 100 Most Valuable AI Enterprises in China in 2019" was announced. The "triangle beast" and "Shenrui Medical" of Hongtai Family members On the list.

The summit was hosted by the China Artificial Intelligence Industry Development Alliance (AIIA), China Information and Communication Research Institute (CAICT), Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, and nearly a thousand academic and business experts from Stanford University, SK Group, and Microsoft attended the summit. .

In March this year, the government proposed the development of "intelligence +" at the two sessions to deepen the R&D and application of artificial intelligence. Seize strategic opportunities to build strong productive forces in the future, so that "technical independence" is not only a proposition of the times, but also an industry driving force.

Since this year, in the field of artificial intelligence, in addition to voice recognition, visual recognition and other technologies that are at the forefront of world development, the IC industry has experienced an unprecedented vigorous rise, AIoT has entered a new commercial track, and more artificial intelligence industries The close integration of technology and commercial applications has stabilized the infrastructure of the AI ecosystem.

For this reason, the list of "Top 100 Most Valuable AI Enterprises in China in 2019" is different from last year, but it further emphasizes the deep integration of technology and market, focusing on enterprise valuation, R&D ratio, number of patents, team background, etc. The fifteen dimensions within the group were evaluated by the jury through the method of registration and selection. The enterprises and institutions were evaluated in terms of technological innovation, economic contribution and brand value, covering deep learning, autonomous driving, computer vision, cloud 100 companies in the fields of services, AI chips, big data intelligent hardware, investment institutions, etc., aim to provide more reference for the deep development of the industry, and comprehensively promote the integration and co-promotion of technology and business environment.

Recently, Leju Robot announced that it has completed a 250 million yuan B round of financing at the beginning of this year. This round was jointly led by Hongtai Fund, and the previous shareholder Tencent continued to follow.

Leng Xiaokun, founder of Leju Robot, said that this round of financing will mainly be used to expand the team to accelerate technological innovation, deepen the barriers of product and service systems, and explore the commercialization of new categories.

Leju (Shenzhen) Robot Technology Co., Ltd. was founded in 2016. It is a high-tech enterprise engaged in the research and development of artificial intelligence carriers-humanoid robots. It is the fourth batch of Microsoft accelerators and the first batch of Tencent AI accelerators. It is a domestic growth. One of the fastest artificial intelligence startups.

The relevant person in charge of Hongtai Fund said that choosing to invest in Leju mainly focuses on Leju's technical advantages in the field of humanoid robots, and there is huge room for commercialization in the future. The company has achieved huge breakthroughs in robotic algorithms and core drives. At the same time, Leju's market has also grown rapidly, and it has become a representative of domestic innovative companies with both commercial landing and superior technology accumulation.

Leju Robot believes that humanoid robots will play an important role in the future technological revolution. The development of humanoid robots in China is relatively late. Compared with the United States and Japan, there is still a large technological gap. Leng Xiaokun said that the focus of Leju robot development focuses on the commercialization of small humanoid robots and the accumulation of technology in large humanoid robots.

 Leju Robot completed the 250 million yuan B round of financing jointly led by Hongtai Fund (Figure 2)

Regarding the commercialization of small humanoid robots, Leju Robot adheres to the two-legged walking strategy of To B and To C businesses.

To B direction, with the artificial intelligence education industry as the starting point, grasping the popularization of the national artificial intelligence programming education policy bonus, with humanoid robots as the core, launched the first domestic education service program with a complete curriculum system, seizing the domestic artificial intelligence The first opportunity for the education market to enter the market first. At present, large artificial intelligence education bases have been established in Beijing, Chongqing, Zhejiang, Shandong, Heilongjiang and other places.

In the direction of To C, which has a larger market capacity, Leju Robot aims at the youth smart hardware market, combines the most popular IP image, and uses the product concept of "accompanying growth and exploring logical capabilities" to give full play to the advantages of humanoid robots and launch high and medium , Low-end product portfolio, the market covers developed countries such as Europe and the United States, well received by consumers.

Regarding the accumulation of large humanoid robot technology, Leng Xiaokun expressed with excitement, "We are now focusing on the research and development of large humanoid robots, reaching a height of about 1.75 meters. The aim is to be a world-class large humanoid robot. We will announce to you around the end of this year. . We use large humanoid robots as a research and development platform, which is not only used by the company itself, but also open to industry colleagues. We can apply our own technology to this platform and realize the localization of the robot industry chain."

The company has been reported by CCTV News, CCTV Finance and other well-known media, and has appeared on special programs such as "Witty" and "Countdown to the Spring Festival Gala". At the "Beijing 8 Minutes" at the closing ceremony of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Leju Robots appeared on the screen as a representative of Chinese artificial intelligence companies.