Neko Project: Bilibili Wants an AI Cat That Cuddles You, But Investors See the Cage

Cat owners know that cats will actively rub against you rather than waiting for you to call them. The N.E.K.O. product aims to be the "proactive cat" of the digital world. Multimodal, understanding the desktop, and initiating conversations autonomously—it sounds like an AI companion from a sci-fi movie, but investors' first reactions are: how high is the technical barrier here, and what makes Bilibili capable of pulling it off?