A former senior executive from Alibaba Group has been appointed as the President and Chief Strategy Officer of the robot leasing platform "Qingtianzu". They will build a national partner network | Exclusive from Intelligence Emergence

Text by | Fu Chong

Edited by | Su Jianxun

The popularity of the embodied intelligence industry has spread to the robot leasing market, making the veterans of the Internet industry restless.

Exclusive information obtained by "Intelligent Emergence" reveals that Li Liheng, the first principal of Alibaba's "China Supplier Iron Army" and a participant in the establishment of Alibaba's B2B sales training system, and Wang Mingfeng (Tianxiang), who is in charge of the management training business of Alibaba's "Three Axes", will join the robot leasing platform Qingtianzu. They will serve as the president and the chief strategy officer respectively.

The Qingtianzu platform was launched in December 2025, and it disclosed its seed - round financing on January 15, 2026. This round was led by Hillhouse Capital's venture capital arm, with institutions such as Fosun Capital following. According to data from Aiqicha, Zhibot holds 55% of the equity in Qingtianzu, and Feikuo Technology holds 15%. Feikuo Technology was established in 2024 and focuses on the deployment and operation of robots in practical scenarios such as cultural and tourism performances and commercial tours.

As a leasing platform, Qingtianzu offers the rental of robots of different brands and models. The available brands currently include Accelerated Evolution, Unitree, Zhibot, Zhongqing, Lingchu Intelligence, Zhujie Power, etc. Users can choose different scenarios such as annual meetings, live - streaming by internet celebrities, and store openings according to their needs. Each scenario corresponds to robots of different models and prices. Currently, the delivery, recycling, and maintenance of robots are carried out by local leasing merchants.

△ Qingtianzu allows users to choose robots of different brands and forms. Picture: Product screenshot

Platform data shows that three weeks after its launch, the number of registered users of Qingtianzu has exceeded 200,000, and the average daily rental orders have stabilized at over 200.

However, there is often a whole delivery chain between "good - looking data" and "a viable business":

Do the orders come from real repeat purchases rather than being stimulated by subsidies?

How can the standardization of off - site delivery, on - site operation and maintenance, wear and tear depreciation, insurance, and liability division of robots be achieved?

With service providers scattered across the country, can the platform use strong enough rules and SOPs to ensure a consistent user experience?

These issues determine that it is more of an operational business rather than just "launching a mini - program".

Relevant sources revealed that Qingtianzu may soon launch a "City Partner Program" to recruit leasing merchants nationwide and establish sales channels.

Perhaps this is also the reason why Qingtianzu is now recruiting people who are good at B2B organizational training and sales system construction, which seems to be a preparation for "building a national network".

In public information, Li Liheng is described as an early member of Alibaba's B2B sales "China Supplier Iron Army". He participated in the market development of Alibaba's China Supplier business and was later responsible for building Alibaba's B2B training system and cultivating talents. His background matches the requirements for "building a national service network".

The current core team of Qingtianzu comes from various industries, including robot hardware, internet platforms, and life services.

Among them, Jiang Qingsong, a partner and co - president of Zhibot, serves as the chairman of Qingtianzu; Li Yiyan, the founder of Feikuo Technology, is the CEO; Chen Yanxia, the former vice - president of Ele.me, is the COO; and Li Kewei, the founder of Miaozhanggui, is the CMO. The two newly joined executives will complement the platform in terms of channel planning and national ground - level network expansion.