The robot star company has been dissolved on the spot. Its founder is the son of Li Shufu of Geely.
Is the end result of second-generation entrepreneurship always going home to inherit the family business?
Just received hundreds of millions in financing, the company dissolved only 5 months after its establishment
On October 17th, according to QbitAI, the Suzhou robot company, OneStar Robotics, has recently dissolved on the spot, only 5 months after its establishment.
It is worth noting that Li Xingxing, the founder of OneStar Robotics, is the son of Li Shufu, the founder of Geely. The chairman, Pan Yunbin, is from Geely and currently serves as the CEO of Geely Semiconductor Company.
Just last month, it announced with high - profile that it had completed hundreds of millions of yuan in angel - round financing.
Even earlier, OneStar poached Dr. Ding Yan, a star researcher from Shanghai AI Lab, to serve as CTO and co - founder.
Currently, the official WeChat public account of OneStar Robotics has been cleared.
The introduction on the Xiaohongshu account of the CTO has also marked the end of this work experience in October 2025.
Some employees on Xiaohongshu who claim to be from OneStar Robotics revealed that the company notified on the 14th that salaries would be paid until the 13th, and they are currently going through the resignation procedures.
OneStar Robotics, which has abundant resources, sufficient funds, and plenty of talents, how did it end up like this?
Could it really be the mystery of the company name? In the developer community, "OneStar" represents a failed project that hardly anyone pays attention to.
A luxurious research team and the first product launched in three months
Li Xingxing, born in 1985, worked in the motorcycle business unit of Geely in the early days after graduating from the University of Oxford.
In 2012, he became a supervisor of Geely Group and began to enter the group's management. Since 2015, Li Xingxing has been responsible for the sales and marketing of the Lynk & Co brand, promoting the launch of its high - end sub - brand in domestic and international markets.
However, since 2020, his focus has shifted to investment and entrepreneurship. He serves as the executive director of Zhejiang Yaoning Technology, leading businesses such as new energy components and lithium battery recycling. Later, he became the actual controller of Chengxing Co., Ltd., officially entering the phosphochemical industry.
Li Xingxing
In May this year, Li Xingxing founded OneStar Robotics. In July, it received hundreds of millions of yuan in "friends and family round" financing from investors in the Geely ecosystem.
Meanwhile, at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, Li Chuanhai, the vice president of Geely Auto Group and the dean of Geely Auto Research Institute, publicly stated: "Geely is expected to transform from an automobile company into a leading robot company in China and even globally."
OneStar Robotics is also regarded by the outside world as one of Geely's important layouts in the robot field.
Different from most second - generation entrepreneurship projects, OneStar Robotics has been very practical from the very beginning and proposed a strategy of "reverse AI development":
Instead of doing showy performances, start from the real tasks on the production line and reverse - engineer the algorithms and work processes.
The company assembled a luxurious research team. In addition to Ding Yan, it also gathered professor teams from Fudan University and Tsinghua University.
Only three months after its establishment, OneStar Robotics released its first product, the "Star Wheel No. 1" wheeled dual - arm robot.
While most robot startups are still struggling with financing and product implementation, OneStar Robotics has achieved both.
However, just when everything seemed to be going well, OneStar Robotics suddenly dissolved.
Geely heavily bets on Qianli Technology
In the fields of AI and robotics, the most attention in the Geely system is still focused on Qianli Technology.
Geely indirectly holds shares in Qianli Technology through the "Man Jiang Hong Fund" and has sent several directors to Qianli Technology. Vice President Li Chuanhai serves as the vice chairman of Qianli Technology.
In March this year, Geely released the "Qianli Haohan" intelligent driving system jointly developed with Qianli Technology at the AI Intelligent Technology Conference, unifying the intelligent driving solutions within the group.
In August, Geely carried out an unprecedented integration of its intelligent driving teams. The entire intelligent driving team of Zeekr was merged into Qianli Technology, and employees of the intelligent driving team of the smart brand could also choose to transfer to join. The number of employees involved in the adjustment reached a thousand.
There is no doubt that Geely has placed Qianli Technology in a core strategic position.
Currently, Qianli Technology's focus is on intelligent driving, intelligent cockpits, and Robotaxi.
In April this year, when talking about whether they would develop humanoid robots in the future, Chairman Yin Qi said that the automotive industry is the inevitable path to robots and directly stated that his original intention when he started working in AI was robots.
However, he also mentioned that it will take about 5 - 7 years for humanoid robots to develop, and in the next 5 years, they will still focus more on the "AI + vehicle" field.
There is currently no obvious evidence to show whether the existence of Qianli Technology has caused business overlap with OneStar Robotics.
As of now, neither Geely nor OneStar Robotics has issued relevant statements.
Coincidentally, just when the news of OneStar Robotics' dissolution came out, Qianli Technology submitted a prospectus to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and plans to list on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Two Geely - related AI companies, two different fates.
This article is from the WeChat public account "Technology Daily Push" (ID: apptoday), author: Zhao Zhishan, published by 36Kr with authorization.