Person
Li Yifan
Co-founder and CEO of Hesai Technology (Nasdaq: HSAI), a leading Chinese LiDAR sensor manufacturer. Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since inception. Co-founder of Sharpa, a Singapore-based robotics company building dexterous manipulation systems and humanoid robots.
Chinese · 3 current roles · 3 foundings
Physical AI footprint (3)
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- Founder
Pandar LiDAR is the product line of [Hesai Technology](/companies/hesai-technology), a publicly listed Chinese LiDAR sensor manufacturer (Nasdaq: HSAI).
IPO · $190M1 model - Founder
Sharpa is a Singapore-headquartered robotics company founded in late 2024 by the three co-founders of [Hesai Technology](/companies/hesai) — Li Yifan (CEO), Xia
- Founder
Hesai Technology (NASDAQ: HSAI) is a Chinese lidar company — world's largest lidar manufacturer by units shipped.
Current roles (3)
- Pandar LiDAR CEO and Co-founderSecondary-verified
- Pandar LiDAR Co-founderSecondary-verified
- Sharpa CEO & Co-founderSecondary-verified
Foundings (3)
- Pandar LiDARcofounderno longer at company
- Sharpacofounder
- Hesai Technologycofounder
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Co-founders (9)
- Yifan Li co-founded Hesai Technology2014-01-01
- Shaoqing Xiang co-founded Hesai Technology2014-10-01
- Kai Sun co-founded Hesai Technology2014-10-01
- Xiang Shaoqing co-founded Pandar LiDAR
- Sun Kai co-founded Pandar LiDAR
- Xiang Shaoqing co-founded Sharpa
- Sun Kai co-founded Sharpa
- Sun Kai co-founded Hesai Technology
- Xiang Shaoqing co-founded Hesai Technology
Former / Previously (1)
- Hesai Technology Co-founder & CEOSecondary-verified
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