Dr. Yandong Guo is Founder and CEO of AI² Robotics, a Shenzhen-based unicorn developing general-purpose humanoid robots powered by embodied AI foundation models. The company reached a $1.4 billion valuation in 2026 after raising $144 million in Series B funding.

Dr. Guo holds a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University and previously led AI development at Microsoft, served as Chief Scientist at XPeng Motors and OPPO, where his systems were deployed across hundreds of thousands of smart vehicles and hundreds of millions of consumer electronics devices. He is recognized as a National Leading Innovation Talent and serves as Adjunct Professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou).

Dr. Guo has published over 100 papers with nearly 10,000 citations, holds hundreds of patents worldwide, and received the First Prize for Technological Invention from the China Image and Graphics Society in 2021. His intelligent systems have generated tens of billions in economic value.

AI² Robotics developed GOVLA, the world's first Global & Omni-body VLA model, and released the open-source FiS-VLA which outperformed international benchmark models by 30%. The company secured seven funding rounds in eight months during 2025, attracting investors including Baidu, CRRC, and Shenzhen Capital Group.

AlphaBot robots are deployed across automotive manufacturing, semiconductor factories, biotechnology, and public services, competing directly with Tesla's Optimus. The company has signed contracts with top-tier international automakers and is preparing for an IPO, positioning itself as China's most Tesla-like robotics startup.