Entering 2023, ChatGPT has sprung up, and domestic and foreign technology companies have rapidly poured into artificial intelligence large language models (LLMs), computing chips and other tracks, becoming the only hot topic and the biggest variable with consensus in the technology industry in 2023. We have witnessed the boom and innovation of the cutting-edge technology industry.
In the face of fluctuations and uncertainties in the global economy, practitioners in cutting-edge technology and potentially valuable industries are still exploring China's scientific and technological innovation to accelerate the formation of "new quality productivity" and promote China's high-quality development.
These determined innovations, bold explorations and achievements behind sweat should be known and witnessed by more people. The 2023 Edge Awards Global Innovation Awards, with "potential value" as the core and focus on the world's cutting-edge technology, is an authoritative, pioneering and keen global innovation award. This year, in line with the global trend of science and technology development, focusing on hot spots at home and abroad, two awards of "Potential Value Enterprise of the Year" and "Frontier Technology Enterprise of the Year" were awarded to 14 companies.
In the 2023 Edge Awards Global Innovation Selection, we awarded 9 potential value companies, which are: Aixin Yuanzhi, Aotu Technology, Denglin Technology, Arctic Vision Intelligent Technology, Facewall Intelligence, Shengshu Technology, Yipuji, Yunmai Xinlian, and Zhicun Technology.
[Aixin Yuanzhi].
As an AI chip R&D and basic computing platform company, Aixin Yuanzhi is committed to developing and providing high-performance and low-power AI SoC chips and full-stack solutions to serve the huge edge and end-to-end device markets such as smart cities, intelligent driving, robotics and AR VR. At present, the company has completed hundreds of millions of yuan in financing, and investors include Weihao Chuangxin, Qiming Venture Capital, Meituan, etc.【Aotu Technology】
Altos Radar is an innovative company deeply engaged in 4D millimeter-wave radar, and has created a new generation of 4D imaging millimeter-wave radar with high performance, high reliability and low cost for the first time, enabling high-level assisted driving and fully unmanned driving, bridging the perception gap of autonomous driving commercialization, and providing important cornerstone products for its real landing. At present, the first radar product of Aotu Technology has been developed, produced and tested, and can be shipped on a large scale, realizing the world's leading radar point cloud perception effect on the low-cost, mass-produced vehicle-grade SoC platform.[Arctic Vision Intelligent Technology].
Big data is the cornerstone of the sustainable development of artificial intelligence, and the future is data-driven intelligent driving, especially to solve the long-tail problem in autonomous driving, it is necessary to collect a lot of difficult samples to drive the iterative upgrading of algorithms. Arctic Vision has built its own risk control platform, data management platform, and data annotation platform, which can realize efficient use of data after obtaining data, and finally form a fully automated data system. Through this system, both the speed and cost of annotation and the speed of model iteration have been greatly improved.[Denglin Technology].
As a technology company that provides high-efficiency computing platforms in the emerging computing field, Denglin Technology is committed to building cutting-edge chip products and platform-based basic system software with cloud-edge-end integration and software and hardware collaboration, and is the first GPU company in China to achieve large-scale commercial landing.[Face Wall Intelligence].
As a newly established AI large model technology innovation and application landing enterprise, Facewall Intelligence is committed to creating safe and inclusive general AI technology, and the latest 100 billion multi-modal large model Luca has been recorded.[Shengshu Technology].
As one of the earliest teams in China to deploy multi-modal large models, Biodigital Technology is jointly incubated by Ant Group, BV Venture Capital and RealAI, and is committed to building controllable multi-modal general large models, and has completed two rounds of financing.[YIPUJI].
With the vigorous development of the digital economy and the breakthrough of AIGC and other technologies, the digital infrastructure represented by the data center has ushered in new development opportunities. As a leading green modular data center builder in China, YIPSET has been committed to creating a "new model of data center construction", which has greatly improved the efficiency and use of data center construction through the exploration and optimization of prefabricated technology, and shortened the delivery time of traditional data centers from 24-36 months to 9-12 months. YIPJI was rated as one of the top 50 of the top 100 growth enterprises in Shanghai in 2023, a "specialized, special and new" enterprise in Shanghai and a high-tech enterprise in Shanghai.[Yunmai Xinlian].
As a leading provider of DPU chips in China, Yunmai Xinlian has the first multi-scenario RDMA smart NIC DPU technology products and solutions in China, and the company's latest round of financing investors are Inspur.[Zhicun Technology].
As one of the earliest chip companies engaged in in-memory computing technology in China, Zhicun Technology has mass-produced and sold a variety of AI chips that integrate memory and computing, which are used in end-side scenarios such as headphones, AR glasses, and smart home control, with a total financing amount of more than 500 million yuan.In the 2023 Edge Awards Global Innovation Selection, we awarded 5 cutting-edge technology companies to 5 cutting-edge technology companies, which are: 4Paradigm, UBTECH, Brain Tiger Technology, Suiyuan Technology, and Tashan Technology.
[Fourth Paradigm].
As the No. 1 leading AI company in the domestic decision-making AI market, 4Paradigm was successfully listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on September 28 this year, with a market value of more than 20 billion yuan.[Brain Tiger Technology].
As a life science company that deploys flexible brain-computer grafting to protect and explore the brain, Brain Tiger Technology announced a number of new technological achievements such as the latest implant electrodes and surgical robots in July this year to promote the commercialization of invasive brain-computer interfaces.[Suiyuan Technology].
Suiyuan Technology focuses on cloud and edge computing products in the field of artificial intelligence, and is committed to building a computing power foundation for general artificial intelligence, providing original innovation, AI acceleration cards, system clusters, and software and hardware solutions with independent intellectual property rights. With its innovative architecture with high computing power, high energy efficiency ratio and efficient and easy-to-use software platform, the product can be widely used in multiple industries and scenarios such as pan-Internet, intelligent computing center, smart city, smart finance, scientific computing, and autonomous driving.[Other Mountain Technology].
Tashan Technology is a developer of artificial intelligence tactile sensor chips and related solutions. It is composed of senior R&D teams from Tsinghua University, University of Manchester and other top universities at home and abroad. The world's first digital-analog hybrid AI haptic chip has been developed, which solves the global technical problem of simultaneous analysis of tactile multi-dimensional perception signals. The company's key scenarios cover automotive electronics, smart home appliances, consumer electronics, robotics and other fields.[UBTECH].
As a leading company in the field of humanoid robots, UBTECH was established in 2012 and has developed and sold humanoid robots and intelligent service robot product solutions for education, logistics and other scenarios. As of June 30, 2023, UBTECH has 1,800 patents related to robotics and artificial intelligence, of which more than 380 are overseas patents.