Yu Kai
Yu Kai is the founder and CEO of Horizon Robotics, a Beijing-based company that develops software and hardware for assisted and autonomous driving systems in passenger vehicles. He previously led research and development at Baidu, where he launched the company's autonomous driving project in 2013 and directed the Institute of Deep Learning. He holds a doctorate in computer science from the University of Munich and has published approximately 100 academic papers with over 17,000 citations. Horizon Robotics, which counts Volkswagen, BYD, and Hyundai among its customers, listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in October 2024.
“Yu Kai [CEO of Horizon] and I have a very good relationship. I think he's walking a very interesting, very promising, but perhaps very challenging road. It depends on whether the companies chasing automotive and robot AI are increasing or decreasing.”
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