Shenzhen Floods Global Market with AI-Powered Toys
Shenzhen is churning the toys out as it celebrates 45 years since its 1980 designation as China’s first Special Economic Zone (SEZ).
X-Origin
X-Origin (also styled X-Origin AI) is a company that develops AI companion robots. Its first product, Yonbo, is a home robot designed to grow over time with users by adapting to their preferences and emotions. Yonbo supports multimodal interaction—using voice, vision, gestures—and aims to offer natural, context-aware engagement. X-Origin was founded around 2021 and is building toward a future where robots become emotional and interactive companions across life stages.