AI² Robotics is a Shenzhen-based embodied-AI company founded in April 2023 by Guo Yandong (Eric Guo), a Purdue PhD and former chief scientist at EV maker XPeng. The company develops the AlphaBot humanoid robot line alongside proprietary and open-source vision-language-action (VLA) foundation models, targeting high-end manufacturing scenarios such as automotive, semiconductor/display fabrication and biotech, where its robots handle sorting, transport and labeling tasks for clients including HKC. AI² emphasizes an infrastructure-first, data-generating approach to embodied AI. In February 2026 it announced a Series B exceeding RMB 1 billion ($145M), reaching a valuation above RMB 10 billion ($2.9 billion at later marks), backed by Baidu, CRRC, Guotai Haitong and others, with the CEO signaling IPO ambitions within one to two years.