Huazhe Xu
许华哲
Huazhe Xu is a Tsinghua University assistant professor and PhD advisor at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, where he founded TEA Lab — described as China's first embodied-AI lab focused specifically on robotic manipulation — and he is also the founder of Poke Robotics (破壳), an embodied-AI startup tackling the "manipulation" challenge . He did his postdoc at Stanford and returned to China in 2022 to set up his research group at Tsinghua, viewing a startup as both a better vehicle and a useful training ground alongside academia . His first investor was Yunqi Partners executive director Yu Sang, and in August 2026 Yunqi led Poke Robotics' nine-figure RMB Pre-A round, per Yunqi's own announcement .
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Coverage
10 Q&As: A Deep Dive into the Divisions Surrounding Embodied Robots | Yunqi Capital X Crossing
The Battle for Data, the Battle for Intelligence, the Battle for Scenarios
Is OpenAI Astra a Crushing Blow to Embodied Models? Seven Takes from Two Roundtables
After Astra's Debut, Do Embodied AI Companies Still Have a Moat?
10 Q&As: A Deep Dive into the Divides in Embodied Robotics — A Conversation with the Founders and Chief Scientists of Sudu Tech, Ant Group's Lingbo, Independent Variable Robotics, and Poke Robotics
Where does the data come from? How is the model built? Where does it get deployed?
When Embodied Artificial Intelligence Reaches a Crossroads: A Conversation with Sudu Tech, Ant Group's Lingbo, Independent Variable Robotics, and Poke Robotics — Four Frontline Perspectives
Scaling 不是堆数据：和三位具身创业者聊世界模型、人才与真实落地 | 云启 Attent!on 播客
机器人“ChatGPT 时刻”还有多远？
Vol.19 Scaling Isn't Just About Stacking Data: Three Embodied AI Founders on World Models, Talent, and Real-World Deployment
World Models and Intelligent Infrastructure: Deep Dive into the New Wave of Embodied Artificial Intelligence, Different Answers Emerge | Yunqi Capital × WRC
First-Hand Judgments from Frontier Explorers
Yunqi Capital Leads Poke Robotics' Nine-Figure Pre-A Round: Tackling the "Manipulation" Challenge in Embodied AI | Yunqi Partners
From "Can Move" to "Can Get Things Done"
Reunderstanding the World Through a New Paradigm | Vital Monthly
Counselor Vitality
Huazhe Xu: Embodiment Just Starting Its Race, People Who Won't Wait for IPO | North Slope Project
"This guy's restless heart has been buzzing from start to finish."
Huazhe Xu: Embodied AI Just Starting Its Race, People Who Won't Wait for an IPO | North Slope Project
Leading the Angel Round for "Poko Robotics": A Deep Dive with Huazhe Xu on Home Robotics and the "Real Ticket" to Physical AGI | Yunqi Attent!on Podcast
From Smart "Hatching" to Home Embodiment: Stubbornly Original in the AI Wave
Vol.16 Tsinghua Entrepreneur-Scientist Huazhe Xu: From Intelligent "Hatching" to Home Embodiment, Stubbornly Chasing Originality in the AI Wave
E12. Gao Yang: A Thinking Reed, A Machine That Acts | Beipo Initiative
Special Edition: North Slope Project
*The Signal and the Noise* Podcast Special Season
