Alphaist

Manifesto

Hardware Products with Engineering Excellence

Frontier Embodied Intelligence

AI Globalization with Chinese DNA

Exceptional Young Founders

Venture is a game of variance. We only play for Alpha. We back founders before consensus does — earliest in, longest standing, most impactful when it counts. Alpha founders. Alpha teams. Alpha returns.

01

Bet on the Unproven — young, first-time founders

Direct Drive Tech 2021 · Pre-A, A

Fish Audio 2025 · Seed

02

Think Early, Think Alone — non-consensus theses first

Lightelligence 2021 · Pre-A, B

ACE Studio 2025 · Series A

03

Double Down Before the Crowd — press winners early

Hai Robotics 2021 · Series B+, C, D, D+

Mammotion 2021 · Pre-A, A, A+

WUJI Tech 2026 · Series A, A+

04

Build with Platforms — grow the whole ecosystem

D-Robotics 2015 · Pre-A, A

Documentary

Zero To Alpha — a documentary series from Alphaist. From here on, Zero To Alpha will keep following these founders — not after they've made it, but while they're still in the thick of figuring it out.