The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Ropet AI: 1 model. 1 source back the record.
Overview
Ropet AI (萌游智能) is a Beijing-based robotics company founded in 2022 that develops AI companion robot pets designed for emotional companionship. Its flagship product, Ropet KAMOMO, is a furry desktop robot pet with facial recognition, touch sensors, and a 39°C body temperature that simulates a living creature requiring care rather than conversation. The company targets urban professionals experiencing loneliness, with over 40 patents in multimodal perception and biological interaction design.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Product
Category
Creator
Financial stage
CEO
Co-founder
Funding stage
A1 round
Kickstarter
Makuake
Price
Patents
Hero image candidate
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
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Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- He Jiabin CEO and Co-foundersecondary-verified
- Zhou Yushu Co-foundersecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Ropet AI.
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Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Ropet AI in third-party press
Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Lightwheel3 models
- ATI Industrial Automation2 models
- Anvil Robotics2 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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Funding rounds (1)
- Series A12025-09-08
Investors: Beijing AI Industry Investment Fund (lead), FreesFund (follow)
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)
- Ropet AI -- KAMOMO Companion Robot · https://ropetai.com
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-05
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Ropet AI.Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Lightwheel3 models
- ATI Industrial Automation2 models
- Anvil Robotics2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Ropet AI from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Voice-Led Fabrication Robots - Trend Hunter
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Adorable Cyber-Pet Robots - Trend Hunter
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Emotion Recognition Robot Pets - Trend Hunter
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Ropet's AI Pets: How He Jiabin Is Redefining Companionship
Asia Tech Lens profiles founder He Jiabin's vision for AI pets that need care rather than conversation, and Ropet's A1 funding round.
AI Robotic Pet Company Ropet Pet Intelligence Secures Tens of Millions in Series A1 Financing
36Kr reports Ropet completed tens of millions of RMB in Series A1 financing led by Beijing AI Industry Investment Fund, with team veterans from ByteDance, Microsoft, Alibaba,…
Ropet secures new funding to develop robots that feel more like friends
Ropet closed a Series A1 funding round led by Beijing AI Industry Investment Fund with FreesFund participating, raising an eight-figure RMB sum.
HardTech Reads: Ropet aims to sell 20,000 units
Ropet, by Mengyou Intelligence, targets 20,000 unit sales with its AI robotic pet featuring proprietary Pet Brain model.
Ropet Your Next-Generation AI Robot Pet — Best Buy Canada
Ropet AI Comfort Companion Plush Robot available at Best Buy Canada, designed for gentle engagement and emotional support.
Can AI cure loneliness? These Asian companies think so - Nikkei Asia
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You’re Already Choosing AI Over Humans – Pets Are Next - fortressofsolitude.co.za
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Ropet: The AI Pet Robot Redefining Emotional Companionship with Advanced Features
Circuit Digest profiles Ropet's AI pet robot featuring facial recognition, emotion sensing, ChatGPT integration, and customizable design.
AI Emotional Support Robots - Trend Hunter
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/ropet-ai.md
- RSS feed: /companies/ropet-ai/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/24519436-577c-4326-824b-26b30b3aa310
- Revision history: /companies/ropet-ai/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Lightwheel3 models
- ATI Industrial Automation2 models
- Anvil Robotics2 models
Video
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Love in sight, AI inside. Powered by on-device AI computing at its core with multimodal perception across vision, hearing, touch, and gravity, Ropet is designed
Check out this interactive and fluffy robot! This smart toy uses some pretty cool robotics to respond to your touch and app controls. It's a great companion and
Check out this interactive and fluffy robot! This smart toy uses some pretty cool robotics to respond to your touch and app controls. It's a great companion and
I finally got my hands on the Ropet Robot Pet! This little pet robot has a bunch of features and to be honest, outside of what I had seen at CES a couple years
In this video we compare Pophie and Ropet. Not to see which is the best just to look at their differences and similarities. I'll let you decide which one is bes
Which pet robot is better? Ropet the robot or Pophie the robot? In today's video, I'm gonna pin them both against each other in design, features, conversation a
In this video we unbox, set up and have a look at the features for Ropet. I do have another Ropet but that is a beta testing robot that won't receive firmware u
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Reality vs attention
Ropet AI draws attention at the 62nd percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other 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: Aug 6, 2026