Yuanpei Chen
陈源培
Yuanpei Chen is a co-founder of Proto-Sentient Intelligence (灵初智能), a Chinese embodied-intelligence startup focused on robotic dexterous manipulation. A post-2000s entrepreneur and former visiting scholar at Stanford, he specializes in robot dexterous manipulation and serves as a core member of the founding team alongside CEO Qibin Wang and fellow co-founder Xiaojie Chai . In April 2026, he discussed the company's model-training, data breakthroughs, and path to commercial deployment in a live-streamed conversation . Proto-Sentient Intelligence raised a 2 billion yuan seed round in March 2026, backed by BlueRun Ventures .
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Building an Industry-Leading General-Purpose Operating Agent
