Southeast Asia's super app giant Grab recently announced a major acquisition, officially acquiring the Chinese artificial intelligence robot startup Infermove (TuiXing Technology). This move marks a key step for Grab in the field of logistics automation, aiming to address the growing delivery demands in Southeast Asia through cutting-edge technology.

The core objective of this acquisition is to strengthen Grab's competitiveness in the "first mile" and "last mile" delivery networks. AIbase learned that Grab plans to deeply integrate the autonomous mobile robot technology developed by Infermove with its existing delivery ecosystem. By introducing the Carri robot, which has "upper limb operation capabilities," Grab hopes to effectively address the challenge of rising labor costs and significantly improve the efficiency of indoor and short-distance deliveries.

Infermove was founded by Aaron Lu in 2021, focusing on autonomous driving systems in unstructured environments. Its business performance has been impressive, with revenue growing explosively from 100,000 to 10 million yuan in just two years. According to the transaction agreement, Infermove will operate as an independent subsidiary of Grab, with the original core team remaining unchanged.

Currently, Grab plans to focus its R&D efforts on Singapore, using the city as a base to further optimize Infermove's technical solutions. Driven by this positive news, Grab's stock on NASDAQ rose 3.54%. AIbase