WAIC 2026 | Zhang Tao from Guangxiang Technology: Five stages of embodied intelligence implementation, using industrial simulation data to drive flywheels
During the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), Huxiu held a special program titled "Tracking the New Paradigm of Token Business," an AI ledger open day, and a live roundtable dialogue. Zhang Tao, founder and CEO of Guangxiang Technology, together with Wang Chuang, partner and senior vice president of Zhiyuan, Xie Chen (founder and CEO of Guanglun Intelligence), and Li Dahai, co-founder and CEO of WallFaceFace Intelligence, jointly discussed the topic "Physical AI: When AI Has a Body, Who Will Break Through First, Cost, Scenarios, and Scale?" The topic of "" will be discussed in depth regarding the current implementation status and current bottlenecks of embodied intelligence.
WAIC 2026 | Guangxiang Technology first talks about physics-native intelligence, redefining the "physical concept" of robots
On July 18, the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference hosted the Future Tech · Physics Leap and Hardcore Foundation Startup Roadshow. Zhang Tao, founder and CEO of Guangxiang Technology, took the stage to publicly and systematically explain the technology path of "physics-native intelligence" for the first time and revealed the progress of the industrial-grade self-evolving embodied intelligent robot Phi-Bot X1 on automotive production lines.
Guangxiang Technology was selected for two major working groups of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's humanoid robot and embodied intelligent standards committee
Recently, Guangxiang Technology was officially awarded membership certificates for the WG3 Brain-like and Intelligent Computing Working Group and WG5 Application Working Group of the Humanoid Robot and Embodied Intelligence Standardization Technical Committee of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (hereinafter referred to as the "Standardization Committee"). Being selected for the two working groups of the Standards Committee marks that Guangxiang Technology's technology system, centered on physics-native intelligence, and its scenario verification capabilities have received high recognition from the national standardization platform.
Guangxiang Technology has completed several hundred million yuan in angel round financing, laying out physical native base models
Recently, Guangxiang Technology announced the completion of an angel round financing totaling several hundred million yuan. The latest round was deeply invested by leading financial and industrial investors such as Zhuhai Technology Industry Group, Xingzheng Capital, Songhe Capital, Shunxi Fund, Muhua Sci-Tech, See Fund, Yichen Capital, and listed company Xingyun Technology, with continued contributions from existing shareholders Zero One Venture Capital and L2F Light Source Entrepreneur Fund. It is reported that this round of funds will focus on the R&D and iteration of physically native base models and promote the commercial delivery of embodied intelligent robot products.
Guangxiang Technology released the industrial-grade self-evolving embodied intelligent robot Phi-Bot X1, targeting intelligent productivity
On June 10, 2026, Guangxiang Technology officially launched the industry's first industrial-grade self-evolving embodied intelligent robot, Phi-Bot X1. Designed for high-precision, multi-station, and high-cycle industrial scenarios, the X1 adopts an industrial-grade body design, is equipped with a self-developed physics-native intelligent model, and builds the Phi-Arch physical intelligence development platform for large-scale deployment. It features three core capabilities: "multi-functional one-machine, rapid onboarding, and self-learning," enabling autonomous perception, decision-making, operation, and continuous evolution on real production lines.
"Production Line Collaboration" Real Machine Debut! Guangxiang Technology's embodied robot debuted at the 2026 ATC, with a full-process loading and unloading demonstration
From June 3 to 5, 2026, ATC Guangxiang Technology, together with well-known automotive companies, jointly demonstrated a production line collaborative embodied intelligent implementation solution. Targeting the repetitive, tedious, and burn-prone welding and loading scenarios in automotive manufacturing, the Guangxiang Technology Robot X1 demonstrated the entire loading and unloading process over three days, lasting 21.5 hours, with zero errors and no interruptions.
IDG Capital and Oriental Fuhai stepped in, with Guangxiang Technology raising over 100 million yuan in just half a year
Recently, industrial embodied intelligence company "Guangxiang Technology" completed multiple rounds of seed, angel, and angel+ rounds, with a total amount exceeding 100 million RMB. The financing was jointly led by financial investment institutions IDG Capital and Oriental Fuhai, with follow-on investments from robotics industry capital Efft, Zero One Venture Capital, Datai Capital, and Guangyuan L2F Entrepreneur Fund. The funds from this round will mainly be used for the company's core technology R&D, product promotion, and commercial delivery of embodied robots.
Guangxiang Technology is honored to become one of the first council members of the Automotive Industry Intelligent Manufacturing Alliance
On October 21, 2025, Chongqing welcomed a milestone event in the field of intelligent manufacturing in the automotive industry—the inaugural conference of the Automotive Industry Intelligent Manufacturing Alliance and the first (expanded) meeting of the first session of the Automotive Industry Intelligent Manufacturing Alliance. Zhang Xiangmu, Deputy Director of the National Intelligent Manufacturing Expert Committee, and Lu Ruiyang, First-Level Investigator of the Intelligent Manufacturing Division of the Equipment Industry First Division of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, were invited to attend. Over 100 leading experts from the fields of complete vehicles, components, equipment, software, and system solutions, including Hou Fushen, Vice President and Secretary-General of the China Society of Automotive Engineers, and Lifetime Honorary Chairman Zhao Fuquan, gathered to witness the launch of the alliance. Among them, Guangxiang Technology was honored to become one of the first council members of the alliance. As a technology company with deep roots in both industrial and AI technologies, Guangxiang is committed to building a globally leading embodied intelligent platform technology to support the intelligent upgrade of China's automotive manufacturing.
"Guangxiang Technology" completed tens of millions of yuan in seed financing, with Tsinghua's industrial embodied intelligence emerging star leading scenario implementation
Recently, Guangxiang (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Guangxiang Technology") officially announced its establishment and completed a seed round financing of tens of millions of yuan. The company originated from the technology achievement transformation projects of Tsinghua University's Vehicle and Mobility School, School of Artificial Intelligence, and Artificial Intelligence Industry Research Institute, and has received official shareholding by Tsinghua University. Since its establishment, Guangxiang Technology has quickly gained high recognition from industry capital, securing investments worth tens of millions, fully demonstrating the market's high recognition of this emerging enterprise in body intelligence, its technological strength and business prospects.