Capital Heavy Bet on Edge Physical AI: Qianhai Fund Invests Hundreds of Millions, Om AI Lianhui Accelerates Commercialization

Om AI Lianhui, a pioneer in physical AI, has announced a new financing round of several hundred million yuan, led by Qianhai Mother Fund, with participation from Hangzhou government industry funds and other capital. The funds will be used for technical iteration of the VLX model series, deepening R&D moats, and accelerating commercialization of physical AI scenarios. The company has open-sourced VLX-Seek 1.5, an edge-native fine-grained multimodal model, where the 3B parameter version surpasses NVIDIA's LocateAnything-3B on multiple core metrics, improving drone embodied scenario accuracy by 62.9% and reducing target false alarm rate by 74.8%. Om AI Lianhui has established a full-chain technology loop of continuous perception, precise positioning, and action decision-making. Commercially, it has realized multi-scenario deployment: with Lenovo and Apple, it launched OttoBox AI Studio for AIPC hardware; it collaborates with leading embodied intelligence companies; and its self-developed wearable AI vision hub Homer AI serves nearly 100,000 visually impaired users with 10 million monthly AI calls. CEO Zhao Tiancheng emphasized continued focus on edge-native innovation, open-source empowerment, and building an open, collaborative physical AI ecosystem.