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Thesis

We are an AI-native investment fund seeking exceptional founders building meaningful AI-powered solutions. We move fast, support founders, and commit to long-term partnerships with companies at the frontier of AI innovation.

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Non-AI companies, late-stage opportunistic investing, companies without deep technical founders

How they invest

Lead or follow
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Takes a board seat
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Actively deploying
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Partners & team

1 contact on file

YT

Yao Tang

Partner · Primary contact

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Portfolio

Unitree RoboticsRobotics Automation

Unitree Robotics specializes in the development and manufacturing of quadruped and humanoid robots for various applications, including consumer, industrial, and educational purposes.

MomentaRobotics Automation

Momenta is focused on building autonomous driving solutions that enhance safety, convenience, and efficiency in mobility through advanced AI technologies.

AstribotRobotics Automation

Astribot is a leading AI robotics company founded in Shenzhen in December 2022, focused on empowering billions of people with AI robotic partners through innovative software-hardware integrated systems.

D-RoboticsRobotics Automation

D-Robotics is a leading provider of robotics development infrastructure, encompassing hardware such as our powerful development board which offers robust computing capabilities, operating systems, and applications.

Shengshi TechnologyMedia Entertainment

ShengShu Technology is a leading AI company specializing in multimodal video generation. It launched Vidu, a video generation platform, in 2023, and continues to innovate with advanced AI models and partnerships.

Ahead FormRobotics Automation

AheadForm Technology is dedicated to the development of high-end, ultra-bionic humanoid robots. The company focuses on integrating cutting-edge AI and humanoid robotics technologies into the field of service robots, creating humanoid robots with highly interactive capabilities and realistic, lifelike appearances.

OiiOiiMedia Entertainment

OiiOii.ai is an AI-powered animation agent that assists users in creating, editing, generating, and processing video content based on user prompts and materials.

IdeaFlowMedia Entertainment

IdeaFlow is a leading content technology company based on AI, offering innovative AI content creation tools and platforms. It focuses on producing and consuming content in a transformative way, emphasizing user data protection and legal compliance.

InkersEnterprise Software

Inkers is pioneering AI innovation in construction technology with its flagship product, Observance, which offers AI-powered real-time monitoring, 3D scanning, and actionable insights for construction management.

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Research briefRead more
ByteDance Investment Operations Research Overview ByteDance, the Chinese technology conglomerate and parent company of TikTok, operates a venture capital arm called Jinqiu Capital (锦秋基金). Jinqiu Capital is an AI-native early-stage venture fund that serves as ByteDance's strategic investment vehicle for emerging technology companies, particularly in artificial intelligence, robotics, and autonomous…

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