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Ex-Alibaba frontier tech investor co-founds Helios Venture for AI and embodied AI

According to a post on X by @latepostnews, which cites LatePost, Jiang Shanshan has co-founded Helios Venture with entertainment executive Yang Tianzhen. Jiang previously led Alibaba's frontier tech investing, including its Moonshot AI deal and more than ten deals worth over ¥10 billion. The new fund targets AI, embodied AI, fusion and brain-computer interfaces, and its limited partners include major internet companies and AI firms.

Source: Scobleizer News Pulse (X) · x.com Found via Robert Scoble’s Scobleizer News Pulse · a post on X, not independently verified Published 2026-11-05T05:40:00+00:00 Detected 2026-11-05T18:28:01+00:00
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According to a post on X by @latepostnews, which cites LatePost, Jiang Shanshan has co-founded Helios Venture with entertainment executive Yang Tianzhen. Jiang previously led Alibaba's frontier tech investing, including its Moonshot AI deal and more than ten deals worth over ¥10 billion. The new fund targets AI, embodied AI, fusion and brain-computer interfaces, and its limited partners include major internet companies and AI firms.

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LatePost reports that Jiang Shanshan, who led Alibaba's frontier tech investing including Moonshot AI and more than ten deals worth over ¥10 billion, has co-founded Helios Venture with entertainment executive Yang Tianzhen. The fund targets AI, embodied AI, fusion and brain-computer interfaces, with LPs including...

For founders working on embodied AI, fusion or brain-computer interfaces, Helios Venture adds a new investor focused on these areas. The post does not give the fund's size or any first investments. Watch for those details and the fund's early deals to see how it deploys capital.

Hardware and robotics watchers may want to track whether this becomes a product, benchmark, or deployment signal.

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