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Physix Frontier · News Briefing Card (QbitAI · Aug 4, 2026)

Om AI Link Raises Hundreds of Millions, Open-Sources VLX-Seek 1.5

KEY FACTS

  • Hangzhou-based Om AI Link has completed a funding round of hundreds of millions of yuan, led by Qianhai Mother Fund.
  • The company has open-sourced VLX-Seek 1.5, a 3B-parameter on-device multimodal model.
  • The model improves accuracy by 62.9% and cuts false-positive rates by 74.8% in drone scenarios.
  • The funds will be used for technology iteration and to accelerate the commercialization of physical AI.

KEY DATA

hundreds of millions of yuanFunding amount
3BModel parameter count
62.9%Drone scenario accuracy improvement
74.8%Target false-positive rate reduction

PHYSIX OBSERVATION

Capital is shifting from cloud compute to on-device physical AI combat capability. Om AI is entering the embodied intelligence and assisted vision tracks with an open-source, small-parameter, high-performance model, validating the commercial viability of "on-device native" technology. This move not only lowers the barrier for developers but also signals that AI applications are deepening from general conversation toward high-precision, low-latency interaction with the physical world, with a clear industrial deployment signal.

Source: QbitAI report