Wang Xingxing, born in 1990, is the founder, chief executive and chief technology officer of Hangzhou-based robotics firm Unitree, which is reportedly planning a $7 billion IPO. In graduate school Wang developed a four-legged drone called XDog.
He later worked at dronemaker DJI for two months before founding Unitree in 2016, with XDog as the basis of its earliest product. Unitree robodogs have appeared at the NFL Super Bowl and in Chinese military drills. Wang holds a master’s in mechanical
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