Today, Dark Waves × 36Kr officially released the 2026 Under36 List — selecting 36 science innovators, 36 entrepreneurs, and 36 investors from tens of thousands of young (≤36 years old) science and innovation forces nationwide.
OxTium Technology Founder & CEO Jin Yongcheng, as a representative of the AI for Science track, was selected as this year's "Under36 Science Innovator" for his breakthrough explorations in Embodied Science.
Among the selected entrepreneurs and science innovators, over two-thirds are directly involved in fields related to AI or robotics, including emerging AI forces and technical experts, with an average age of about 33.
The spotlight of business narrative has shifted from "those who saw the gaps" to "those who master the technology."
This is not a trophy for one person, but a public endorsement of a team's four-year dedication to cutting-edge innovation.
What Are We Doing?
Traditional biological research still heavily relies on "human hands + experience + repeated trial and error" — inefficient, costly, and difficult to scale. OxTium Technology aims to rebuild the foundation of this with physical AI.
We have built two core engines:
GeneLLM — the world's first multi-omics large model trained on raw sequencing data, with 1.5 billion parameters and pre-training on 3.5 trillion base pairs, avoiding secondary errors from traditional modeling at the source;
BioFord Agent — an embodied autonomous research platform that connects downstream to all types of lab hardware such as pipetting stations, incubators, and centrifuges, and upstream to scientists' cognitive layer, achieving a fully autonomous Design→Build→Test→Learn cycle 24/7.
Currently, OxTium Technology's AI4S native closed-loop life science lab has been deployed in domestic universities with remarkable results.
Why Now?
One line from the Under36 introduction is memorable: "New paradigms are not about convincing the old, but about being rewritten by a new generation."
When OxTium deploys BioFord Agent into real labs, when the closed loop runs, when efficiency multiples are demonstrated — we begin to bypass old answers and reach new vistas.
Three rounds of tens of millions in financing in 2025, a recent nearly 100 million RMB Series A (led by GaoTejia), partnerships with 30+ top research institutions... Being selected as an "Under36 Science Innovator" is a response to the relentless pursuit of technological innovation along the way.
The mystery of life is vast, but we have chosen a path where AI can truly approach it. Thanks to all who affirm and accompany us.