Unitree's Playbook: Massive Scale, Low Costs, and R&D Only Where It Cuts Prices
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-09-11
Highlighting a deep-dive on robotics company Unitree, the author observes that Chinese business histories almost always share one factor: 'we are playing a huge economy-of-scale, low-cost strategy,' with R&D targeted only at cost-reduction potential — calling the approach 'very Elon like.'
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