Robo.ai Inc. (NASDAQ: AIIO) and DaBoss.AI Inc. announced a definitive joint‑venture agreement that gives Robo.ai a 51% equity stake and majority board control. The new entity will be headquartered in the United Arab Emirates and will focus on building a distributed embodied‑intelligence data acquisition and annotation center that combines robotic‑terminal data with VR and wearable‑device streams. Commercial operations are slated to begin within 90 days of the agreement’s execution.
The joint venture will deploy a dual‑engine methodology that captures embodied data through standardized robotic terminals while supplementing it with non‑embodied data from virtual‑reality and wearable sensors. The partnership is designed to address the scale, cost, and compliance challenges that large‑model developers face when sourcing high‑quality physical‑world data. By consolidating the venture’s financial results under Robo.ai’s U.S. GAAP statements, the company signals a long‑term commitment to expanding its AI data services footprint in the MENA region.
Robo.ai’s decision to pursue the joint venture comes amid a period of severe financial distress. Net revenue fell from $37.3 million in 2023 to $12.0 million in 2024, and the company posted a net loss of $0.9 million in the first half of 2025. Cash and cash equivalents were low at the end of 2024, and the company’s shareholder equity was negative. In December 2025, Robo.ai secured $180 million in financing from ATW Partners to support strategic transformation, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate operations.
Benjamin Zhai, CEO of Robo.ai, said the partnership “provides access to physical‑world data and introduces cutting‑edge acquisition technology from Silicon Valley, enabling us to serve global clients with urgent needs for high‑quality embodied‑intelligence data in a compliant and efficient manner.” Aiden Zhu, Co‑founder and U.S. CEO of DaBoss.AI, added that the collaboration “reduces the capital intensity and risk of acquiring embodied intelligence data, allowing clients to focus on defining the scope of their tasks.”
The joint venture is part of a broader strategy that includes a separate partnership with Tachyon9 Corporation to build AI data centers in the UAE and a reseller agreement with The Ghazi Group for AI infrastructure products across the MENA and Southeast Asia regions. These initiatives underscore Robo.ai’s ambition to become a leading provider of AI data infrastructure in emerging markets while leveraging its regional presence and DaBoss.AI’s technical expertise.
While the joint venture offers a pathway to scale data acquisition and potentially improve margins, it also reflects Robo.ai’s need to diversify revenue streams amid declining core business performance. The company’s consolidation of the venture’s results will add a new line of revenue and expense to its financial statements, but the overall impact will depend on the venture’s ability to achieve the projected 90‑day commercial launch and to generate sustainable demand from AI model developers.
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