TOPIC

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SenseTime

Hong Kong-listed SenseTime is one of China's top artificial intelligence companies specialising in facial and image-recognition technology.

Chairman / President

Xu Li

CEO / Managing Director

Xu Li

CFO / Finance Director

Wang Zheng

Industry

Artificial Intelligence technology

Website

sensetime.com

Headquarters address

8th Floor, Building 3, No. 1 Wangjing East Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China

Stock Code

SEHK:0020

Year founded

2014

An AI chip is seen on display at the Zhongguancun Exhibition Centre in Beijing, March 25, 2026. Photo: Xinhua

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SenseTime co-founder and chief scientist Lin Dahua. Photo: Vincent Chow

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An AI sign is seen at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, July 6, 2023. Photo: Reuters

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The AI firm raises US$318 million through a share subscription, while the dairy giant issues US$489 million in bonds.

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The world faces an AI data crunch. China has a plan to beat it

The initiative is designed to anchor Beijing’s AI Plus strategy, which calls for AI to be woven into the industrial fabric of the economy.

Chinese researchers tackle AI training bottleneck for household robots

Top US AI conference apologises after sanctions policy sparks backlash in China

Why China’s humanoid robots are still waiting for their ‘ChatGPT moment’

Limited training data and unresolved hardware challenges continue to hold back humanoid robots from mass adoption, say experts.

Chinese AI and robotics firms appoint millennial, Gen Z stars as chief scientists

Young talent drive AI innovation at Chinese tech firms, focusing on fundamental research and strategic planning for future technologies.

Index compiler MSCI tilts towards Chinese tech stocks in latest revamp

A net 21 stocks were added to the MSCI China Index, including SenseTime, Pony.ai and Hesai Technology.

Shanghai unveils US$10 billion investment spree as US-China tech race heats up

Shanghai announces 50 new projects across an array of hi-tech industries as China’s cities heed Beijing’s call to double down on innovation.

MiniMax’s Hong Kong IPO set to hit US$538 million amid Chinese AI sector frenzy

The Alibaba-backed firm is set to price its 25.4 million shares at HK$165 each, the top end of its marketed range, sources say.

China-founded Tripo AI updates 3D content platform as users more than double

‘This shows that we’re on the right track,’ founder and CEO Simon Song Yachen says.

Shanghai to double down on open-source AI amid push for tech self-sufficiency

Shanghai is headquarters for AI model developers MiniMax and SenseTime, as well as AI chip developers such as Biren Technology and Enflame.

China’s Zhipu and MiniMax release latest AI models ahead of Hong Kong listing

The near-simultaneous release on Monday underscores the two firms’ efforts to drum up interest for their respective Hong Kong IPOs.

SenseTime pushes open-source AI model to provide a ‘smart brain’ for every robot

The Chinese AI pioneer also releases first robot dogs under new venture Ace Robotics.

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Cutting-edge tools from Shengshu, Kuaishou, Alibaba Cloud and SenseTime transform content creation for marketers and creators alike.

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Less hype, more hardware: SenseTime banks on multimodal AI to regain its edge

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Wife of SenseTime’s late founder donates HK$20 million via new Hong Kong charity

Sophie and Sean Foundation to carry out wish of Tang Xiao’ou to give back to community, with three universities in city among those to benefit.

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The two companies intend to promote ‘a new indigenous AI development paradigm’.

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Chinese scholars say the measures have led to job losses and shrinking profits for some firms, but the region shows resilience.

.css-1f6sr3w{color:#727272;}Exclusive | SenseTime on fast track to profitability thanks to spin-offs, Beijing support

SenseTime attributes its financial progress to spinning off noncore operations and support from Beijing.

SenseTime’s AI growth surges, as China advances nationwide initiative

The company attributes the results to ‘tremendous growth’ in demand for training, fine-tuning and inference of generative AI models.

Tech sector hails Beijing’s AI blueprint as local chip, server firms set to gain

The State Council has set a goal of achieving an adoption rate of intelligent devices and AI agents of at least 70 per cent by 2027.

Beijing’s E-Town offers subsidies to robot buyers as China embraces humanoids

A festival marks the launch of a new shop specialising in robot purchases and maintenance, which is scheduled to open on Friday in E-Town.

China’s humanoid robots put on a show as Tesla’s Optimus kept behind glass

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WAIC Shanghai: China reveals new great leap forward with 1,509 AI models

That number accounted for more than 40 per cent of the 3,755 total AI models known worldwide, according to data from the Shanghai conference.

WAIC Shanghai: Tencent, SenseTime unveil latest AI models to stir up rivalry

Big Tech companies are banking on their artificial intelligence businesses to deliver the next wave of revenue streams.

Shanghai expo sets stage for US-China face-off in heated AI race

Business leaders who will speak at the main forum include former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, MiniMax founder Yan Junjie and SenseTime CEO Xu Li.

SenseTime, Mengniu join wave of Chinese firms tapping capital markets

The AI firm raises US$318 million through a share subscription, while the dairy giant issues US$489 million in bonds.

Hong Kong’s financial centre status gives it an edge in AI market, experts say

SenseTime chief financial officer Wang Zheng says ‘having easy access to capital is extremely important’ for AI companies.

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Exclusive | SenseTime on fast track to profitability thanks to spin-offs, Beijing support