Robo.ai has announced an agreement to acquire 100% of the equity interest in Neurovia AI Limited, a technology company specializing in data processing and compression, for a total consideration of $100 million in an all-stock transaction. The deal is structured entirely through the issuance of Robo.ai Class B ordinary shares, with all issued shares subject to a complete lock-up for the first three years following closing and a gradual vesting schedule over the subsequent five years, resulting in a total lock-up period of eight years.
Neurovia focuses on AI video compression, edge computing, and real-time analysis to resolve data transmission and computation bottlenecks in physical AI applications. The company’s technology addresses what Robo.ai describes as one of the primary operational requirements of the physical AI era: the efficient storage, processing, transmission, and management of real-world data generated by AI machines. Video data acts as the primary data inlet in this environment, presenting continuous challenges around global compression, real-time transmission, edge processing, and cloud analysis at scale.
Following the acquisition, Robo.ai plans to upgrade its relevant business lines from traditional video codec operations to a comprehensive global AI video data infrastructure platform. The upgraded infrastructure will support intelligent terminals and core use cases spanning robotaxis, autonomous vehicles, unmanned delivery systems, smart cities, AI camera networks, drone platforms, humanoid robots, and smart manufacturing systems. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions.
Over the next decade, Robo.ai said it plans to focus on the closed-loop integration of AI hardware, video data, edge AI, and blockchain to build a complete machine economy ecosystem. The company is actively advancing its strategic footprint across the Middle East and Asia, with a focus on smart cities, sovereign AI infrastructure, and autonomous driving. The acquisition of Neurovia is intended to accelerate Robo.ai’s development of foundational infrastructure for physical artificial intelligence and build out data infrastructure for smart devices worldwide.
