HeTan Intelligence
合碳智能
HeTan Intelligence (合碳智能, also known as C12.ai) is a Shanghai-based startup building embodied intelligence robots for pharmaceutical R&D labs. Founded by Zhigang Chen — previously chief digital officer at WuXi AppTec, head of Tencent's medical big data lab, and chief architect at Alibaba Health — the company closed a 50 million yuan funding round in March 2026 led by Yonghua Investment, with follow-on from Inno-Chip and individual investors . Yunqi Capital led its angel round in August 2022 and has continued to back it . In mid-2024, C12.ai unveiled what it called the industry's first pharmaceutical R&D intelligent robot, LabBot, designed to automate lab workflows . The company sits at the intersection of AI and drug discovery, applying robotics to a sector where, as Yunqi Capital put it, "robot scientists step onto the lab bench" .
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