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Pony Ma
Founder and CEO of Tencent. Tencent has 5 robotics/physical AI participations including Unitree Robotics, Even Realities.
· 1 current role · 1 founding
Physical AI footprint (8)
The physical AI companies Pony is connected to that DEPLOY verifies. The full record is one click away.
- Founder
Tencent Holdings, Chinese multinational technology and entertainment conglomerate.
- Portfolio company · via Tencent
Chinese commercial service robotics company — global leader with 23% market share and 120,000+ units shipped.
- Portfolio company · via Tencent
Shenzhen-based smart glasses startup founded in 2023 by former Apple engineers, building camera-free AI-powered smart glasses with proprietary waveguide optics.
- Portfolio company · via Tencent
German eVTOL developer of the Lilium Jet, a seven-seat electric jet with 36 ducted fans.
- Portfolio company · via Tencent
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 Tencent
IQM Quantum Computers (Nasdaq: IQMX) is a global leader in full-stack superconducting quantum computers, delivering on-premises quantum systems and cloud platfo
Series B · $320M1 model - Portfolio company · via Tencent
DeepSeek is a Hangzhou-based AI model developer spun out of the Chinese quantitative hedge fund High-Flyer in July 2023 by founder Liang Wenfeng.
2026 financing (reported) · $12B - Portfolio company · via Tencent
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
and 3 more physical AI companies Pony is connected to.
Current roles (1)
- Tencent Holdings Chairman & CEOSecondary-verified
Foundings (1)
- Tencent Holdingsfounded 1998-11-01cofounder
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Co-founders (4)
- Tony Zhang co-founded Tencent Holdings1998-11-01
- Xu Chenye co-founded Tencent Holdings1998-11-01
- Charles Chen co-founded Tencent Holdings1998-11-01
- Zeng Liqing co-founded Tencent Holdings1998-11-01
Investor roles (1)
- Tencent founder(strategic corporate)
Sources (2)
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