PsiBot

A Shanghai embodied-AI company focused on dexterous-manipulation models and low-cost human data collection.

PsiBot was founded in 2024 and is based in Xuhui, Shanghai. Founder Qibin Wang spent nearly 20 years in the phone, smart-speaker, and robotics industries; the company also runs a joint lab with Peking University, whose chief scientist, Yaodong Yang, works on reinforcement learning. Its focus is dexterous manipulation — a multi-fingered hand performing fine motor tasks — built on a two-system architecture: the policy model Psi-R2 breaks long-horizon tasks into steps and generates continuous motion, while Psi-W0 is an action-conditioned world model. On data, it follows a “human data” approach, using its Psi-SynEngine collection pipeline and SynGlove data glove to cheaply gather real-world data, already validated on sorting tasks in logistics warehouses. In March 2026 it announced angel and Pre-A rounds totaling RMB 2 billion; by August 2026 it reportedly closed a new round of over $100 million, with investors including Tuopu Group and a fund under Chery.

ExampleDexKnot, from the PKU–PsiBot joint lab, taught a dexterous hand to tie a knot in a bag, aimed at packing tasks at supermarkets.

Also called

Lingchu Intelligence

Related

Psi-R2 · Dexterous Manipulation · Data Glove · Human Video Data · World Model · Tuopu Group

Sources

About Us - 灵初智能 (Chinese)
灵初智能完成A轮超亿美元融资（财联社） (Chinese)
灵初智能完成过亿美元融资（投资界） (Chinese)

As of

2026-08