Company Profile

About Us

Providing On-Device Intelligence for Robotics and Smart Devices

APLUX is a leading on-device AI company dedicated to enabling large models and AI agents to run securely, efficiently, and cost-effectively on every device. With its core on-device AI technology foundation as the engine, APLUX builds full-stack capabilities spanning hardware, systems, models, and toolchains to provide device manufacturers with an on-device AI brain and accelerate their intelligent upgrade.

Corporate culture

Vision

Empower every device with the ability to perceive, decide, and act in the real world.

Mission

Built on edge AI, we bridge chips, models, systems, and hardware to deploy perception, comprehension, decision-making, and action onto physical devices—providing on-device intelligence for robotics and smart terminals to ensure reliable operation in real-world scenarios.

Values

Technology first, continuous innovation, open collaboration, long-term value.

With Ecosystem Partners, Bringing Edge AI into Real-World Scenarios

APLUX has long been deeply engaged in edge AI, building capabilities that span model optimization and adaptation, inference acceleration, runtimes, operating systems, and application development. Working with mainstream AI chip platforms such as Qualcomm, APLUX drives the efficient on-device deployment of LLMs, multimodal models, computer vision, speech, and embodied AI — joining forces with ecosystem partners to bring AI capabilities into more devices and real-world scenarios.

AidLux OS

ModelFarm

AI Toolchain

Smart Device Solutions

Robotics Solutions

Industrial Intelligence Solutions

Development History

Early
October 2018
AidLearning geek project was established, and GitHub has accumulated 5.6k stars
December 2020
APLUX Intelligent Technology was officially registered and established
2021
May
Completed Angel Round Financing (Famous Investment)
July
APLUX Intelligent Technology officially launched operations
December
AidLux 1.0 officially launched
Released computational core generation technology
2022
May
AidLux 1.2 officially released
September
Won the 2022 Qualcomm Ventures & Sequoia China Intelligent Connectivity Startup Competition Most Popular Company Award And Qualcomm Ventures Investment Intention Letter
Hosted the AidLux AI Application (Qualcomm Platform) Innovation Competition
October
AidLux provided technical support for the 2022 Qualcomm AI Innovation Application Competition
November
AidLux Certified Developer Program officially launched
December
Completed Pre-A Round Financing (Qualcomm Ventures, Shenzhen High-Tech Investment, Famous Investment)
2023
May
Listed in the '2023 Top 50 Featured Professional Industrial Internet Companies'
September
APLUX AI Smart Toolkit and Robot Multi-Axis Solution won the 2023 'New Achievements' Second Prize for Innovation
October
At the Alibaba Cloud Conference, APLUX's large model deployment solution was unveiled for the first time
November
Completed Pre-A+ Round Financing (Shenneng Chengyi Equity Investment, Sichuan Academician Science and Technology Innovation Equity Investment Guidance Fund)
Certified as a National High-Tech Enterprise
Won Excellence Award in the 2023 Golden Panda Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition Global Finals
Won Second Prize in the 5th China Industrial Internet Competition Wireless Prediction Category
December
Won 2023 Cailianshe Most Investment Potential Award
Won First Prize and Most Popular Award in the National Finals of the 5th China Industrial Internet Competition
2024
April
2024 Forbes China AI Companies TOP 50
May
The 2nd China-ASEAN Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition Global First Prize
Completed Pre-A++ round of financing (Shenneng Chengyi Equity Investment, Sichuan Cultural Industry Investment Group, etc.)
Selected as a fledgling enterprise in the Chengdu Hi-Tech Seed Stage
September
Selected as a specialized, sophisticated and innovative small and medium-sized enterprise in Sichuan Province
November
Listed on the 2024 Chengdu Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem Enterprise Comprehensive List
Listed on the 2024 Chengdu Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem Enterprise Capital Favored List
Listed on the 2024 Chengdu Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem Enterprise Talent Favored List
Selected into Chengdu Artificial Intelligence + Application Case Collection
2024 Future Stars TOP 20
December
2024 Edge Intelligence Developer Ecosystem Conference and 2024 Qualcomm Edge Intelligence Innovation Application Competition Award Ceremony Grandly Held
Listed in the 2024 Cyzone 100 Future Unicorns
2025
January
On January 7 (Pacific Time), Qualcomm and APLUX jointly released the first generation of humanoid robot Ultra Magnus at CES 2025
Chengdu Hi-tech Zone identified potential unicorn enterprises for the first time
February
APLUX achieves efficient edge deployment of the DeepSeek large model
March
APLUX joins the "A Human-Machine Friendly Future Community" in SINO-SINGAPORE (CHENGDU) INNOVATION PARK
April
APLUX, in partnership with Qualcomm, launches the world's first edge AI ecosystem portal for Qualcomm IoT platforms
APLUX wins the "Emerging Brand in Embodied Intelligence" award at the OFweek 2024 China Robot Industry Annual Selection
May
Jointly launched an intelligent robot for agricultural field operations
June
Ultra Magnus participated in real-world trials of traffic guidance on the streets of Chengdu
July
Launched the Rhino Pi X1 robotics development board, integrating computing, control and interaction
August
Ultra Magnus supported the Chengdu World Games
Selected for Sichuan Province's list of target star enterprises in the AI and robotics applications industry
November
Showcased a smart industrial camera at the World Conference on Display Industry Innovation and Development
The Secretary of the CPC Sichuan Provincial Committee visited APLUX for an inspection
December
Ultra Magnus was selected as an innovative application case in the "AI+" initiative
APLUX CEO Sun Xiaogang attended the Boao Forum for Entrepreneurs
Completed Series A financing with investment from Luxin Venture Capital, Chengdu Science and Technology Innovation Investment and Yibin Kecai
2026
January
Hosted the Qualcomm Edge Intelligence Developer Ecosystem Conference
Exhibited at CES 2026 and launched the world's first on-device solution for teleoperation, data collection and embodied vision-language-action (VLA) models based on the Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ10 series
March
Exhibited at embedded world 2026 in Germany, showcasing APLUX's latest advances in integrating edge AI and robotics, along with its ability to deploy these technologies in real-world applications
Conducted joint validation of application scenarios with Siliya Group
April
Released the AidLux 2.1.1 update, adding AidLite remote QNN inference capabilities and enhancing edge AI development and deployment
May
Hosted the 2026 Qualcomm Embodied Intelligence and Robotics Developer Contest
June
Rhino Pi X1 won the silver award in the AI track of the BRICS Industrial Innovation Contest
July
Joined the Open Source AIOS Alliance initiated by Arm China as a founding member
September
Showcased an embodied AI quality inspection solution at the World Power Battery Conference
Completed Series A+ financing with investment from Sichuan Xingchuan
October
Jointly launched a flexible quality inspection solution powered by embodied AI with Unitree Robotics at the 2026 Industry Fair
Successfully ran the Qwen3-Next-80B model on the Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ10 platform
Launched APLUX Pandora, enabling developers to experience the actual capabilities of large models and the platform firsthand