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Daniel Zhang

Former CEO Alibaba. Alibaba invests in Unitree, RobotEra.


Physical AI footprint (7)

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  • Portfolio company · via Alibaba Group

    Unitree Robotics is a Chinese robotics company producing quadruped and Humanoid robots at affordable prices.

    IPO (priced) · $900M29 verified deployments · Unitree H2 Plus at Seattle →16 incidents12 models
  • Portfolio company · via Alibaba Group

    XPeng Robotics, Chinese EV company's robotics division developing the XPeng Unicorn quadruped robot and exploring Humanoid robotics for industrial and consumer

  • Snap Incverified→
    Portfolio company · via Alibaba Group

    Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) is a camera and augmented reality company headquartered in Santa Monica, California, founded in 2011 by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Re

  • Portfolio company · via Alibaba Group

    Shanghai-listed AI chip designer (SSE: 688256) spun out of the [Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Academy_of_Sciences) in 2016.

    IPO · $369M1 incident2 models
  • Portfolio company · via Alibaba Group

    X-[Square robot](/companies/square-robot), company developing robotic solutions.

    $590M raised2 models
  • Dogotixverified→
    Portfolio company · via Alibaba Group

    Dogotix is the standalone robotics subsidiary of [XPeng](/companies/xpeng) (NYSE: XPEV), carved out in August 2026 to develop general-purpose humanoid, bipedal,

    Series A · $900M
  • RobotEraverified→
    Portfolio company · via Alibaba Group

    RobotEra is a Chinese Humanoid robotics company based in Beijing, developing full-size bipedal humanoids (L7) with an emphasis on general-purpose manipulation a

    Strategic · $200M

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