WEILAN

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WEILAN - overview

Established

2019

Location

Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Primary Industry

Hardware

About

Based in Nanjing, China, WEILAN is a smart hardware company that provides artificial intelligence (AI) robots for family life scenarios. Weichao Liu, the company's founder, graduated from the University of Bonn, Germany, engaged in artificial intelligence robot learning research for more than 20 years, and has participated in the world-class research team projects of NimbRo Group and Computer Vision Group. In 2019, the company launched AlphaDog, which can reach over 3 meters per second running speed. In 2020, the company launched AlphaDog C-Series and AlphaDog E-Series products.


In August 2023, WEILAN raised over 100 million in series A1 funding. The company provides AI robots, BabyAlpha, for family life scenarios. BabyAlpha is a quadrupedal robot with balance ability, obstacle-crossing ability, locomotion, and vision. BabyAlpha can perform multiple functions, including companion and care baby, pet entertainment, education and learning for students, home security monitoring, and intelligent housekeeper.


Besides, BabyAlpha can self-charging. The BabyAlpha Air and BabyAlpha Pro sold for CNY 9,999  and CNY 12,999, respectively.


Primary Industry

Hardware

Sub Industries

Hardware, Operating Systems (OS)

Website

www.weilan.com

Verticals

Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Robotics

Company Stage

Series A

Total Amount Raised

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