The Hangzhou base will focus on higher-value labeling tasks tied to complex industrial scenarios such as autonomous driving, embodied intelligence, smart healthcare and industrial AI.
The factory is seen as a cornerstone for positioning Jinhua as a hub for AI terminal manufacturing while strengthening the Yangtze River Delta’s domestically controlled tech supply chain.
Placed 6th in the chart under the Artificial Intelligence category, Alibaba found itself alongside global AI titans such as Google and Anthropic. It was the only Asian company honored.
This is not a scene from a sci-fi movie; it marks the first time AI-enabled robotic traffic officers were deployed at scale during a major marathon event in China.
A proprietary new manufacturing facility is entering ramp-up production, with annual capacity expected to exceed 10,000 dexterous hands and 200,000 miniature actuators by year-end.
The funding comes as competition intensifies in smart glasses and AI wearables, where Chinese startups are racing to carve out specialized niches ahead of larger electronics brands.
