Founder lineage
The Microsoft diaspora
2 robotics companies were founded by people who came from Microsoft. Every branch is a verified role plus a verified founding.
SourceMicrosoft
Founded by Guo Yandong · ex-Microsoft
Common questions
How many robotics companies came out of Microsoft?
2 verified robotics companies were founded by people who previously worked at Microsoft, according to the DEPLOY registry. They include ByteDance, Zhipingfang.
What is a founder-lineage or "diaspora" tree?
It traces where a company's people go next: everyone who held a role at Microsoft and then founded their own robotics company. It is built only from verified role and founding records in the DEPLOY registry, so every branch links to the person and the company.
Explore more: all founder-lineage trees, the robotics ecosystem maps, all people, and verified companies.