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Morgan Stanley survey: Wall Street interns are passionate about predicting markets and AI; 68% use AI tools every day

Comparatively, the Morgan Stanley Equities Research Team conducted an annual survey of more than 500 North American summer interns, most of whom were under the age of 21. Over a quarter of interns said they had used predictive market apps in the past year, with Kalshi and Polymarket being the most common choices; 55% of users used multiple betting apps at the same time. The prediction market is receiving more scrutiny in the US, and several states have taken legal or regulatory measures against related platforms. The Morgan Stanley Employee Code of Conduct covers trading and investment matters, including predicting the market, but no further details were disclosed by people familiar with the matter. According to another national survey, 21% of US adult respondents have used predictive marketplaces, and 37% of people aged 18 to 34 have used predictive marketplaces. On the AI side, 68% of interns use AI tools every day, up from 35% last year and 14% in 2024; about 70% paid for AI tools at their own expense, up from 52% last summer. Meanwhile, 61% of respondents are concerned that AI will replace financial jobs, and 74% are concerned about job substitution in other industries. More than 60% of people are interested in using humanoid robots at home, and 10% say they may become early adopters.

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Yu Shu Wang Xing: It may take 2 to 10 years for ChatGPT to become intelligent

Comparatively, at the 2026 World Robotics Conference, Wang Xingxing, founder and chairman of Yushu Technology, delivered a keynote speech entitled “From Exhibits to Products: The Next Ten Years of the Humanoid Robot Industry”. He said that in recent years, the company has continued to promote robots into our lives, including implementing applications in automobile factories, deploying simple tests in our own factories, and AI teams promoting robots to work at home, but since overall efficiency and versatility are still not high enough, they have not been promoted on a large scale. Wang Xingxing believes that moving towards an intelligent ChatGPT moment would ideally take 2 to 3 years, or 5 to 10 years longer. Reaching this point means that in 80% of unfamiliar scenes, robots can successfully complete about 80% of tasks through voice or text commands. Currently, the core challenge is aligning the input and output of a large AI model with a real robot.

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China shipped more than 40,000 humanoid robots in the first half of the year, accounting for 97% of the world

Comparatively, Zhang Feng, Party Secretary of the China Electronics Society Council and Chairman of the China Humanoid Robot and Embodied Intelligence 100 People's Association, released the “2026 Humanoid Robot Industry Development Report” at the 2026 World Robotics Conference. The report analyzes the dimensions of industry overview, development trends, technical services, industrial chain, and product application scenarios, and focuses on comparing the development situation in the five countries of China, the United States, Germany, South Korea, and Japan. The report puts forward four core findings: technological innovation has entered a new stage of “cluster emergence”, and environmental sensing, planning and decision-making and motion control capabilities continue to be enhanced; the industrial chain has achieved a double leap in quality, efficiency and energy levels, and already has manufacturing capacity for the entire industry chain, from key chips and components to complete machines; industry applications have entered the stage of full expansion, shifting from small-batch production to normalized deployment and large-scale application; and ecological construction forms a new “four in one” paradigm for standards, talents, international cooperation and innovation infrastructure. According to the report, in the first half of 2026, China shipped more than 40,000 humanoid robots, and the global share further increased to 97%. Humanoid robots are seen as important carriers of embodying intelligence, and are expected to play a greater role in manufacturing, warehousing and logistics, emergency rescue, home services, and medical care.

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Wang Xingxing of Yushu Technology: Currently, the efficiency of humanoid robots is relatively low, and they will be promoted on a large scale after the technology is refined

Comparatively, during the 2026 World Robotics Conference (WRC 2026), the founder and chairman of Yushu Technology delivered a keynote speech. Wang Xingxing answered on the spot why its products are not being promoted on a large scale in factories, homes, etc. “Actually, the main reason is that the current overall efficiency and its capabilities are still insufficient. Simply put, even though our robots can do some work at present, their efficiency is actually lower than that of humans.” In addition, he also said that now when humanoid robots have some new tasks, they have to be re-trained, which makes them relatively less efficient. “Therefore, we still want to make the technology more general, have more accurate capabilities, and then advance it on a large scale in specific scenarios.” (Financial Services Association)

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From building robot dogs in garages to being at the helm with a market capitalization of 100 billion dollars, Yushu Wang Xingxing stood on the robotics bandwagon

Comparing news, Yushu Technology officially landed on the Science and Technology Innovation Board, and its stock price soared on the first day of listing. The company's issue price was 150.80 yuan/share, and the closing price reached 845 yuan/share, with a total market value of over 340 billion yuan. In terms of shareholding ratio, the market value of shares held by founder Wang Xingxing, who was born in 1990, exceeds 100 billion yuan. Wang Xingxing's rise is not an entrepreneurial path familiar to traditional capital markets. He doesn't have a background in top universities, and he didn't get much attention in the early days of the robotics industry. He is more like an engineer who has been immersed in technology research and development for a long time. As early as a student, Wang Xingxing had a keen interest in robots. While in college, he developed biped robots and quadruped robots at a lower cost, and launched a pure electric four-legged robot xDog at the master's level to reduce robot development costs through electric drive solutions. In 2016, xDog test videos became popular overseas. Wang Xingxing, 26, received an initial investment of 2 million yuan, then left DJI to establish Yushu Technology. In the early days of starting a business, the robot circuit had not yet become a hot topic, and Yushu Technology also faced financial pressure. In 2017, the company released the first four-legged robot Laikago (Laikago), but commercialization was not an easy path. Investors had concerns due to Wang Xingxing's grassroots background, but his emphasis on technology, products, and cost control was gradually recognized by the market. With the development of artificial intelligence technology and the rise of the humanoid robot boom, Yushu Technology ushered in rapid growth. The 2025 Spring Festival Gala humanoid robot dance performance brought Yu Shu into the public eye. Since then, the company has received great attention from industrial capital and the market. In the face of being sought after by the outside world, Wang Xingxing maintained his style as an engineer. He once said that technological breakthroughs in the field of robotics will take time, and excessive hype will put pressure on the industry. Compared to capital and brand exposure, he pays more attention to product development and commercial implementation. Currently, Yushu Technology has formed a four-legged robot and humanoid robot product system, and released products such as the humanoid robot G1. As the company went public, Wang Xingxing also faced new challenges: how to grow from a technical expert to a listed company manager, and how to maintain a leading edge in an environment of increased competition in the robotics industry. From manufacturing robots at low cost in the early years to now being at the helm of a 100 billion dollar company, Wang Xingxing is undergoing a transformation from a technology entrepreneur to an entrepreneur.

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Why did he dare to vote for Yu Shu 6 years ago? 丨Exclusive secrets revealed by early investors

Source | Pencil Dao Oral Statement | Edited by Yu Shu Early Investor Zhao Nan | Wang Fang Original title: Yu Shu Early Investors: 6 years ago, why did I dare to invest? 丨Exclusive Today (August 19), Yushu Technology officially landed on the Science and Technology Innovation Board and became the “first stock of humanoid robots” in A-shares. Yushu's issue price was 150.80 yuan/share, an increase of 629.44% after opening on the first day. The market value reached 444.9 billion yuan at this point. Earlier, Pencil Road had a conversation with its early investor, Zhao Nan, to try to restore it: Why did Yu Shu dare to take action when he was still very low-key? The following is Zhao Nan's oral statement. - 01 - Meet Uki, the first time I met Uki because of the four-legged robot, was in April 2020. It wasn't an accidental encounter. Beginning in 2019, I've been watching robot tracks in a systematic way. Basically, I've looked at all the directions I could see at the time: four-legged robots, underwater robots, food delivery robots, and even some consumer-grade products. After watching that round, I actually have a relatively clear judgment in my mind: the robotics industry is not a question of “whether it will happen,” but “when will it happen.” The real question is: which directions have been proven and which are just imagination. In my opinion, four-legged robots are one of the few directions that have been proven. Look at Boston Dynamics (Boston Dynamics). It has already made robot dogs, and customers are already using it. This incident shows a very important thing: robots are not sci-fi, but have entered the real world. But at the same time, it also revealed a more essential problem — the cost problem: people are too expensive, R&D is too heavy, and the supply chain is immature. At the time, Boston Power's problems were typical: the team was the top team in the world, and labor costs were extremely high; the R&D cycle was long and the investment was huge; even early products were still using diesel instead of lithium; in the end, they were sold by Google to SoftBank Vision Fund. However, this is not to say that there is no demand for four-legged robots; it is that the cost cannot support it. To this day, four-legged robots are still one of Uki's core businesses, so my judgment at the time was: Whoever can cut costs has an opportunity. Obviously, the Chinese team has an opportunity because we have a supply chain advantage. - 02 - Why invest? It was also based on this judgment that I visited Hangzhou for the first time in April 2020 and met Wang Xingxing (founder of Yushu). That meeting actually made me realize very quickly that this isn't a “just starting” team. It was 2020 at the time, and they've been doing it for three years. When Wang Xingxing was a graduate student at Shanghai University, he already brought a four-legged robot laboratory. At that time, he started working on xDog's algorithm. By the time we met him, he had a deep understanding of every detail of the four-legged robot's functions and procedures. In other words, while many teams are still “watching the track,” they are already building up technology. This is particularly critical in the robotics industry, as it is a typical “time for ability” industry. Many things can't be smashed with money; they have to be accumulated little by little. What really made me decide were a few more specific things. First, they have mastered the robot's core underlying ability. Many people think that robots are a “complete machine product,” but in reality, there are three things that really determine the height of a robot company: driver, sensor, and controller. If you don't have these three pieces in your hands, you'll always be just a system integrator. Meanwhile, in 2020, Yu Shu already has accumulated technology and patents on these three areas. This means it's not assembling products, but building underlying capabilities. This essentially determines its upper limit. Second, it's the customer. Many robotics companies “make products first, then find customers”, but Yuuki did the opposite — they already had customers in 2020, and they are not regular customers. At the time, their customers included companies such as Apple, Nvidia, Meta, and Google. These companies buy their robot dogs to use for AI training and algorithm training. Domestic customers are mainly universities. This matter is critical because it shows two things: first, the product is already available; second, the technology has been recognized by top technology companies. Wang Xingxing always pushes everyone to do one thing: make simple products that customers can accept, and sell them one wave first. Not to make money, but to train the company's entire R&D, production, and sales system by selling products. By communicating with customers, we can also find problems and iterate on products. Third, mass production capacity. I went to their company at the time and saw something very detailed — there was a warehouse next to their office building with a press machine that was used to mold parts. At the time, Wang Xingxing explained that a four-legged aircraft...

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Wang Lihong appeared as the head of Yushu's IPO thank-you reception. The previous concert with YuShu Robotics attracted Musk's appreciation

Comparing news, today, Yushu Technology's IPO was successfully completed. Wang Xingxing, Sequoia Capital Shen Nanpeng, and famous singer Wang Lihong all appeared at the thank-you reception. It is worth pointing out that Wang Lihong has deep ties with Yu Shu Technology. According to public reports, Wang Lihong made a special trip to visit founder Wang Xingxing to learn about technology. Furthermore, in December of last year, Wang Lihong used Yu Shu's G1 humanoid robot to accompany the concert in Chengdu, making it the world's first concert robot stage. Musk and other famous tech giants have retweeted related videos one after another to express their appreciation.

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8.87 trillion won, South Korea's venture capital investment reached a record high in the first half of the year, and financial institution investment increased by 54.9%

Comparatively, South Korea's venture capital investment in the first half of this year reached 8.87 trillion won, a record high. Policy finance investment increased 58.3% year-on-year, and the private sector increased by 28.1%. Private capital accounted for more than 80% of total venture capital fund investment. Among them, banks and other private financial institutions invested 2.61 trillion won, an increase of 54.9% over the previous year. Policy purposes The risk weight (RW) of venture capital funds has been reduced from 400% to 100%, and financial companies' capital burdens have been reduced accordingly. AI solutions, AI chips, memory chips, and humanoid robots have become new sources of capital. Investment in ICT manufacturing increased 143.3% year over year, and investment in electricity, machinery and equipment increased 90.4%. Companies established less than 3 years ago received 1.83 trillion won, an increase of 56.4% over the previous year; non-metropolitan investment increased 104.7%. Investment in the gaming sector is the only sector that has declined. The decline in large-scale projects and the decline in the number of new businesses set up are listed as the main reasons. The VC industry pointed out that the KOSDAQ IPO market has failed to fully accept investment withdrawals, and South Korea's Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises and Entrepreneurship will expand M&A and secondary share fund support. (ETNews Electronics)

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Nomura covered YuShu Technology for the first time to give a purchase rating. There are advantages in cost, market share, and iteration speed

According to comparative news, Nomura Securities included Yuju Technology for the first time in its report today and gave a purchase rating. Nomura's core judgment is that Yuju Technology has moved from a technology demonstration company to a large-scale delivery company. According to the report, the company shipped more than 5,500 humanoid robots in 2025, ranking first in the world; the compound revenue growth rate from 2026 to 2028 is expected to reach 122%. In the context of AI applications extending from software models to the physical world, robot companies that can continuously ship, reduce costs, and iterate will be more likely to obtain valuation premiums. The cost advantage is the first main line in Nomura's view of Daewoo. According to the report, Yushu is highly self-developed in key hardware such as motors, speed reducers, drivers, encoders, lidars, and power management, and outsourced components account for only about 10% to 20% of the total cost. This allows the company to launch products at lower prices while maintaining a high gross margin. The gross margin of the company's main business rose to about 60% in 2025, and the gross margin of humanoid robots reached 63.2%. Rapid iteration is the second main line. According to Nomura, Uki launched 4th generation humanoid robot products within 26 months, from H1 and G1 to R1 and H2. The product matrix covers consumer, scientific research, education, and industrial applications. Low-cost products will bring more shipments, and more shipments will also form real physical interaction data to further train models and algorithms. This cycle will be the key for the company to expand its leading edge. At the same time, the report warned that the risks faced by Yu Shu are not low. US regulatory restrictions will affect the entry of new models into the US market, which contributed approximately 13.3% of its revenue in 2025. More importantly, the current demand for humanoid robots is still dominated by scientific research, education, entertainment, and government procurement, and industrial and commercial applications still account for a low proportion. Nomura believes that what we really need to observe in the future is whether industrial customers can form repeated orders, which will determine whether demand for humanoid robots can move from themed investment to actual volume. In terms of financial forecasts, Nomura expects Uki's revenue from 2026 to 2028 to reach 2,687 billion yuan, 5.396 billion yuan, and 13.184 billion yuan, respectively, with year-on-year growth rates of 58%, 101%, and 144%. In terms of valuation, Nomura used the 2027 forecast market sales ratio of 25 times, which is significantly higher than the average of the Chinese robotics industry. The reason is that Uki has higher growth, more pure business attributes, and the scarcity of already achieved profits.

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Nomura covered YuShu Technology for the first time and gave a 25 times market sales rate estimate for 2027

According to comparative news, Nomura Securities covered YuShu Technology for the first time and gave an estimate of 25 times the 2027 market sales rate. The revenue growth rate for the 2027/28 fiscal year is expected to reach 101% and 144%, respectively, and the compound annual growth rate of revenue from 2026 to 2028 is about 122%. The research report points out two major investment logics: full-stack mechanical design and self-developed hardware gave Yushu a structural cost advantage; outsourced components accounted for only 10% to 20% of the total cost, and gross margin increased from 44% in FY2022 to 60% in FY2025; rapid product iteration enabled Yushu to repeatedly lead the industry into new application scenarios and launch four humanoid product lines within 26 months. The research report also suggests that on July 28, 2026, the US FCC added it to the Covered List, and the models that have been authorized for sale can still be sold, but the newly developed models will be restricted, which will constitute structural entry restrictions. Currently, 73.6% of humanoid robot revenue still comes from research institutions, and catalysts for growth in the new terminal market are still scarce. Nomura suggests focusing on “brain” advances—the commercialization of WVLA2.0 and the industrial deployment of UniForm-X1-0, which may be the key to unlocking new application scenarios. The opinion in this research report is Nomura Securities research and analysis, and does not constitute investment advice.

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