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ABOUT JDO

Building General-Purpose Embodied AI For Vehicles and Robots

Founded in 2014, JDO researches and develops general-purpose embodied AI for its automotive and robotics businesses. We use large multimodal models, AI agents, and vehicle-cloud collaboration to support intelligent cockpits, connected-vehicle cloud platforms, and our robotics business.

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Vehicles and Robots A Shared AI Foundation

JDO Canghai AI Core, AIOS, AI Agent, and AI Cloud form a coordinated technology stack for contextual understanding, task planning, tool and function invocation, and continuous improvement. The stack is adapted to the different tasks and interfaces of vehicles and robots.

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R&D Staff Share
70%
Average Age
<30years
Automotive Customers
30+

Services across the project lifecycle

  1. Product planning

    Understand the context, user tasks and project goals

  2. Development and validation

    Develop the product, integrate it with the platform, and test and validate it

  3. Deployment and integration

    Coordinate in-vehicle systems, cloud platforms and service partners

  4. Ongoing operations

    Improve models and services using operational feedback

AUTOMOTIVE EXPERIENCE

Capabilities must prove their value in real-world use

JDO's long involvement in automotive OEM projects has deepened its understanding of production requirements across vehicle platforms and of which issues to prioritize in actual use.

Engineers validate intelligent cockpit interactions and software behavior in a complete vehicle
Industry experience Validating intelligent cockpit interactions
15 million

Production Vehicles Equipped to Date

  1. Vehicle models and platforms

    Understand production requirements

    Understand vehicle models, platforms and program schedules

  2. User experience

    Identify issues in use

    Set priorities based on actual use

  3. Service integration

    Coordinate system interfaces

    Define how models, in-vehicle systems and services connect

  4. Industry collaboration

    Gather operational feedback

    Inform subsequent model and service adjustments

OUR JOURNEY

From automotive intelligence to today's technology foundation

Starting with intelligent head units and connected vehicles, JDO progressed into production vehicle programs, context-aware AI, large models, and cockpit agents.

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Our beginnings

Entering automotive intelligence

JDO was founded and began working in automotive intelligence.

Brand and company

The JDO brand launches and the Shanghai company is established

The JDO brand launched, and the company was established in Shanghai that year.

Product validation

Entering incubation and product validation

JDO joined the first cohort at Arm's China incubator and received industry recognition for its intelligent mobility products.

  • Wins the TopDigital Gold Award for Intelligent Mobility Devices

Innovation with automakers

Wins the Audi Innovation Lab overall championship

JDO won the Audi Innovation Lab overall championship and became a BMW innovation partner that year.

OEM program capabilities

Qualifies as an Automotive OEM Supplier and Enters the Vehicle-Program Integration Stage

JDO qualified as an automotive OEM supplier and entered the vehicle-program integration stage.

  • Wins the Best Business Value Award at the Daimler ConneXt Hackathon
  • Selected among Shanghai's 50 most promising startups for investment

Projects and ecosystem

Expanding automotive projects and the AI innovation ecosystem

Automotive projects progressed as JDO joined the Microsoft AI and Plug and Play mobility accelerator programs.

  • Receives the Porsche Innovation Award
  • Selected for the Microsoft AI innovation accelerator and Plug and Play mobility accelerator

Production and products

Multiple projects enter production

In-vehicle software and digital services were deployed in production vehicles. JDO also launched the MicroBean 1.0 in-vehicle voice assistant in collaboration with Microsoft.

  • Named among EqualOcean Auto's Top 10 Technology Partners for Chinese Automakers
  • Named Innovative Enterprise of the Year in Intelligent Connected Vehicles by Gaogong Intelligent Vehicle

R&D and ecosystem

JDO Hangzhou opens as the service ecosystem expands

JDO expanded its connected-vehicle applications across content, mobility and vehicle-owner services, while further developing its R&D and operational capabilities.

  • First Selected for the KPMG China Leading Autotech 50
  • Joins the United Nations Global Compact

Context-aware AI

Launches Innovative Products Including the AI Scenario Engine

Continuing to develop context-aware AI capabilities and information security practices for production programs and ongoing operations.

  • Completes a TISAX assessment
  • Selected Again for the KPMG China Leading Autotech 50

Cockpit Large Models

Works with Baidu PaddlePaddle to explore cockpit large models

JDO integrated ERNIE Bot into cockpit use cases to advance the use of large-model technology in automotive intelligence.

  • Recognized by Shanghai as a specialized and innovative SME
  • Selected for Shanghai's Science and Technology Little Giant Cultivation program

Production applications

In-vehicle games launch in SAIC Volkswagen's ID. family

In-vehicle games launched in production vehicles. In the same year, JDO was named a leading enterprise in the seventh KPMG China Leading Autotech 50.

Canghai Large Model

JDO Canghai completes China's generative AI service filing

JDO Canghai, our internally developed multimodal cockpit large model, completed its filing.

  • Selected for the Eighth KPMG China Leading Autotech 50

Payment Agent

Jointly presents cockpit agent and payment applications

JDO, Zhipu AI, and China UnionPay jointly presented their cockpit agent and payment applications, bringing UnionPay MCP payment services into the cockpit.

  • Connect voice ordering and payment for frequent tasks such as refueling and charging

RECOGNITION

Qualifications and industry recognition

A vision for a general-purpose embodied AI system serving vehicles and robots

TECHNOLOGY VISION

One technology foundation for vehicles and robots

Drawing on automotive experience, JDO's automotive and robotics businesses share a technical foundation comprising JDO Canghai AI Core, AIOS, AI Agent and AI Cloud. Inputs, interfaces and task boundaries are adapted to each platform.

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