Chinese Internet Giants Accelerate Into the Physical World as Meituan, JD.com, ByteDance and Baidu Build Robotics, Smart Delivery and Embodied AI Empires

China’s top internet companies are moving aggressively into robotics, autonomous delivery, and embodied AI.

Meituan, JD.com, ByteDance, and Baidu are leading efforts across drones, robotaxis, warehouse automation, and logistics.

The push reflects slowing online growth and the view that AI is now strong enough for real-world automation.

Their data, capital, and platform scale could help build vertically integrated physical-AI systems and reshape competition.