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Number of Founded Organizations

CB Rank (Investor)

73,379

Primary Job Title Founder & CEO
Primary Organization
Horizon Robotics

Location San Jose, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, West Coast
Gender Male
Also Known As 余凯

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Kai Yu is based out of San Jose, California, and is the Founder and CEO of Horizon Robotics. Kai previously worked at Baidu as a Founder and vice president. Kai Yu attended the University of Munich. Kai Yu has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Chinese AI and Artificial Intelligence+ Figures of 2025.

Partner Investments

Number of Partner Investments

Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Octopus Power	Horizon Robotics	—	Series A - Octopus Power	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Unbounded Dynamics	Horizon Robotics	—	Seed Round - Unbounded Dynamics	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Enjoy Move Technology	Horizon Robotics	—	Series B - Enjoy Move Technology	obfuscated obfuscation

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Number of Past Jobs

Kai Yu

is the

Founder & CEO

Horizon Robotics

. Additionally,

Kai Yu

has had

past job as the

Executive Head of Institute of Deep Learning (IDL)

Baidu

Horizon Robotics Founder & CEOJul 2015

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Baidu	Executive Head of Institute of Deep Learning (IDL)	Apr 2012	May 22, 2015

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