Leading AI & Robotics Products

Rui Xu

Hardware · AI Devices · Robotics

Product leader scaling AI devices, XR platforms, and robotics. 15+ years bridging vision, silicon, and manufacturing for Intel, Xiaomi, ByteDance, Tencent, and stealth ventures.

📍 San Francisco Bay Area
✉️ xuruiyl@gmail.com
Core Focus
Primary AI-native Hardware
Secondary Spatial & XR Devices
Superpower EVT→MP Discipline
Supply Chain Asian Manufacturing
Languages EN / CN / KR
Writing

My Time at K-Scale

Where a group of twenty-somethings (and one forty-year-old dad) tried to make a robot walk.

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Experience
Head of Hardware / Dev/Agents 2024 — Now

Owning EVT-to-MP decisions for Dev/Agents' stealth AI devices and agentic robotics concepts.

K-Scale Labs · COO 2023 — 2024

Built K-Bot's component map, diversified build routes, and staged a tariff-aware U.S. launch plan.

ByteDance & Tencent · GM / Sr Director 2018 — 2023

Shipped XR plus education hardware tied to TikTok/Lark while aligning Meta and Google XR alliances.

Lenovo Smart Devices · General Manager 2015 — 2018

Co-launched Google-powered smart displays/clocks and stabilized a multi-billion tablet P&L.

Xiaomi Global Product · Director Earlier

Opened 20+ overseas channels and scaled the IoT ecosystem roadmap for flagship market entries.

Operating Mode
Product intuition + Silicon literacy + Factory cadence
Robotics AI Agents Hardware