CategoryCompanion robots
Overview
KEYi Technology (可以科技) is a Beijing-based consumer robotics company developing AI companion robots for home entertainment. Founded by Yang Jianbo (Forbes 30U30 Asia 2017), the company's flagship product is Loona, a smart AI companion Petbot with advanced features for interactive play and family fun. KEYi has 80+ employees and focuses on making consumer robots accessible.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
CEO
Employees
Key investors
Products
Crowdfunding
Product
Total fundingsee investors →
Financial stage
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (2)
View all models →Current platform
Loona Petbot
The Loona Petbot is a companion robot made by KEYi Technology. It is classified as a companion robot and is at the commercial maturity stage. No additional specifications or key facts are available.
Current platform
KEYi Tech Loona
The KEYi Tech Loona is a mobile AI pet robot from KEYi Technology (Shenzhen) that autonomously roams the home on wheel-leg locomotion. A 5 TOPS Brain Processing Unit handles on-device facial recognition, gesture detection, and body tracking at greater than 95 percent accuracy. A 720p RGB camera, 3D Time-of-Flight obstacle sensors, four-microphone array, gyroscope, and accelerometer make up the sensor suite. Voice recognition uses Amazon Lex in the cloud; video streaming uses Amazon KVS. GPT-4o enables natural conversation. Winner of a CES 2024 Innovation Award, Loona received software updates through at least March 2026 and is sold at approximately $399.
Current leadership (1)
- Yang Jianbo Founder & CEOreported, not verified
Founders (1)
- Yang Jianbocofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for KEYi Technology.
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Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
KEYi Technology in third-party press
Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Enabot3 models
- Lightwheel3 models
- ATI Industrial Automation2 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Review status verifiedVerifiedJun 27, 2026
unreviewed -> reviewed
- Record createdJun 16, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
- Loona Petbot -- KEYi Tech · https://keyirobot.com/en-us/products/loona
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-16
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-16
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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Methodology surface for KEYi Technology.Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Enabot3 models
- Lightwheel3 models
- ATI Industrial Automation2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning KEYi Technology from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Growing investor interest in AI companion robots
China Daily covers growing investor interest in AI companion robots, featuring KEYi Technology and its Loona robot pet.
Keyi Technology Company Profile: Valuation, Funding & Investors
Keyi Technology has raised $17.5M total funding from investors including Co-Stone Capital and Suzhou Industrial Park.
Loona Companion Robot — CES 2024 Innovation Award
KEYi Technology Loona companion robot wins CES 2024 Innovation Award, evolved from the ClicBot platform.
About Loona | AI Companion Robotics by KEYi Tech
Founded in 2014, Loona Inc. (formerly KEYi Technology) is a pioneer in consumer robotics with ClicBot and Loona product lines.
Innovative Robotics Firm KEYi Technology Introduces Loona to its Family of Consumer Robots
KEYi Technology introduced Loona, a smart AI companion robot for home entertainment, led by founder and CEO Yang Jianbo.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/keyi-tech.md
- RSS feed: /companies/keyi-tech/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/b0430567-c10c-4007-ad15-6e30e59dc28d
- Revision history: /companies/keyi-tech/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Enabot3 models
- Lightwheel3 models
- ATI Industrial Automation2 models
Reality vs attention
KEYi Technology draws attention at the 6th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among companion_robot robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
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Last computed: Aug 1, 2026