Yuan Ce Future
源策未来
Yuan Ce Future (源策未来, also known as Archon Robotics) is a Shanghai-based startup building what it calls a "general-purpose full-body embodied brain" for humanoid robots — positioning itself as the OpenAI of the humanoid era . The company was founded by Dr. Hongyang Li, a current assistant professor and assistant dean at the University of Hong Kong's School of Computing and Data Science, who also serves as a mentor at Shanghai Innovation College . His co-founders are CEO Dr. Tianyu Li, an early graduate of Shanghai Innovation College with a PhD from Fudan University, and Head of AI Dr. Li Chen, first author of the UniAD best paper and a former HKU Presidential PhD Scholar .
In June 2026, the company closed a nine-figure RMB seed/Series A round led by top-tier dollar funds including ZhenFund, Gaorong Ventures, IDG Capital and 5Y Capital, alongside Gobi Partners' HKU joint fund, MiraclePlus and Shanghai Innovation College . The capital is earmarked for developing a full-body humanoid foundation model, building multimodal motion datasets, expanding its team, and establishing R&D centers and industrial partnerships — with plans to open-source its base model within 2026 .
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