36Kr has learned that Lukai Zhixing has recently received tens of millions of yuan in Pre-A financing, which was led by Shunwei Capital, followed by Zhongguancun Development Frontier Fund and Datai Capital, and Qingtong Capital served as financial advisor. After this round of financing, Lukai Zhixing will focus on product scene development, standardized delivery and talent team expansion.
lukai zhixing was established in may 22, which mainly researches and develops the unmanned driving technology and scene management system of special vehicles, and provides corresponding operation services. Since its establishment, Lukai Zhixing has built an unmanned overall solution based on unmanned system, combined with intelligent centralized management and control system, mine safety and auxiliary system and equipment health management system.
The founder thanks that he graduated from the Department of Precision Instruments in Tsinghua University, majoring in mechanical design and automation, and obtained a master's degree in industrial engineering from ENSAM and an MBA from INSEAD. He once worked in the Paris R&D center of Peugeot Citroen Automobile Group in France, and has more than 1 years of experience in developing unmanned special vehicles, high-precision positioning and cloud monitoring platform for the Internet of Things. The predecessor of Lukai Zhixing, which was founded by Lukai Zhixing, is a technology company with experience in special vehicle unmanned engineering projects-Rock Technology.
in April this year, lukai zhixing announced that it will complete tens of millions of RMB financing in October 22, which will be jointly invested by Zhongguancun development frontier fund and datai capital. In addition, Lukai Zhixing reached a cooperation with the Central Enterprise Group this year, and has launched the unmanned R&D and trial operation project of the wide-body vehicle of the Central Enterprise Group, and has successively carried out the testing and trial operation of the project in Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia.
When asked about the purpose of this financing, the founder and CEO of Lukai Zhixing thanked him and said that Lukai Zhixing would develop a fusion sensing algorithm for the special working conditions of the mining area, integrating positioning algorithm, decision-making planning algorithm and intelligent scheduling algorithm. At the same time, Lucai Zhixing will build an unmanned technology stack that can adapt to the changeable conditions of the mine according to the complex climate and geological environment of the mine.
At present, in addition to Lukai Zhixing, domestic unmanned mine solution providers such as Tage Zhixing, Huituo Intelligent and Easy Control Intelligent Driving have started testing or operation in Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Henan and other places.
When talking about competitive advantage, the founder and CEO of Lukai Zhixing thanked 36Kr and told him that Lukai Zhixing focused on the whole process from technology research and development to project implementation. Compared with other unmanned mine solution providers, Lukai Zhixing has a deep understanding of product architecture, project landing and industry cognition.
The unmanned driving system of special vehicles needs the comprehensive application of sensors, artificial intelligence, integrated navigation and positioning and other technologies. Luke Zhixing has an interdisciplinary team involving unmanned algorithm, mine engineering vehicle electronics and electricity, mining technology, artificial intelligence algorithm scheduling, engineering management and other fields. The team has technical research and development experience of multi-technology intersection and multi-industry integration, which provides technical support for Luke Zhixing.
The core team members of Lukai Zhixing have graduated from well-known universities at home and abroad, and have rich experience in research and development of mine driverless system and design and operation of smart mine system. It is expected to reach the team size of nearly 1 people by the end of the year.
When it comes to investment logic, Shunwei Capital believes that mines have long had many pain points, such as harsh environment, difficulty in recruiting workers, and great potential safety hazards. Compared with open roads, unmanned driving is more feasible in mine scenes, and it has both economic and social values. Shunwei Capital expects Lukai Zhixing to uphold the original intention of productization and realize safer, smarter and more efficient mine operation.
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