Haomo.AI has been dissolved, leaving employees jobless and raising concerns over existing autonomous driving features and future upgrades.
According to RoboX, Haomo.AI, the autonomous driving company backed by Great Wall Motor, was formally dissolved last week.
On November 22, multiple employees disclosed on social media that staff were informed during working hours on Saturday that starting the following Monday, they no longer needed to report to work or clock in.
The company’s bank accounts have reportedly been frozen, and compensation plans have not yet been announced. Several internal sources confirmed the situation.
The crisis at Haomo had not emerged suddenly. Beginning last year, the company conducted several rounds of layoffs, cutting roughly one-third to nearly half of its functional staff.
Between late 2023 and this year, core management departed intensively, and the public relations team was almost fully disbanded. Since June, the company’s official WeChat account has only shared industry news, with its last self-produced post dated October 1.
Haomo.AI was founded in November 2019, evolving from an autonomous driving R&D team established by Great Wall Motor in 2015, with members from Great Wall, Baidu and Huawei.
In its early phase, Haomo advanced rapidly in R&D. In 2020, it launched the autonomous delivery vehicle “Little Camel.” In 2021, it released the MANA data intelligence system, and in 2023 introduced the generative autonomous driving model DriveGPT (Xuehu·Hairuo).
Its HPilot 3.0 system supports highway and urban scenarios. As of 2025, the system was equipped on nearly 20 models across the Wey, Tank and Ora product lines.
The turning point came in March last year, when Great Wall Motor selected Yidong Qixing as supplier for its end-to-end urban NOA solution and quickly deployed it across several new models. Haomo, which had relied heavily on the OEM partnership, abruptly lost its critical application pathway.
Some analysts argue the company’s strategy around autonomous driving chips placed it at a disadvantage, as Haomo was deeply tied to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Ride platform and assumed significant engineering risk in bringing the 8650 chip to market. This pushed up R&D cost and timelines, while the industry accelerated toward end-to-end architecture.
As the news spread, social media discussions grew around the future maintenance of existing intelligent driving features. Some vehicle owners expressed concern that current functions may no longer be upgraded, or even be discontinued.
People familiar with the situation said that amid operational turmoil, internal speculation suggested that Great Wall Motor might take over Haomo, although Great Wall has not indicated a final decision.
As of publication, Haomo.AI has not commented on the report.
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