Lei Jun: The Future Main Breakthrough Direction of Xiaomi's Large Model Technology is 'Lightweight and Local Deployment'


Xiaomi's humanoid robot "Tieda" debuted at the 2026 World Robot Conference: 1.70m tall, 66kg, 66 degrees of freedom (half in hands). Xiaomi registered multiple "Xiaomi Tieda" trademarks for medical gardening, fitness equipment, design research, communication services, etc.....
Xiaomi's next-gen humanoid robot debuted at the 2026 World Robot Expo's Embodied Garden booth, acting as a florist and smoothly grabbing scent chips, scattering flowers, delivering items, plus handshakes, fist bumps, and heart gestures. Officials say interactions are driven by a large model, not preset, enabling smarter, flexible human-robot interaction.....
Xiaomi launches 2027 global campus recruitment for graduates from Sep 2026 to Aug 2027, offering over 17 job categories. R&D roles account for 70%, with AI-related positions up 50% YoY. The focus spans large models, smart devices, robotics, and cutting-edge AI, signaling an accelerated push to expand AI talent reserves.....
Xiaomi reorganizes its XiaoAi technical team to address the AI large model trend, integrating AI deeply into all businesses. This shift marks a transition from previous single-product development to a strategy driven by large models, demonstrating foresight and potentially building future competitive advantage.....
Xiaomi announced that the old version of MiMo-V2-Pro/Omni model will be discontinued on June 30, 2026, and upgraded to the MiMo V2.5 series. The MiMo-V2-Pro will be migrated to V2.5-Pro, and MiMo-V2-Omni will be upgraded to the new V2.5 model. The new version has been fully launched, aiming to provide stronger reasoning capabilities and higher cost-effectiveness, and to promote developers to migrate.