# AstrAlive: AI company

Canonical ID: `c83b926d-6112-4568-812d-558eb2cb9f18`

## Key facts

- **EgoKit and HBR Engine (company-stated):** A headset and tactile glove record human hand-object work in first person. The engine handles occlusion, distortion, fast motion and harsh light to output millimetre-level hand pose with labels.

- **Slug:** astralive
- **Status:** private
- **Founded:** 2026
- **HQ:** Beijing, China

## Models

_No models registered._

## Current leadership (1)

- [Song Zhiheng](/people/song-zhiheng.md) Founder and CEO (secondary-verified)

## Founders (1)

- [Song Zhiheng](/people/song-zhiheng.md) (cofounder)

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is AstrAlive?

[Beijing](/locations/beijing.md) [physical AI](/glossary/physical-ai.md) data startup incubated at [Tsinghua University](/companies/tsinghua-university.md)'s computer science department. Its EgoKit system captures first-person video, hand pose and tactile data that its HBR Engine processes and labels for robot training.

### What does AstrAlive make?

AstrAlive has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. AstrAlive builds robot foundation models or autonomy software.

### Is AstrAlive publicly traded?

No. AstrAlive is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.

### How can I invest in AstrAlive?

AstrAlive is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today.

### Where is AstrAlive headquartered?

AstrAlive is headquartered in [Beijing, China](/locations/beijing-china-tiangong.md).

### Who owns AstrAlive?

AstrAlive is privately held; ownership sits with its founders and private investors.

### Is AstrAlive a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, AstrAlive ranks in roughly the top 13% of companies tracked by the registry.

### When was AstrAlive founded?

AstrAlive was founded in 2026.


## Sources (5)

1. https://www.zhitongcaijing.com/content/detail/1510739.html · 2026-10-22
2. https://robotico.market/news/astralive-raises-seed-funding-to-expand-robot-hand-training-data · 2026-10-22
3. https://robotbelt.com/a-tsinghua-spin-out-sells-the-one-input-robot-makers-cannot-3/ · 2026-10-23
4. https://m.36kr.com/p/3905085597599616 · 2026-07-28
5. https://x.com/ChinaHumanoid/status/2116095877723087330 · 2026-10-30

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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