JAMMIE RUO · FOUNDER PORTRAITFOUNDER & CEO · LYNOOK
Jammie (Roche) Ruo
An AI researcher turned hardware founder, building physical homes for digital characters.
FOUNDER PROFILE / 001
Jammie buildspresenceinto hardware.
Founder of LYNOOK — exploring how AI characters can feel less like software you open, and more like a presence that shares your space.
RoleFounder-led
MethodPrototype-first
FocusPhysical AI × Characters
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FOUNDER IDENTITY
JAMMIE RUO · FOUNDER PORTRAITRESEARCH → VIRTUAL HUMANS → PHYSICAL AI
A technical path into a deeply human product.
Before founding LYNOOK, Jammie worked across AI research, real-time character systems, and virtual humans. That background now informs a practical question: how can an AI character feel like it occupies a place—not just an interface?
- AI research
- Tencent AI Lab · Huya AI LabResearch Scientist → Senior Research Scientist
- Virtual humans
- XVERSELed animation and virtual human work
- Education
- Wuhan UniversityBachelor's degree in Software Engineering
- Founder record
- LYNOOK · 2025—presentFounder & CEO
INDEPENDENT MENTIONLYNOOK was presented by InnoX Shenzhen among its AI + hardware startups at BEYOND Expo 2026.
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WHY THIS, WHY NOW
A NOTE FROM JAMMIE
AI is becoming capable. I want to make it feel present.
Most AI still lives behind a rectangle. You call it, ask for something, and close it. I am interested in a different relationship: a character with a place, a point of view, and a presence that can quietly continue between interactions.
LYNOOK is my attempt to make that idea tangible. It brings hardware, 3D character systems, and AI interaction into one physical object — designed around companionship rather than another stream of notifications.
— Jammie, Founder of LYNOOK
PHYSICAL PROTOTYPEUNRETOUCHED PRODUCT REFERENCE
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PROOF OVER POSTURE
The object comes before the promise.
Trust starts with being precise about what is real today and what is still being built.
- IN HANDPhysical form
- A desktop companion prototype with a multi-surface enclosure and a real spatial footprint.
- BUILDINGCharacter presence
- Bringing 3D character software and AI interaction into a coherent, everyday experience.
- DIRECTIONContinuous life
- A character that can carry context, identity, and a sense of continuity beyond a single screen.
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OPERATING PRINCIPLES
Build the evidence. Keep the wonder.
Make it physical.
If an idea is meant to share a room with people, it should leave the slide deck and enter the room early.
Test the feeling.
The real question is not only whether the system works, but whether its presence feels calm, clear, and worth returning to.
Earn trust by shipping.
Show the object. Name what is still in progress. Let each prototype make the next promise more credible.
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