Astribot

Astribot is a Shenzhen-based physical-AI company founded in 2022 by Lai Jie (ex-Tencent Robotics X and Baidu) as a subsidiary of Stardust Intelligence; it has raised more than $100M from backers including Ant Group and Matrix Partners China. Its 'Design for AI' approach co-develops three layers as one system — its Lumo reasoning-and-action foundation models, an embodied operating system with SDK/API access, and a fast, cable-driven robotic body. After its high-speed S1 flagship, Astribot now sells the compact, wheeled T1 and brought it to North America for the first time at IROS 2026.