Wen/Yang Jianyong
A new round of information technology to the Internet of Things transformation, technological innovation to help the transformation and upgrading of various industries, 5G, cloud, AI and other new technologies as the core of the whole society to promote digital transformation, and for the global injection of economic growth momentum. As an important engine of the digital economy, IoT has entered a new era driven by data, along with the deployment of more and more enterprise and public **** services. Unleashing the potential of data under the application of AI technology, enterprises are driven to rapid innovation due to the ability to access unlimited data, manufacturing industries utilize data to drive transformation and upgrading, and even countries and regions gain insights into the future of the business economy based on data.
In the application of AI on the ground, the domestic because of a huge user base, data and application advantages, will further activate the deployment of the Internet of Things, especially scientific and technological innovation and the capital market fusion of the launch of the Science and Technology Innovation Board, for scientific and technological innovation injection of vitality, the domestic around artificial intelligence, AI chip, robotics, smart home and biotechnology and other innovative enterprises ushered in a major capital dividend. The report from the Galaxy Securities Fund Research Center shows that the preliminary budget of 300 billion yuan of public funds will participate in the science and innovation board, while CITIC Capital expects that the scale of IPO financing for science and innovation board companies in 2019 will be about 66.5 billion yuan.
Artificial Intelligence as a hotspot of technological development and the future trend of technological development, accounted for in the AI wind mouth, looking ahead to 2019, AI unicorn enterprises will be in the spotlight, especially big and beautiful super unicorns are favored by the market, and if they can be landed on the Science and Technology Creation Board will be sought after by the capital. Below I list some of the representative AI innovation enterprises.
Machine vision
There are four major machine vision unicorns in China, namely, Quangtang, Cloud from, Kuangshi, and YiTu technology, which promote the wide application of AI technology, which relies on Quangtang to build a new generation of AI open innovation platform for the national smart vision. In addition, chip makers such as Qualcomm and MediaTek are also using QT AI technology to bring colorful and innovative experiences to smart terminals, such as improving the shooting experience and photo quality of mobile devices. As the first of the four unicorns, the valuation is $4.5 billion, and there is news that Japan's Softbank has invested $1 billion, pushing the valuation up to $6 billion.
These four unicorns in the domestic sunshine countless, in the recent "Fast Company" announced China's most innovative enterprises in the Kuangyi technology shortlisted for the top ten, in addition, Kuangyi technology in this year upgraded the AI strategy to AI-driven Internet of Things industry development, the launch of the river map system, to help logistics, manufacturing and retail and other industrial Internet landing in the various vertical areas, which Kuangyi technology CEO Yinqi claims that In two or three years, it will become the backbone of the Internet of Things.
In the view of Yang Jianyong, senior consultant of the Internet of Things, the four major domestic machine vision unicorns benefit from the wide application of machine vision, promoting its AI technology rooted in various vertical industry applications, including manufacturing, retail, finance, health care and security and other verticals, their innovation ability or will usher in explosive development.
AI chips
In the era of the Internet of Things (IoT), the number of all kinds of smart devices is showing rapid growth, and in the next few years, the number of connected IoT devices will be as high as 75 billion, and the demand for IoT and AI chips for all kinds of smart devices has increased dramatically, which is expected to bring tens of billions of dollars in market opportunities. Not only chip giants Intel and Nvidia and other big development of a variety of IoT device chips, and even Google, Amazon and Ali and other Internet companies have to enter the chip field, at the same time, many innovative enterprises aiming at this opportunity, set off a wave of AI core.
In this domestic core boom, Cambrian and Horizon have become hot projects, Cambrian became the first unicorn in the field of global smart chips, successfully positioned in the AI wind mouth, including Huawei and other cell phone manufacturers choose to use Cambrian 1A intelligent processor IP products. And just recently, Horizon carried out a $600 million financing, valued at up to $3 billion, surpassing Cambrian to become the world's largest AI chip unicorn.
With artificial intelligence as the core of the wave of intelligence sweeping the world, Yang Jianyong pointed out that the AI technology development and landing speed beyond imagination, high-performance chips have become the high point of this era, in this battle of the chip, China's innovative enterprises in the capital and policy support, the AI chip unicorns are sought after by the top institutions, but also to push the Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence more widely used to land, after all, in the AI era, customized chips for artificial intelligence is the key to achieving artificial intelligence.
Robotics
In the field of robotics, DJI Innovation is regarded as a global model, and its drones are renowned around the world, undoubtedly becoming one of the most dazzling stars under the wave of the new economy, and in the list of the world's 50 most influential robotics companies, DJI Innovation is ranked ninth, and Boston Dynamics is ranked eighth, and the valuation is as high as $24 billion. The valuation is as high as 24 billion dollars. Today, DJI is no longer limited to consumer drones, but has extended its reach to develop more commercial drone solutions for vertical industries such as agriculture, construction, and public **** safety.
Also born in Shenzhen, Ubitus, the world's leading representative of humanoid intelligent robots, since last year's round of financing led by Tencent, valued at $ 5 billion, and now there is news that will again start a new round of financing, which is expected to be valued at up to $ 10 billion. In addition, Ubiquitous CEO Zhou Jian also revealed that this year's IPO program, and the location is chosen in the country, combined with the current vigorously promoted Kechuan Board, he is expected to ride on this class of capital express.
Life Technology
AI technology will open up a new era of smart healthcare, the combination of life sciences and big data is regarded as a trend in the development of healthcare, with the integration of artificial intelligence, life sciences and big data, life big data will make a huge leap in the field of medical science, but also make the "precision medicine" possible. and also make "precision medicine" possible. Carbon Cloud Intelligence was established under the life science and technology trend, since the establishment of the place in 2015 has become a hot entrepreneurial star company, and access to Tencent, the source of Concordia and Rongzhilian listed companies such as financial support, public information shows that the valuation of 1 billion U.S. dollars.
Carbon Cloud Intelligence develops artificial intelligence platforms that help promote disease treatment, health care, precision nutrition and related research development, and integrates the advantages of artificial intelligence into the big data analysis and application of human life data through data mining and machine learning. As a unicorn of life and health management, the cause of CarbonCloud Intelligence and the significance of the future of human health, as early as April last year was rumored to be seeking a new one billion U.S. dollars in financing to support the expansion of the business, a round of financing will be valued at up to 5 billion U.S. dollars. While this has not been officially commented on, as a startup with a unique business model and strong brand dominance, it is working to collect big data on the lives of carbon-based individuals, which in turn can be driven and analyzed by artificial intelligence to help individuals better manage their health and lead AI innovation.
Finally
This year is the spring of tech innovation, with strong policy support for industries and new economy infrastructure development areas such as IoT, AI, Industrial Internet and IoT, ushering in a development dividend for innovation with the new economy and promising a new generation of giant companies in this new era.2019 , we will wait and see!
The author is Yang Jianyong, senior consultant of the Internet of Things, dedicated to the depth of interpretation of the Internet of Things economy and artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge technology, based on the future of the Internet of Things insights and judgments on the trend, the views and research strategies have been cited by a number of authoritative media and well-known enterprises.