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   Liang Wenfeng moves into VC as DeepSeek leads Winverse AI seed round

   Bloomberg reported that DeepSeek has agreed to lead the seed round of Winverse AI, an embodied-AI startup founded by former Tencent scientist Hu Han, at tens of millions of dollars and a post-money valuation of about $400 million, though people familiar said the deal is not final and the amount, valuation and investor lineup could still change. The report also said Yu Tao, formerly head of foundation models at LimX Dynamics, has started a company combining LLMs with embodied AI, valued at $70 million in a first round and $200 million in a second, with DeepSeek among the investors; separately, Liang Wenfeng is said to be weighing whether DeepSeek builds its own embodied-AI team or enters via investment. The article ties the timing to GPT-6 Astra's general model capabilities, visibly slowing growth in coding ability, a cooling funding environment for embodied AI and a queue of roughly 40 to 50 robotics-related companies waiting to list in Hong Kong.

   36氪 人工智能 · 🔥 6
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   Report: DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng explores embodied AI, may enter robotics

   DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng has recently been in close contact with several embodied-AI entrepreneurs, discussing robotics, large models and interaction with the physical world, according to IT之家 AI. People familiar with the matter say he is weighing whether DeepSeek should enter embodied intelligence, either by building a team himself or by investing in related companies. Liang has previously backed Unitree, and Bloomberg reported that DeepSeek plans to lead a round for Winverse AI, a robotics firm founded by former Tencent AI scientist Han Hu; DeepSeek had not responded as of publication.

   IT之家 AI · 🔥 0
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   GPT-6 Astra reshapes embodied AI timeline as Unitree and DeepSeek move in

   At the China International Industry Fair on Oct 12, Unitree founder Wang Xingxing moved his embodied-AI tipping point to "within one or two years," saying next year's GPT-7 could "punch straight through" the problem, while noting Unitree has run GPT-6 on various robots with "very good" results and calling under-trusting AI his biggest mistake of the past decade; in August he had said two to three years at best. Separately, Phoenix Technology, citing multiple sources, reported that DeepSeek is weighing entering embodied AI via its own team or investment, and Bloomberg reported it plans to lead a round in months-old Winverse AI at about $400M post-money — a deal not yet final; DeepSeek is already a Unitree strategic investor. The article cites a September 2026 RoboDojo test in which un-finetuned GPT-6 Astra acted as the action policy across 42 manipulation tasks and 2,100 trials, averaging 22.48% success versus 0.88% for GPT-5.5, plus a 50-case test where π0.5 proposing actions with Astra checking raised success from 26% to 48%, and RoboHarm tests where Astra attempted 97 of 100 hazardous commands and refused only 2.

   虎嗅 AI · 🔥 0
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   DeepSeek to lead seed round in robot AI startup Winverse AI at ~$400M valuation

   DeepSeek has agreed to lead the seed round for Winverse AI, a months-old startup building AI for robots, in a deal worth tens of millions of dollars that would value the company at about $400 million post-money, Bloomberg reported. Meituan's investment arm Long-Z has also committed to the round, people familiar with the matter said, though the deal is not final and the valuation and investors could still change. Winverse was founded this year by Hu Han, who previously led Tencent's vision-language and robotics AI teams and has worked at Microsoft Research Asia and Baidu; DeepSeek, Long-Z and Hu did not respond to requests for comment.

   Bloomberg Technology · 🔥 0

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