Striding AI

Striding AI is a Chinese embodied intelligence company focused on Physical AI, developing the foundational technologies that enable robots to perceive, reason, act, and improve through interaction with the physical world. The company was founded by Song Yao, who serves as the CEO. The leadership team is composed of executives with backgrounds in AI chips, autonomous driving, robotics research, and industrial technology. In June 2026, Striding AI announced the completion of an angel funding round of nearly $100 million, with investors including CP Group, Huaqin Technology, and Jiu'an Medical. The capital is intended to support global talent recruitment, the advancement of its World Action Models and reinforcement learning technologies, and to accelerate product validation and deployment. The company views Physical AI as a full-stack endeavor, requiring the co-evolution of foundation models, robotic systems, data infrastructure, and deployment capabilities. Striding AI's business model is centered on becoming a leading robotic service provider by accelerating the large-scale adoption of robotics in commercial and industrial applications. The company is developing a new generation of robotic foundation systems designed to translate multimodal perception into real-world robotic action. Their initial deployment strategy targets structured environments, such as the retail sector, for tasks like shelf restocking, inventory management, and checkout assistance. The long-term vision is to expand these robotic systems into broader applications across sectors including food, agriculture, logistics, healthcare, and telecommunications. Keywords: Physical AI, embodied intelligence, robotics, World Action Models, reinforcement learning, computer vision, robotic perception, autonomous systems, commercial robotics, industrial automation, retail robotics, logistics automation, intelligent machines, robotic foundation systems, Song Yao, shelf restocking, inventory management, machine learning, AI infrastructure, deployment engineering