ResNet作者任少卿机器人创业！公司注册就独角兽了

TL;DR - ResNet co-author and NIO intelligent-driving chief Shaoqing Ren has reportedly founded an independent physical-AI and embodied-robotics company while retaining his NIO role. NIO will invest strategically and collaborate with the startup, which is reportedly already valued above $1 billion.

• The venture plans to build foundation models for physical AI and embodied intelligence; its name and financing details have not been disclosed.
• Its technical foundation draws on NIO’s world-model work spanning perception, prediction, planning, control, long-horizon reasoning, and reinforcement learning.
• Ren argues that capabilities developed for autonomous driving can transfer directly to robotics because both require closed-loop interaction with the physical world.
• NIO’s manufacturing, supply-chain, vehicle-computing, and real-world deployment experience could support robotics development and commercialization.