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Lin Junyang officially announced the AI startup pragmatic technology! Tencent invested and became an agent
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Source: zhidx.com
Zhidongxi Author | Jiang Yu Editor | Xinyuan Zhidongzhi reported on August 12 that today, Lin Junyang, the former head of Alibaba Qianwen's large model, officially announced his entrepreneurial start-up and announced the establishment of an AI company Pragmatik Labs (Pragmatic Technology) in Shanghai, focusing on next-generation Agent research in the digital and physical worlds. At the same time, the investment lineup behind Pragmatik Labs was also disclosed. Gaorong Venture Capital and HSG (Sequoia China) jointly led this round of financing, with support from Tencent and Shanghai Future Industry Fund. This is also the first time that Lin Junyang officially disclosed the name of the new company and its specific entrepreneurial direction after resigning from the Qianwen team in March this year. In June this year, foreign media The Information reported that the AI laboratory founded by Lin Junyang had completed its first round of financing, with a total financing amount of several hundred million US dollars and a post-investment valuation of US$2 billion (approximately RMB 13.5 billion). Now, with the official debut of Pragmatik Labs, the previously relatively mysterious entrepreneurial project has finally surfaced. It is worth noting that Lin Junyang revealed as early as October last year that he had established a robot and embodied intelligence team within Qianwen. Now Pragmatik Labs lists digital agents and physical agents as its core directions at the same time, further clarifying its entrepreneurial landscape. 1. Bet on both digital agents and physical agents. According to the official website, Pragmatik Labs focuses on the next generation of agents in the digital and physical worlds. Its business covers digital agents, physical agents, cutting-edge research and real-world products. The goal is to improve productivity through the new generation of agents and further change work and lifestyle. Among them, digital agents are mainly oriented to knowledge work, operations and industrial-level workflows; physical agents emphasize bringing intelligence into the real environment, enabling the system to adapt to the environment, perform actions, and handle long-term tasks. Pragmatik Labs said that the starting point of its technology is the ability to reason, use