{
  "id": 16070,
  "url": "https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3362822/ant-groups-embodied-ai-arm-robbyant-kicks-external-funding",
  "title": "Ant Group’s embodied AI arm Robbyant kicks off external funding",
  "summary": "Robbyant, the embodied artificial intelligence division of Ant Group, has begun seeking external funding, becoming the fourth unit of the fintech giant to step up capital-raising efforts. The unit said it was in talks with investors on Monday. As Ant Group’s “core initiative in embodied intelligence”, a Robbyant spokesperson said it would remain focused on developing a general-purpose “robot brain”, investing in technologies designed specifically for embodied AI and accelerating commercial...",
  "authors": "Wency Chen",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "agents-autonomy,finance-investment",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-08-03T12:30:20.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-04T05:10:21.797Z",
  "source_slug": "x-scmp-tech-hk-cn",
  "source_name": "SCMP Tech (HK/CN)",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.scmp.com/tech",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16070",
  "original_url": "https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3362822/ant-groups-embodied-ai-arm-robbyant-kicks-external-funding",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}