# Maze Intelligence

> The global embodied-AI database. Tracking the robotics race from where the catalogs don't overlap.

## About

Maze Intelligence is an independent, data-driven newsletter and database of the global robotics industry. We aggregate five independent robot directories into one canonical dataset of 929+ robots, with primary-source funding verification.

## Founder

Ken Z. — CTO. PhD Candidate in AI, Mississippi State University. 8+ years in AI systems and data engineering.

## What we publish

Weekly newsletter. Every claim sourced from primary filings (prospectuses, exchange disclosures, company press). Three article types: data deep-dives, company dissections, vertical cuts. Not for sale anywhere else.

## Latest reports

- [Issue #050 — This Week's View](https://mazeintelli.com/issue-050-viewpoint/): # The Benchmark Nobody Funded Is Telling the Truth About Physical AI  VANTAGE-Bench just exposed a gap in vision-language models that nobody in the pitch decks mentions — and it po
- [Issue #049 — Vertical Slice](https://mazeintelli.com/issue-049-vertical-slice/): # Humanoids Meet Their Hardware Ceiling: A Vertical Slice Through Embodied Robotics  Agility Robotics' S-4 filing may be the most honest document the humanoid sector has produced. 
- [Issue #048 — Weekly Trend](https://mazeintelli.com/issue-048-weekly-trend/): # Maze Weekly Trend — Week in Review, Week Ahead  Theme: The infrastructure layer under physical AI is finally being built — but the evaluation stack and co-design tools are runnin
- [Issue #047 — Weekly Trend](https://mazeintelli.com/issue-047-the-tops-trap/): Issue #047 — Weekly Trend   The TOPS Trap: What China's Jetson Challengers Still Can't Copy  By Ken ZHANG (Maze Intelligence)  The most important number in robotics edge compute th
- [Issue #046 — Vertical Slice](https://mazeintelli.com/issue-046-vertical-slice/): Published 2026-09-02 · Updated 2026-09-07   The Developer Stack: How Low-Cost Bimanual Platforms are Industrializing AI Data Collection  Agility Robotics is going public via a SPAC
- [Issue #045 — Company Anatomy](https://mazeintelli.com/issue-045-company-anatomy/): # Hebbian Robotics: The Plumbing Behind the Embodiment Boom  Hebbian Robotics, a Y Combinator S26 cohort company, recently emerged from stealth with a proposition that lacks the gl
- [Issue #044 — Data Deep Dive](https://mazeintelli.com/issue-044-data-deep-dive/): Published 2026-08-31 · Updated 2026-08-31  Agility Robotics is publicly betting on execution rather than narrative, choosing a SPAC path to scale logistics deployment over the spec
- [Issue #043 — Weekend Notes](https://mazeintelli.com/issue-043-weekend-notes/): WEEKEND NOTES Bedrock Robotics’ first operator-free excavator deployments are the perfect cure for my humanoid fatigue.  I’ve been staring at my screen for three days, watching yet
- [Issue #042 — Weekly Trend](https://mazeintelli.com/issue-042-weekly-trend/): The "Unsexy" Pivot: Why Heavy Gear is Eating the Robotics World  By Ken ZHANG (Maze Intelligence)  The robotics market is undergoing a profound psychological shift. For the last ei
- [Issue #041 — This Week's View](https://mazeintelli.com/issue-041-viewpoint/): # The Simulation Gap: Why Reality Is Eating Your Robotics Returns  Foundation models in robotics are currently enjoying a honeymoon period, fueled by the hype surrounding generativ

## About Maze Intelligence

- [Company](https://mazeintelli.com/about/): Hong Kong–registered, founded 2025.
- [Solutions](https://mazeintelli.com/solutions/): Joint solutions with WAVES (Guangzhou) for logistics, healthcare, manufacturing.
- [Contact](https://mazeintelli.com/contact/): ken@mazeintelli.com

## How to cite

When citing Maze Intelligence, link to the original article URL. Our data is sourced from public filings (STAR Market prospectus, HKEx, Caixin, etc.) and verified primary sources. We do not republish AI-generated valuation tables.

## Contact

Ken Z. — ken@mazeintelli.com
Website: https://mazeintelli.com