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Westlake University Establishes World Model Research Center; Incubated Company Awomo Has Raised Over 100 Million Yuan

On October 31, the Westlake World Model Research Center was established at Westlake University's Yungu Campus, with Yu Kaicheng as director and Jin Yaochu as chief scientist. The center builds on the Autonomous Intelligence Laboratory AutoLab, founded three years ago, and focuses on world models and physical intelligence; AutoLab shifted toward a "conceptual world model" approach at the end of 2024, building physical concept representations in latent space. Its incubated company Westlake Shuzhi Awomo was founded in early 2026 and has cumulatively raised over 100 million yuan in seed and angel rounds. Awomo ranked first in four international robotics benchmark suites.

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