Company
KEYi Technology
KEYi Technology (可以科技) is a Beijing-based consumer robotics company developing AI companion robots for home entertainment.
- Founded
- 2014
- HQ
- Beijing, China
Models
2
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
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Key facts
CEO
Yang Jianbo (Founder & CEO, Forbes 30U30 Asia 2017)
Employees
80+
Key investors
Xiaomi, Shunwei Capital
Products
Loona Petbot, Clicbot
Crowdfunding
$440K (Kickstarter + Indiegogo)
Product
Loona Petbot AI companion robot
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.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
KEYi Technology in third-party press
Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- ATI Industrial Automation2 models
- August Robotics2 models
- Embodied2 models
- Enabot2 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Sources (1)
- Loona Petbot -- KEYi Tech · https://keyirobot.com/en-us/products/loona
Common questions
- What is KEYi Technology?
- 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.
- What does KEYi Technology make?
- KEYi Technology has 2 robot models on the DEPLOY registry: Loona Petbot, KEYi Tech Loona (KEYi Technology builds physical robots).
- Who competes with KEYi Technology?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to KEYi Technology building in the same form factors include DJI, Boston Dynamics, ATI Industrial Automation, August Robotics.
- Where is KEYi Technology headquartered?
- KEYi Technology is headquartered in Beijing, China.
- Where does KEYi Technology operate robots?
- KEYi Technology is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.
- Is KEYi Technology a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, KEYi Technology ranks in roughly the top 75% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was KEYi Technology founded?
- KEYi Technology was founded in 2014.
- Is KEYi Technology safe?
- KEYi Technology has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-07
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-07
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for KEYi Technology.Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- ATI Industrial Automation2 models
- August Robotics2 models
- Embodied2 models
- Enabot2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning KEYi Technology from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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
- ATI Industrial Automation2 models
- August Robotics2 models
- Embodied2 models
- Enabot2 models
Reality vs attention
KEYi Technology draws attention at the 28th 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.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 14, 2026