On Nov. 3, Shanghai ViTai Robotics Co., Ltd. and Tencent Cloud struck a strategic partnership, teaming up across three core areas: cloud computing and compute services, large models and MaaS platforms, and smart-industry deployment, aiming to build a closed-loop system for embodied AI spanning data collection, model training, and application deployment. Under the agreement, Tencent Cloud will supply Weitai Robotics with infrastructure services including GPU compute, high-performance computing, object storage, and databases, supporting vision-tactile multimodal data processing and the training and simulation of vision-tactile-language-action (VTLA) models and world-action models, while Weitai Robotics plans to prioritize deploying its core R&D and business systems on Tencent Cloud. The partners will leverage Tencent Cloud's MaaS platform to collaborate on training, fine-tuning, and inference deployment for multimodal large models and VTLA models, with the goal of closing the loop between data collection, model training, and real-world task feedback. For industrial applications, the two companies plan to run technical validations and explore commercialization in smart manufacturing and similar scenarios, later nailing down specific cooperation details and project timelines through concrete initiatives. Founded in January 2024, Weitai Robotics primarily develops vision-tactile sensors, end effectors, and related data-collection gear, with products already deployed in 3C electronics, auto parts, and new energy sectors.