Meet He Xiaopeng, founder of $XPEV (one of the major Chinese EV companies) > burns a billion-CNY rule-based driving system the moment it finally works > bets the next decade on physical AI > rips out lidar, hand-written rules, then language itself - calling it "poison" > rebuilds a 300-person robo
@mablejiang·Jul 14, 2026·2 sources·positive
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He Xiaopeng, founder of XPeng, abandons a billion-CNY rule-based driving system to bet on physical AI and robotics.
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Meet He Xiaopeng, founder of XPeng (one of the major Chinese EV companies) > burns a billion-CNY rule-based driving system the moment it finally works > bets the next decade on physical AI > rips out lidar, hand-written rules, then language itself - calling it "poison" > rebuilds a 300-person robo
@mablejiang
Jul 14, 2026
Meet He Xiaopeng, founder of $XPEV (one of the major Chinese EV companies) > burns a billion-CNY rule-based driving system the moment it finally works > bets the next decade on physical AI > rips out lidar, hand-written rules, then language itself - calling it "poison" > rebuilds a 300-person robo
@mablejiang
Jul 14, 2026