Shanghai Innovation Institute
上海创智学院
Shanghai Innovation Institute (上海创智学院) is an AI-focused institution that has taken on an investor and mentorship role in China's embodied-intelligence startup wave. In mid-2026, it appeared as a backer in the nine-figure RMB seed rounds of Archon Robotics (源策未来), a humanoid-robot "full-body brain" company founded by Hong Kong University assistant professor Hongyang Li — who also serves as a mentor at the institute . The institute invested alongside top-tier dollar funds including ZhenFund, Gaorong Ventures, IDG Capital and 5Y Capital, as well as Gobi Partners' HKU co-named fund and MiraclePlus .
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Coverage
5Y News | Archon Robotics Closes Nine-Figure RMB Seed Round
What Should Robots Learn from Humans?
ZhenFund angel project "YuanCe Future" (源策未来) has raised hundreds of millions of RMB in its Series A funding round, aiming to build the OpenAI of the humanoid robot era.
A University of Hong Kong professor has founded a startup to build a general-purpose, full-body embodied intelligence brain.
"YuanCe Future" Secures Hundreds of Millions in Series A Funding, Targeting Embodied Intelligence to Build the OpenAI of Humanoid Robots
Building a world-leading general-purpose full-body embodied brain.
