格物通智
Gewu Tongzhi is a Hangzhou-based embodied-brain and world-model company founded in 2026 by Cai Jia, former head of Huawei's world-model foundation model.
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Gewu Tongzhi is a Hangzhou-based embodied-brain and world-model company founded in 2026 by Cai Jia, former head of Huawei's world-model foundation model. It builds a 'physics-inverse world model + PSI physical self-evolution' stack from tactile-visual multimodal data to give robots dexterous manipulation intelligence, and is running joint PoCs with customers in textiles, optical modules and auto parts.
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- 2026-10-18Angel近亿元
Investors · 匹克投资、鸿富资产、杭州资本、杭州人才集团
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Gewu Tongzhi is a Hangzhou-based embodied-brain and world-model company founded in 2026 by Cai Jia, former head of Huawei's world-model foundation model. It builds a 'physics-inverse world model + PSI physical self-evolution' stack from tactile-visual multimodal data to give robots dexterous manipulation intelligence, and is running joint PoCs with customers in textiles, optical modules and auto parts.
Angel · 2026-10
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