Former Li Auto ADAS chief Lang Xianpeng raises hundreds of millions in 90 days for embodied AI startup Kunlun Xing, says training costs billions
量子位 · wechat · 2026-08-10
Lang Xianpeng, former head of Li Auto's autonomous driving, founded embodied AI company Kunlun Xing and completed three funding rounds in 90 days, raising billions of yuan and becoming a unicorn. In his first public appearance, he shared insights:
- Paradigm: Robots should understand, not imitate; data efficiency = acquisition efficiency × usage efficiency, betting on data compilation.
- Tech: Uses MoT architecture with experts for purpose, action, result, and a joint causal attention mechanism for one-brain-multi-form.
- Business: B2B first, then B2C, starting with factory scenarios; home is the end goal.
- Industry: Current stage resembles autonomous driving in 2015-2016; needs self-sustaining revenue; robots in homes in 5-10 years.
- Cost: Training an embodied model costs billions to tens of billions; funding alone is insufficient.
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