Chinese humanoids target Middle East and U.S. Markets.
I was looking for the most interesting headline. Does that work? Do I have your attention? (Hey Alex!)
Before he did terrible skits at SNL he was a super salesman who drove a Cadillac and wore a Rolex.
America genuinely has some really incredible acting talent. It’s sort of surprising that after Reagan no one else stepped up to the plate and took one for the team. Or start their own party. I mean, imagine the star power. People would flock to stadiums simply to … well… hopefully not do what they do at MAGA gatherings. Odyssey really man? What happened to Bourne 6?
I have been avoiding talking about ice baths although the Times has sent me two distinct reminders. Yeah they’re pretty amazing, they’ll cure you of almost everything possible, steam bath first then immediate dip into ice water. Do it 5 times a week for 2 weeks and then let me know how you’re feeling. If you’re still alive that is. I’ve done it. Afterwards I could stand on snow barefoot without any problem. (Hey Jeremy).
What’s any of that got to do with Chinese robots and/or humanoids? Nothing I suppose, yet there is some amount of dopamine that gets released when you connect the dots and figure out what or who I am talking about. Hint: you got to know the movies.
What? Los Angeles shows up as one of the most active cities on this site after San Diego. LA Woman, keep up your vows.
You know, all we need to do, is not whimper in a corner, make a plan and create the country we want. Instead, I have to write this shit.
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Chinese humanoid robots are on the verge of coming to the U.S. — before Elon Musk is ready to sell his Optimus machines.
During my visits to China’s “Silicon Valley,” Shenzhen, over the last two years, I saw humanoid startup LimX Dynamics move from a bare-bones facility to a modern office tower with sweeping views — and bolder ambitions.
Now, the company is exploring business collaborations in the U.S., founder Will Zhang told me in an exclusive interview last week. Just days earlier, the startup showed off its humanoid robot at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
It’s all part of LimX’s push to go global through local partners, including investors.
First on the roadmap is the Middle East. The startup has already secured its first foreign backer from the region, where LimX plans to start shipping humanoids this year, Zhang said.
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BEIJING — Humanoid startup LimX Dynamics is getting ready to go public, just over four years after it was founded during the pandemic.
“Listing is a must,” said founder Will Zhang, emphasizing the importance of timing. He was speaking to reporters ahead of the company’s announcement Tuesday that it had raised $200 million in a pre-IPO round.
Zhang compared the situation to Chinese electric car startups Nio, Xpengand Li Auto, which successively listed in the U.S. from 2018 to 2020. “Once the technology is mature, if [the company] doesn’t list, then like WM Motor, it may disappear,” he said in Mandarin, translated by CNBC.
Several overseas investors, including UAE-based Stone Venture, Italy-based GGG and Germany-based Redstone VC participated in LimX’s latest round, which valued the startup at 15 billion yuan ($2.21 billion), according to a press release.
The startup said it was already preparing for its IPO, likely in Hong Kong, and is in a confidential phase of review.
The urgency comes as China now has well over 100 humanoid companies, which fall under the national push for “embodied AI.”
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Be afraid. Be very afraid, The Chinese Robots (Humanoids) are coming!
Boston Dynamics is not amused. They’ve had dancing robots for a very long time. I presume there are reasons why the tech has been held back. If you follow technology avidly, like I do, you probably agree with the notion that a lot of incredible technology has not been released to the public. The cars we drive are still circa 1960s in some ways. That’s just one example. China probably wondered in CCP meetings why we were not releasing new technology and then they decided to move ahead on their own. Can’t wait for American companies… or wherever American companies get their technology from.
Still there are some incredibly dystopia movies that feature robots. To me, there is something tragic about it until that one robot goes rogue. Until then, the movie doesn’t mean much. Antagonist, protagonist. That’s always been the winning formula. The screen writer by himself can’t do much. So he writes and creates a bunch of fictional characters. Then there is a Gathering.
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Not for nothing but in technology the Chinese always provide humor. Deep Seek for example. Will Zhang for another (he probably even looks like Will Smith in iRobot). You can almost hear them snicker in Yuquan Shan. Will Zhang… hahahahahaha….. good one. Who thought of that? Promote above peers!
