Former Alibaba Qwen Lead's Embodied AI Startup p7k Hits $2B Valuation
pstAsiatech · x · 2026-08-12
The former lead of Alibaba's Qwen team has founded p7k, a new startup focusing on agentic and physical/embodied AI.
The company has reportedly raised hundreds of millions of USD from top VCs and Tencent at a $2 billion valuation, highlighting embodied AI as a clear endgame direction for the industry.
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