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Report: Anker-backed robotics startup Amiao slashes staff as CTO, COO and product head depart

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Amiao Robotics, an industrial-scenario robotics company, has seen its former CTO, COO and product head all leave, while its headcount has shrunk from a peak of about 130 to just over 70 including interns, with further cuts ongoing. Founder Liu Fang was previously head of product technology and mass-production for Xiaomi Auto's autonomous driving; Anker Innovations led Amiao's seed round and incubated the company, but a source said Anker no longer wants to keep investing, partly due to the long commercialization cycle for embodied AI, and Amiao has also had some cash-flow problems. An investor in Amiao said the company is still operating normally; Beijing Amiao Robotics was founded in September 2024 and aims to build a general-purpose productivity platform using embodied intelligence for flexible automation in 3C and automotive electronics manufacturing.

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Report: Anker-backed robotics company Amio significantly downsizes, former CTO, COO and product head have all left

IT Home, November 12 news: According to Leiphone · Jingxi, Amio Robotics, which focuses on industrial scenarios, is going through a departure of its core team and organizational contraction. The company's former CTO, COO and product head have all left.

At the same time, Amio Robotics' team size has shrunk from a peak of about 130 people to more than 70 people including interns, and a new round of optimization is still underway.

It is reported that Amio founder Liu Fang was formerly the product technology lead and mass-production lead for Xiaomi Auto's autonomous driving, and went through the entire process of building Xiaomi's autonomous driving team, technology R&D and mass-production deployment. Among them, Anker Innovations is both the lead investor in Amio's seed round and the incubator; many of Amio Robotics' industrial scenarios are supported and cooperated on by Anker.

A person familiar with the matter said that Anker does not want to continue increasing its bet on Amio, which is related to the long commercialization cycle of embodied intelligence, and Amio's cash flow has also had some problems. However, an institution that invested in Amio said that Amio is still operating normally.

IT Home found through a query that Beijing Amio Robotics Technology Co., Ltd. was established in September 2024 and is committed to building a general productivity platform through embodied intelligence technology, making robots efficient collaboration partners for humans in industrial scenarios and providing flexible automation solutions for manufacturing industries such as 3C and automotive electronics.

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