Robotics and AI startup Rokid raises US$100 million in funding for R&D and expand its presence overseas
Summary
Chinese Robotics and AI startup Rokid has secured US$100 million in Series B funding to invest in research and development, hire new talent and expand overseas. Established in July 2014 by Eric Wong and Mingming Zhu, Rokid is an innovative technology company specializing in robotics research and AI development. Rokid’s core technologies consist of three components: ASR/NLU, facial and gesture recognition and sound & projection system. For music, Rokid delivers a deeply satisfying auditory and aesthetic experience, thanks to its faithful acoustic fidelity and expressive visualizations. Rokid boasts a world-class scientific advisory committee, counting among its members Apple’s former global industry chain and production leader, the Director of the Chinese Academy of Science’s Institute of Automation and Associate Professors specializing in CAD & CG from China’s Key Laboratory at Zhejiang University.