Ant Group's AI Division, Robbyant, Seeks External Funding
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Ant Group's embodied AI division, Robbyant, is seeking approximately 1.5 billion yuan (US$222 million) in its first external fundraising round, with plans for a second round by year-end, following the release of its second-generation LingBot AI models.
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Robbyant, the embodied artificial intelligence division of Ant Group, was established in late 2024 and has now begun seeking external funding.
Robbyant, the embodied artificial intelligence division of Ant Group, has begun seeking external funding, becoming the fourth unit of the fintech giant to step up capital-raising efforts.
Established in late 2024, the division was seeking about 1.5 billion yuan (US$222 million) in its maiden fundraising round and aimed to complete a second round by the end of this year, Chinese business media outlet LatePost reported on Monday.
Last month, Robbyant released the second generation of its LingBot AI foundation model family. The updated suite includes new tools designed to help robotic systems process visual data and navigate physical environments such as LingBot-Vision and LingBot-Depth 2.0 for spatial perception and LingBot-VA 2.0, which predicts how a scene evolves and how a robot should act within it.
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Robbyant will complete a second funding round by the end of this year.
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- Who are the potential external investors?
- What is the specific valuation sought for Robbyant?
