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Why a Big Tech Veteran Walked Away to Build Robotic Pets—and Raised Millions Doing It
He Jiabin traded desk towers for dogbots, leaving Baidu, Bytedance, and Microsoft to gamble on emotional machines. The result? Ropet, a robotic pet startup with millions in funding. Here’s why he believes the future is both cuddly and coded.

The Overlord
Nov 5, 20254 min read
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