TIME magazine's 2026 list of the 100 most influential people in AI includes Deng Taihua, the founder and CEO of Ziyuan, a leading Chinese humanoid robotics company. Deng, who previously held significant roles at Huawei, co-founded Ziyuan with "Zhihuijun" (Peng Zhihui), initially allowing his partner to take the public spotlight. However, as Ziyuan scaled its commercial operations and pursued capital, Deng gradually assumed a more public role, becoming the company's legal representative and appearing at major events. TIME highlighted Ziyuan's significant shipments and Deng's focus on practical applications in industries like manufacturing and logistics. AI
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- Dario Amodei
- Deng Taihua
- Eddie Wu
- Elon Musk
- Fei-Fei Li
- Huawei
- Ilya Sutskever
- Liang Rubo
- Peng Zhihui
- Sam Altman
- He Tingbo
- TIME
- Xiao Hong
- Yang Zhilin
- Yann LeCun
- Zhang Peng
- Zhou Bowen
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