Alibaba Group
Alibaba Group is a corporate investor based in Hangzhou, China, founded in 1999. Alibaba Group has deployed $150M in robotics investments. Its humanoid robotics portfolio includes Xpeng, LimX Dynamics, Unitree Robotics, GMEX Robotics. Focus areas include e-commerce, cloud, AI, logistics, robotics.
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Alibaba Group is a corporate investor based in Hangzhou, China, founded in 1999. Alibaba Group has deployed $150M in robotics investments. Its humanoid robotics portfolio includes Xpeng, LimX Dynamics, Unitree Robotics, GMEX Robotics. Focus areas include e-commerce, cloud, AI, logistics, robotics.
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