Peter
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Peter is an investor and former engineer who founded Alphaist Partners, an early-stage dollar-denominated fund, in 2025 after leaving 5Y Capital where he spent seven years as a managing director focused on AI and robotics investments . His prior career spans engineering roles at Google (working on Google Glass), BlackBerry, and product and strategy positions at ByteDance, NetEase Games, and Didi . At 5Y Capital he led deals in companies including Horizon Robotics, AgileX Robotics (松灵机器人), Lightelligence, and Hai Robotics (海柔创新) . Elsewhere's corpus does not cover his educational background in detail beyond his electrical engineering degree .
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Where Did the Money Go? Who's Still Writing Checks? A 2025 VC Debrief With Jing Liu
VC takes a certain amount of instinct.
First-Round Backing from Allen Zhu and Hillhouse: How a Post-'95 ByteDance Alum Wants to Build the World's First Vibe Workflow | A Conversation with Refly.AI's Wei Huang
Between Agent and workflow, Vibe Workflow is carving out a new path.
Alphaist: A Dollar-Denominated Fund Born in 2025, and Its Ten-Year Bet
Find the founders who create something out of nothing, who insist on pushing through when the odds are against them.
2024, When Everyone Stands at a Crossroads: 96 Investors' Decisions
Deciding is easy. Waiting is hard.
Confidence Is Tomorrow's Trailblazer | 5Y News Monthly
The major events that happened last month.
Change Begins with What You See | 5Y News Monthly
The big news from last month.
How Far Can "Embodied AI" Take This Robotics Boom? | 5Y Capital Tavern Vol. 17 x Silicon Valley 101
What new technologies are emerging in the robotics industry with AI, and what challenges still lie ahead?
Unveiling Li Zexiang: An Engineering Professor and His Sweet Spot
"Let his bullets fly a while longer."
"I want to do 0-to-1 things, to really drive some progress forward" | 5Y Tavern Vol. 13 x Tingting Technology's Chen Rui
Innovation never stops, and neither does the boundless joy of food or the preservation of culinary heritage.
5Y News | Digital Food Tech Company BOTINKIT Raises Tens of Millions of Dollars in Series A Funding
Exploring the global market for food robots and AI.
May, Where Hope Springs Eternal | 5Y News Monthly
The big news from last month.
Future Tech Entrepreneurship Vision | 5Y 3Sigma Roundtable Annual Review
Scan the QR code at the end of the article to fill out the form, and join fellow founders in exploring what's ahead!
Finding True Non-Consensus: Time as a Moat | 5Y Capital Partner Meeting Recap
Focus only on things that are absolutely meaningful.
January: Toward Broader Horizons | 5Y News Monthly
The big news from last month.
Books remind us that tiny pages can hold entire universes | 5Y New Year Reading List
Here's to discovering an even bigger universe in the year ahead.
AIGC's New Species: How AI Unlocks Creativity and Productivity | 5Y 3Sigma Roundtable
AI's Creativity, Creation, and Productivity.
How Far Are General-Purpose Robots From Human Society? | 5Y 3Sigma Roundtable
A new 5Y 3Sigma roundtable is now open for registration — sign up if you're interested.
5Y News | 5Y Capital Portfolio Company Direct Drive Tech Closes Nearly RMB 100 Million Series A Round
Focused on the R&D and commercialization of direct-drive power solutions for robotics.
Technology, Product, Emotion: What New Possibilities Has AIGC Opened Up? | 5Y 3Sigma Roundtable
Welcome to register for the new session of the 5Y 3Sigma Small Roundtable.
Humanoid Robots? Companion Robots? What Is the Future of Consumer Robotics | 5Y 3Sigma Roundtable
How Will Consumer Robots Change Our Lives Over the Next Decade?
Event Registration | 【5Y 3Sigma Roundtable】How Will Consumer Robotics Change Our Lives Over the Next Decade?
Explore the future with robotics entrepreneurs!
5Y News | XYZ Robotics Closes Nearly $40 Million Series B+ Round
Building next-generation intelligent, flexible, and agile vision-enabled robotic solutions.
5Y Capital x Synced | Official Chinese-Language Briefing on the Stanford University AI Index 2022 Annual Report
Click **Read More** to fill out the form and register for the event.
5Y News | HAI Robotics Announces Completion of Over $100 Million D+ Funding Round
Let logistics robots serve every warehouse and factory.
Fly Away, Leave the Earth's Surface | 5Y Tavern Vol. 4
Because this is what humanity longs for.
5Y News | Qintian Zhika Closes Nearly $10 Million Angel Round
5Y Capital has long focused on paradigm shifts driven by technology.
Ways to Start the New Year | 5Y's New Year Book & Film Recommendations
On intellect, wonder, and imagination.
What Kind of Spiritual Consumption Does Gen Z Need? | 2021 FreeS Fund Annual Investor Summit
What kind of consumer group is Gen Z?
5Y News | Graph Origin Raises Several Million USD in Angel Round to Build Low-Barrier Collaborative 3D Creation Engine
Build a 3D content creation tool for the masses.
5Y News | Hai Robotics Announces Two Rounds of Funding Exceeding $200 Million, Bringing Logistics Robots to Every Factory and Warehouse
A global leader in carton-based autonomous mobile robot (AMR) systems for warehouse automation.
5Y News | AgileX Robotics Completes Series A Financing to Accelerate Deployment of Mobile Robot Industry Application Solutions
5Y Capital is optimistic about AgileX Robotics's continued innovation and iteration capabilities, and looks forward to the company evolving into a platform enterprise for mobile robots.
Metaverse Development Hypothesis: Rising from Social, Ending in Digital Immortality | FreeS Research
What Is the Metaverse? Where Did It Come From? Where Is It Going?
5Y News | XYZ Robotics Leads the Robot Hand-Eye Coordination Race, Closes $35 Million Series B Round
Liberating human hands, transforming the productive efficiency of society.
5Y News | Direct-Drive Precision Motion Solution Specialist "Benmo Technology" Closes Pre-A Round Worth Tens of Millions of RMB
Drive the world directly.
5Y News | Warehouse Robotics Firm Hai Robotics Closes 100-Million-Yuan Series B+ Round Led by 5Y Capital
Pioneer in tote-based warehouse robotics systems.
5Y Talk｜The Next Decade: Embracing the Age of Robots
5Y Capital is always searching for and backing promising technical founders — whether you're working in robotics, AI, or any other technology field, we'd love to hear from you.
Building a Brand Is Starting to Look Like Building an App — What Can Consumer Brands Learn From Super Apps About Growth? | FreeS Research
Five Brand Strategies for the New Media Era
Morningside-backed XYZ Robotics closes nearly $20 million Series A+ round | Light Moments
Morningside-backed portfolio company XYZ Robotics has closed a nearly $20 million Series A+ round.
Why We're Bullish on Virtual Idols | Frees Fund
A Brief History of Virtual Idols in Japan, and Their Future in China.
