Radar · Artificial Intelligence in China
Best Artificial Intelligence Companies in China
The 734 best Artificial Intelligence companies in China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: SenseTime.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
734companies tracked
$29.3Bdisclosed funding
24unicorns
408have raised
China's Artificial Intelligence sector is one of the most heavily capitalized tech bets on the planet right now, and this directory ranks the best AI companies operating there by disclosed equity funding and recent funding momentum across 734 tracked firms. Total disclosed funding sits at $29.3B. Twenty-four unicorns have already cleared the threshold. SenseTime leads at $2.8B raised, Megvii follows at $2.0B, and Moonshot AI and UBTECH have each pulled in $1.3B, which tells you something about how capital is clustering around both vision AI and humanoid robotics simultaneously.
The global AI market is projected to grow from roughly $235.3B in 2024 to around $1,811.8B by 2030 at a 34.3% CAGR, and China's cohort is positioned to capture a meaningful slice of that. Hot themes inside the directory right now are AI hardware, AI research frameworks, and threat intelligence sharing, the last of which feels especially live given India's parallel push to use AI for defending digital infrastructure from cyber threats. And the Anthropic-Trump guardrails standoff is a useful reminder that data privacy regulation is reshaping AI strategy on every continent, China included. Sequoia Capital China and Tencent are among the most active backers here. If you're mapping the competitive field, this is where I'd start.
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Our analysis of 151 Artificial Intelligence companies
$81.0b in tracked funding; 96% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
151companies analysed
96%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
51unicorns
2021median founding year
315kcombined LinkedIn audience
88%of audience held by top 3
2companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Artificial Intelligence companies in China
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Market signals (1y) | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SenseTime 🦄 AI based platform offering image recognition solutions 93Fin. health top 11%Funding top 13%Talent top 19%Market top 21% All 13 signals ▾Fin. healthtop 11% Fundingtop 13% Talenttop 19% Markettop 21% AItop 22% Patentstop 24% Newstop 31% Moattop 34% Producttop 35% Innovationtop 37% Growthtop 40% Globaltop 42% Techtop 46% Fin. health: Revenue ~$3.8B · Revenue 1.4x total funding Funding: Raised $2.8B across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 12 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 93/100 | $2.8B | 1 mo ago | Public | 5,016 | Tang Xiao'ou Co-Founder | Radix UITailwind CSSReact+10 | 7 signals ▲17% Earnings · Funding · IPO | 104 patents AI-driven computer vision and perception technologies for autonomous systems and video analytics | 2 launchs · 2 partnerships |
| 2 | Megvii 🦄 Developer of AIoT solutions, including software, hardware, and platform systems 57Funding top 18%AI top 20%Moat top 26%Product top 41% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 18% AItop 20% Moattop 26% Producttop 41% Growthtop 45% Newsbottom 49% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 46% Marketbottom 42% Globalbottom 38% Funding: Raised $2.0B across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 14 yrs (0.5/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $2.0B | 14 mo ago | Series D | 17 | Qi Yin Co-Founder & CEO | PHPVideoJSGSAP+11 | — | — | — |
| 3 | UBTECH 🦄 Provider of service robots for diversified applications 90Funding top 13%Product top 17%AI top 20%News top 22% All 13 signals ▾Fundingtop 13% Producttop 17% AItop 20% Newstop 22% Innovationtop 25% Growthtop 29% Markettop 31% Moattop 31% Techtop 35% Talenttop 38% Globalbottom 48% Customersbottom 37% Partnersbottom 34% Funding: Raised $1.3B across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 12 yrs (0.5/yr) Product: 7 distinct product lines · 9 published apps (98.9k installs) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 90/100 | $1.3B | 9 mo ago | Public | 800 | Zhou Jian Co-Founder & CEO | Node.jsElement UIAnimate.css+12 | 5 signals ▲400% Funding · Announcements · Earnings | — | 4 launchs · 2 partnerships |
| 4 | Moonshot AI 🦄 Platform offering artificial intelligence solutions 89Funding top 10%Tech top 25%News top 25%AI top 26% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 10% Techtop 25% Newstop 25% AItop 26% Moattop 26% Talenttop 28% Growthtop 32% Markettop 39% Globalbottom 36% Funding: Raised $1.3B across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 3 yrs (1.3/yr) Tech: 40 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Web Services rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 89/100 | $1.3B | 1 mo ago | Series D | — | Zhou Xinyu Co-Founder | BootstrapAmazon Web ServicesAtlassian Statuspage+13 | 8 signals ▲167% Funding · Regulatory | — | — |
| 5 | 4Paradigm 🦄 Provider of enterprise-level artificial intelligence solutions and machine learning platforms | $1.1B | 64 mo ago | Public | 1,904 | — | PHPLayuiAnimate.css+6 | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 6 | Baichuan 🦄 Provider of AI language models 60AI top 20%Funding top 21%Moat top 28%Growth top 35% All 10 signals ▾AItop 20% Fundingtop 21% Moattop 28% Growthtop 35% Innovationtop 50% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 47% Patentsbottom 42% Techbottom 40% Globalbottom 35% AI: Classified as an AI company Funding: Raised $1.0B across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 3 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $1.0B | 22 mo ago | Series A | — | Wang Xiaochuan Founder | Node.jsReactNext.js App Router+7 | — | 7 patents Patents concentrated in transport & manufacturing processes | — |
| 7 | MiningLamp 🦄 Provider of enterprise big data solutions | $1.0B | 65 mo ago | Public | 400 | Valerie Ho CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Enflame Provider of cloud-based deep learning chips 78Funding top 25%AI top 26%Moat top 31%Market top 38% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 25% AItop 26% Moattop 31% Markettop 38% Talenttop 38% Globalbottom 29% Newsbottom 18% Funding: Raised $746M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 8 yrs (0.6/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: deep learning, machine learning rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 78/100 | $746M | 32 mo ago | Series D | 700 | Zhang Yalin Co-Founder & COO | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Zhipu 🦄 AI powered code generation tool for developers 74Funding top 13%Product top 18%Talent top 28%AI top 30% All 12 signals ▾Fundingtop 13% Producttop 18% Talenttop 28% AItop 30% Moattop 32% Newstop 40% Growthtop 42% Innovationtop 45% Techtop 45% Markettop 46% Globalbottom 40% Patentsbottom 36% Funding: Raised $742M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 4 yrs (1.5/yr) Product: 4 product launch events in 12 mo, 1 the year before · Company stage: Public rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100 | $742M | 14 mo ago | Public | — | Li Juanzi Co Founder | Node.jsAnt DesignReact+9 | 15 signals ▼32% IPO · New product · Earnings | 4 patents AlGaInP LED materials, GaN power semiconductor chips, and LED packaging technologies | — |
| 10 | Banma Network Technology 🦄 Connected car platform | $698M | 59 mo ago | Series B | — | Alex Shi CEO | Node.jsVue.jsExpress+2 | — | — | — |
| 11 | Black Sesame Technologies 🦄 Developer of AI-based chips for machine vision tasks 89Product top 14%Patents top 15%Innovation top 18%AI top 20% All 11 signals ▾Producttop 14% Patentstop 15% Innovationtop 18% AItop 20% Markettop 25% Fundingtop 26% Moattop 26% Talenttop 28% Globaltop 40% Techbottom 22% Newsbottom 19% Product: 5 distinct product lines · Company stage: Public Patents: 247 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 198 filings since 2022 vs 49 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 89/100 | $500M | 46 mo ago | Public | 916 | Wilson Liu Co-Founder & COO | — | — | 53 patents Advanced automotive vision systems: camera calibration, image fusion, shading correction, and robust data links. | — |
| 12 | FOR-U Provider of digital logistics solutions for full truckload freight | $432M | 60 mo ago | Public | 644 | Dandan Shan Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | YITU 🦄 Provider of AI based decision intelligence platform for multiple sectors | $385M | 29 mo ago | Series C | 1,507 | Leo Zhu Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Vastai Technologies Provider of GPU and AI-based chips for machine vision applications 74Moat top 22%AI top 26%Funding top 32%Talent top 38% All 6 signals ▾Moattop 22% AItop 26% Fundingtop 32% Talenttop 38% Markettop 41% Globalbottom 36% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-based, computer vision rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100 | $378M | 53 mo ago | Series B | 180 | John Qian Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Iluvatar CoreX Manufacturer of cloud computing chips 62AI top 18%Funding top 21%Market top 41%Moat top 47% All 8 signals ▾AItop 18% Fundingtop 21% Markettop 41% Moattop 47% Talentbottom 49% Patentsbottom 45% Globalbottom 40% Innovationbottom 38% AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Funding: Raised $334M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 5 yrs (0.4/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $334M | 20 mo ago | Public | 300 | Zheng Jinshan Co-Founder | — | — | 23 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 16 | 01.AI 🦄 Platform offering AI technology and applications | $300M | 22 mo ago | Series D | — | Anita Huang Co Founder | Cart FunctionalityApple iCloud MailNginx+12 | — | — | — |
| 17 | Beijing Qingwei Intelligent Technology Developer of reconfigurable chip technology for edge and cloud computing 55AI top 20%Funding top 27%Moat top 48%Talent bottom 49% All 6 signals ▾AItop 20% Fundingtop 27% Moattop 48% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 40% Globalbottom 36% AI: Classified as an AI company Funding: Raised $283M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 4 yrs (0.2/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $283M | 6 mo ago | Series C | — | Wang Bo Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Mushroom Autolink Information Technology Provider of AI and cloud-based autonomous driving solutions | $204M | 37 mo ago | Series C | — | Zhu Lei Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Senyi Provider of an AI-based medical data management and mining platform for the healthcare industry 53Funding top 21%AI top 26%Talent top 34%Market top 35% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 21% AItop 26% Talenttop 34% Markettop 35% Moattop 35% Globalbottom 36% Innovationbottom 30% Patentsbottom 26% Techbottom 22% Funding: Raised $200M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 10 yrs (0.6/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-based, artificial intelligence rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $200M | 23 mo ago | Series E | 400 | Ma Handong Co-Founder | — | — | 2 patents Thermal safety vent mechanisms for heating appliances and electromagnetic interference testing equipment | — |
| 20 | Giga AI Developer of video motion capture models and spatial intelligence solutions 72Funding top 19%AI top 20%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 33% All 4 signals ▾Fundingtop 19% AItop 20% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 33% Funding: Raised $158M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 2 yrs (1.5/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100 | $158M | 3 mo ago | Series A | — | Zheng Zhu Co-Founder & Chief Scientist | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Maxieye ADAS products & autopilot systems for automotive | $150M | 19 mo ago | Series D | — | Zhou Shengyan CEO | PHPLayuiBootstrap+6 | — | — | — |
| 22 | Bluepha Developer of synthetic biology and biomaterial | $133M | 40 mo ago | Series B | 120 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Axera Developer of AI-based visual processing units 48Funding top 21%AI top 30%Market top 47%Moat top 48% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 21% AItop 30% Markettop 47% Moattop 48% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 36% Techbottom 15% Funding: Raised $126M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 5 yrs (0.4/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-based rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $126M | 14 mo ago | Public | 300 | Xiaoxin Qiu Founder & CEO | PHPSwiperSlick+1 | — | — | — |
| 24 | DataCanvas Provider of AI infrastructure, intelligent computing cloud platforms, and related software | $106M | 29 mo ago | Series D | — | Lei Fang Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | 3 patents Optimizing cloud resource allocation and container orchestration performance measurement | — |
| 25 | Tage I-Driver Develops products for autonomous driving of mining vehicles | $98M | 1 mo ago | Series D | — | Yu Guizhen CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | Manus General AI agent that leverages its autonomous capabilities to bridge minds and actions | $75M | 13 mo ago | Acquired | — | Henry Yang Co-founder & CMO | SentryNode.jsReact+15 | — | — | — |
| 27 | Yida Technology Cloud-based multi functional robotic process automation solutions | $60M | 22 mo ago | Series B | — | Zhang Xingyang CEO | — | — | 12 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 28 | Tripo AI-Powered 3D Modeling platform that generates 3D models with text or images in seconds 82Funding top 26%Growth top 28%AI top 30%Tech top 32% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 26% Growthtop 28% AItop 30% Techtop 32% Moattop 38% Talenttop 38% Markettop 44% Productbottom 48% Globalbottom 36% Funding: Raised $50.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Growth: Web rank 100,000 → 50,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 82/100 | $50M | 3 mo ago | Series A | — | Guoli Su Co-Founder | Node.jsThree.jsUnoCSS+18 | — | — | — |
| 29 | RealAI Developer of AI platform for multi-industry verticals | $47M | 26 mo ago | Series B | — | Liyuan LIU Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | DeepWise Developer of AI-based radiology image solutions primarily for cancer diagnosis 72AI top 26%Funding top 30%Market top 35%Moat top 39% All 5 signals ▾AItop 26% Fundingtop 30% Markettop 35% Moattop 39% Globalbottom 36% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-based, deep learning Funding: Raised $46.3M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 9 yrs (0.4/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100 | $46M | 16 mo ago | Series D | 200 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | HOUMO.AI Provider of an intelligent computing chip that enables AI calculations 62AI top 20%Funding top 38%Market top 48%Talent bottom 49% All 5 signals ▾AItop 20% Fundingtop 38% Markettop 48% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 36% AI: Classified as an AI company Funding: Raised $46.2M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 5 yrs (0.2/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $46M | 23 mo ago | Seed | 100 | Qiang Wu Co-Founder and CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 32 | Leman Biotech Develope rof AI-based platform for cancer immunotherapy 21AI top 30%Talent top 38%Funding top 39%Global bottom 29% All 6 signals ▾AItop 30% Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 39% Globalbottom 29% Marketbottom 25% Techbottom 15% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-based Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 21/100 | $43M | 3 mo ago | Series A | — | Li Tang Co-Founder | PHPApache HTTP Servercore-js+1 | — | — | — |
| 33 | OYMotion Technologies Developer of motion sensors 40AI top 20%Funding top 26%Market bottom 44%Moat bottom 38% All 6 signals ▾AItop 20% Fundingtop 26% Marketbottom 44% Moatbottom 38% Globalbottom 29% Techbottom 21% AI: Classified as an AI company Funding: Raised $36.1M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 6 yrs (0.3/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $36M | 2 mo ago | Series C | 55 | — | Microsoft ASP.NETBootstrapNginx+2 | — | — | — |
| 34 | Jiangxing Provider of edge computing hardware and software for applications in AI and IoT | $33M | 24 mo ago | Series B | 100 | Haitian Pang Co-Founder & COO | — | — | 5 patents Thermal management and energy-efficient solutions for power electronics, heated wearables, molding, catalyst analysis, and air pur | — |
| 35 | Deep Principle Provider of AI-driven materials and chemical-reaction discovery solutions | $28M | 6 mo ago | Series A | — | Chenru Duan Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | — | 1 launch |
| 36 | Shengsheng Technology Online acoustic and asset vibration monitoring solution for multi-industry applications 62AI top 26%Moat top 31%Funding top 32%Innovation top 40% All 7 signals ▾AItop 26% Moattop 31% Fundingtop 32% Innovationtop 40% Patentstop 44% Marketbottom 43% Globalbottom 40% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: artificial intelligence, deep learning Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · IP moat: 7 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $23M | 19 mo ago | Series B | 50 | — | — | — | 7 patents Automotive exterior accessories and display backlight modules for vehicle lighting systems | — |
| 37 | ORCA-TECH Manufacturer of unmanned surface vessels for cleaning and leisure applications 48Funding top 29%Moat top 39%Market top 47%Global bottom 36% All 4 signals ▾Fundingtop 29% Moattop 39% Markettop 47% Globalbottom 36% Funding: Raised $22.9M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 9 yrs (0.4/yr) Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 9 curated direct competitors tracked rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $23M | 3 mo ago | Series B | 70 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 38 | Deep Intelligent Pharma Developer of AI-based drug development platform 62Funding top 26%Talent top 28%AI top 30%Moat top 39% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 26% Talenttop 28% AItop 30% Moattop 39% Marketbottom 49% Techbottom 43% Globalbottom 29% Funding: Raised $21.6M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 8 yrs (0.4/yr) Talent: Analyst team rating 4/5 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $22M | 4 mo ago | Series E | 100 | — | Node.jsAnt DesignReact+9 | — | — | — |
| 39 | Molecular Heart Provider of chemoproteomics platform for small molecule drug discovery 24AI top 26%Funding top 38%Talent bottom 49%Tech bottom 30% All 6 signals ▾AItop 26% Fundingtop 38% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 30% Globalbottom 29% Marketbottom 25% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-based, deep learning Funding: Raised $14.6M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 3 yrs (0.3/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 24/100 | $15M | 21 mo ago | Series A | — | Xu Jinbo Founder | ReactReact RouterNginx | — | — | 1 launch |
| 40 | Fengping Intelligence Provider of artificial intelligence generated content solution | $14M | 21 mo ago | Series A | — | He Junhua Co-Founder & COO | — | — | — | — |
| 41 | Zhongzhiwei Technology Provides AI driven cyber security solutions | $14M | 18 mo ago | Series B | — | Sun Jie Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 42 | Shanghai Tianyu Technology Provider of an AI-powered protein design model 42AI top 30%Funding top 36%Talent bottom 49%Market bottom 37% All 5 signals ▾AItop 30% Fundingtop 36% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 29% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-powered Funding: Raised $13.8M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 2 yrs (0.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $14M | 19 mo ago | Series A | — | Liang Hong Founder | — | — | — | 3 launchs |
| 43 | THESEUS Provider of intelligent machine vision equipment and solutions integration services 57AI top 20%Market top 47%Funding top 49%Global bottom 29% All 4 signals ▾AItop 20% Markettop 47% Fundingtop 49% Globalbottom 29% AI: Classified as an AI company Market: 100 employees (top 35% of Industrial Goods and Manufacturing) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $14M | 18 mo ago | Series A | 100 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 44 | SiliconFlow AI infrastructure platform to accelerate Artificial General Intelligence | $14M | 12 mo ago | Series A | — | Jinhui Yuan Co-Founder & CEO | MintlifyNode.jsKaTeX+13 | — | — | 8 launchs |
| 45 | OpenSocial Platform that enables users to create and engage with their own social communities 53AI top 20%Talent top 38%Funding top 39%Global bottom 38% All 5 signals ▾AItop 20% Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 39% Globalbottom 38% Marketbottom 37% AI: Classified as an AI company Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $11M | 22 mo ago | Series A | — | HsinYa Man Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 46 | Jumppoint Provider of integrated logistics, warehousing, and delivery network solutions | $6M | 18 mo ago | Series A | — | Samson Ho Founder & CEO | Webflow EcommerceWebflowAmazon Web Services+16 | — | — | — |
| 47 | Luchen Technology Provider of AI model development services 60AI top 20%Funding top 41%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 29% All 4 signals ▾AItop 20% Fundingtop 41% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 29% AI: Classified as an AI company Funding: Raised $6.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 4 yrs (0.2/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $6M | 3 mo ago | Series B | — | You Yang Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 48 | HolmesAI Developer of tools for automating and optimizing artificial intelligence model development | $5M | 6 mo ago | Series A | — | Rachel Lei CEO | Google Sign-inAnt DesignReact+8 | — | — | — |
| 49 | ViAct Developer of artificial intelligence software for automated workplace safety monitoring | $2M | 14 mo ago | Series A | 40 | Hugo Cheuk Co-Founder & COO | Three.jsGoogle MapsMUI+19 | — | — | — |
| 50 | AutoAgents AI framework for automatic agent generation | $1M | 0 mo ago | Seed | — | Yang Jinsong Founder & CEO | Ant DesignSwiperHSTS+2 | — | — | — |
Top 12 Artificial Intelligence companies in China
#1
Public · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2014 · 5016 employees$2.8Braised▾
Public · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2014 · 5016 employees
AI based platform offering image recognition solutions. It is focused on creating a better AI-empowered future through innovation. It is committed to advancing the state of the art in AI research, developing scalable and affordable AI software platforms that benefit businesses, people and society as a whole, while attracting and nurturing top talents to shape the future together. It invest in its original and cutting-edge research that allows to offer and continuously improve industry-leading AI capabilities in universal multimodal and multi-task models, covering key fields across perception intelligence, natural language processing, decision intelligence, AI-enabled content generation, as well as key capabilities in AI chips, sensors and computing infrastructure.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 93how this company ranks against its industry peers
Fin. health
top 11%Funding
top 13%Talent
top 19%Market
top 21%AI
top 22%Patents
top 24%Fin. health: Revenue ~$3.8B · Revenue 1.4x total funding · Publicly listed (IPO 2021)
Funding: Raised $2.8B across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 12 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Post IPO (Apr 2026)
Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5 · 5 named leaders on record · 5 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 113k LinkedIn followers — 35.9% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 product launches · 2 partnerships (incl. HKSTP - Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Post IPO$73.3M
- Nov 2025Post IPO—
- Dec 2021Series D—
- Sep 2018Series D$1B
Founders & team
Investors
Sailing Capital, IDG Capital, CDH, CICC, CoStone Capital, China Merchants Securities
Tech stack
Alibaba Cloud CdnBaidu Analytics (百度统计)Clipboard.JsCore-JsCrypto-JsGoogle Analytics
#2
Series D · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2013$1.3Braised▾
Series D · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2013
Platform offering artificial intelligence solutions. It develops large language models and creates LLMs for handling long context and producing results for tasks such as legal documents, finance analysis, and creative writing.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 89how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 10%Tech
top 25%News
top 25%AI
top 26%Moat
top 26%Talent
top 28%Funding: Raised $1.3B across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 3 yrs (1.3/yr) · Last round Series D (May 2026)
Tech: 40 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Web Services · Devops: Nginx
News: 8 BI events in 12 mo (of 20 tracked, 3 types) · +167% YoY · 6 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- May 2026Series D$2B
- Jan 2026Series C$500M
- Feb 2024Series B$1B
- Oct 2023Series B$274.2M
Founders & team
Investors
Zhen Fund, Capital Today, HSG, Meituan, Xiaohongshu, Alibaba Group
Tech stack
Alibaba Cloud CdnAmazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesAtlassian StatuspageBabelBaidu Analytics (百度统计)
#3
UBTECH 🦄Public · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2012 · 800 employees$1.3Braised▾
UBTECH 🦄
Public · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2012 · 800 employees
Provider of service robots for diversified applications. It develops programmable intelligent humanoid robots for learning. The robot has been designed as a family robot to help out in domestic tasks and also act as a personal assistant. The robot has 20 joints and can replicate the movements of the human body. The robot can act as a home guard and is remotely controllable over the internet. Apart from Alpha, the firm also makes children's robot called Jimu and Delta - a robotic kit, and a patrolling robot called Darwin.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 90how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 13%Product
top 17%AI
top 20%News
top 22%Innovation
top 25%Growth
top 29%Funding: Raised $1.3B across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 12 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Post IPO (Aug 2025)
Product: 7 distinct product lines · 9 published apps (98.9k installs) · Company stage: Public
AI: Classified as an AI company
Audience (LinkedIn): 36k LinkedIn followers — 11.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 4 product launches · 3 partnerships (incl. Honda Trading (CHINA) Co., Ltd.) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Aug 2025Post IPO$1B
- May 2018Series C$820M
- Nov 2017Series C$400M
- Jul 2016Series B$100M
Founders & team
Investors
Qiming Venture Partners, CDH, CITIC Securities, Tencent, Minsheng Securities, Telstra
Tech stack
Alibaba Cloud CdnAlibaba Cloud Object Storage ServiceAnimate.CssCdnjsCloudflareCore-Js
#4
Series D · Haidian, Beijing · founded 2016$98.4Mraised▾
Series D · Haidian, Beijing · founded 2016
TageIDriver develops products for autonomous driving of mining vehicles. The company claims to develop products for application in the ADAS vision-sensing terminals & autonomous driving robots. The company's product range includes car vision solutions, autonomous robots to provide smart & safe advanced vehicle assistance & autopilot products to businesses & individual users.
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Series D—
- Sep 2023Series C$54.6M
- Nov 2022Series C$14.1M
- Jan 2021Series B—
Founders & team
Investors
Hefei Industrial Investment Holdings, China Energy, Luxin Venture Capital Group, JAC Capital, Chentao Capital, GSR United Capital
#5
Series A · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2023$158.2Mraised▾
Series A · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2023
Developer of video motion capture models and spatial intelligence solutions. The company focuses on providing content and data engine solutions. It develops video motion capture models that identify and extract motion videos from data. The company aims to create data and content engines using world models and spatial intelligence.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 72how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 19%AI
top 20%Talent
bottom 49%Global
bottom 33%Funding: Raised $158M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 2 yrs (1.5/yr) · Last round Series A (Mar 2026)
AI: Classified as an AI company
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026Series A$137M
- Nov 2025Series A$14.1M
- Sep 2024Series A$7.1M
Founders & team
Investors
MiraclePlus, Tsinghua Holdings Capital, Xinding Capital, Wuhan Optics Valley Industry Investment, V Star Capital, Suzhou Innovation Investment Group
#6
Megvii 🦄Series D · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2011 · 17 employees$2Braised▾
Megvii 🦄
Series D · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2011 · 17 employees
Developer of AIoT solutions, including software, hardware, and platform systems. The company provides AIoT operating systems, redefined hardware, and industry applications. These offerings facilitate IoT connection, data processing, digital twin implementation, and application enablement. The firm’s products include AIoT servers, integrated machines, smart cameras, and analysis boxes. It also offers platforms for city and enterprise-level applications.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 57how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 18%AI
top 20%Moat
top 26%Product
top 41%Growth
top 45%News
bottom 49%Funding: Raised $2.0B across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 14 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Series D (Apr 2025)
AI: Classified as an AI company
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 9/10 · Unicorn · 10 curated direct competitors tracked
Funding rounds
- Apr 2025Series D—
- May 2019Series D$750M
- Sep 2018Series D$600M
- Oct 2017Series C$460M
Founders & team
Investors
Legend Star, Sinovation Ventures, Foxconn Electronics, Qiming Venture Partners, CCB International, BOC Investment
Tech stack
Baidu Analytics (百度统计)Core-JsGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag ManagerGrowingioGsap
#7
Series C · Haidian, Beijing · founded 2006$283Mraised▾
Series C · Haidian, Beijing · founded 2006
Developer of reconfigurable chip technology for edge and cloud computing. They provide solutions for edge computing, including smart security, office, industrial, and energy applications. The company also offers solutions for robotics and intelligent data centers. Their core technology includes reconfigurable arrays and scheduling techniques.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 55how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%Funding
top 27%Moat
top 48%Talent
bottom 49%Market
bottom 40%Global
bottom 36%AI: Classified as an AI company
Funding: Raised $283M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 4 yrs (0.2/yr) · Last round Series C (Dec 2025)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 4/10 · 10 curated direct competitors tracked
Funding rounds
- Dec 2025Series C$283M
- Nov 2023Series B—
- Mar 2022Series B—
Founders & team
Investors
Pro Capital, Zhuoyuan Asia, Beijing Venture Capital, Jiantou Investment, Chengdu Science and Technology Innovation Investment Group, Huatai Zijin Investment
#8
Zhipu 🦄Public · Haidian, Beijing · founded 2021$742Mraised▾
Zhipu 🦄
Public · Haidian, Beijing · founded 2021
AI powered code generation tool for developers. It provides solutions for model research and application development. It generates code based on functions described in natural language comments. It includes a translation feature that supports the translation of multiple programming language.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 74how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 13%Product
top 18%Talent
top 28%AI
top 30%Moat
top 32%News
top 40%Funding: Raised $742M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 4 yrs (1.5/yr) · Last round Series D (Apr 2025)
Product: 4 product launch events in 12 mo, 1 the year before · Company stage: Public
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding rounds
- Apr 2025Series D$27.4M
- Mar 2025Series D$69M
- Mar 2025Series D$137.2M
- Dec 2024Series D$420M
Founders & team
Investors
Prosperity7 Ventures, Alibaba Group, Tencent, Zhongguancun Science City, Ant Group, Alibaba Capital Partners
Tech stack
Core-JsHstsLenisNext.JsNext.Js App RouterNginx
#9
Series C · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2015 · 55 employees$36.1Mraised▾
Series C · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2015 · 55 employees
Developer of motion sensors
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 40how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%Funding
top 26%Market
bottom 44%Moat
bottom 38%Global
bottom 29%Tech
bottom 21%AI: Classified as an AI company
Funding: Raised $36.1M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 6 yrs (0.3/yr) · Last round Series C (Mar 2026)
Market: 55 employees (top 38% of High Tech) · Top-10,000,000 web property
Audience (LinkedIn): 594 LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026Series C$21.7M
- Dec 2022Series A$14.4M
- Apr 2020Seed—
Investors
GF Xinde Investment Management, Guangzhou Guofa, Qianhai Ark Asset Management, Xingtuo Capital, CICC
Tech stack
BootstrapJqueryMicrosoft Asp.NetNginxSlick
#10
Series A · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2021$42.9Mraised▾
Series A · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2021
Develope rof AI-based platform for cancer immunotherapy. It provides a Meta 10 Metabolism-enhanced cell treatment platform that encourages the metabolic reprogramming of exhausted T lymphocytes by oxidative phosphorylation, restoring their ability to proliferate and kill malignancies.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 21how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 30%Talent
top 38%Funding
top 39%Global
bottom 29%Market
bottom 25%Tech
bottom 15%AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-based
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $42.9M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Mar 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 3k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 awards · 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026Series A$29M
- Nov 2024Series A$13.9M
Founders & team
Investors
Jingtai Technology, Junyiinvestment, FUHO Capital Management, Zhongying Venture Capital, Tailong Investment, Zhongshan Venture Capital
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerBabelCore-JsPhp
#11
Series A · Dongcheng, Beijing · founded 2023$50Mraised▾
Series A · Dongcheng, Beijing · founded 2023
AI-Powered 3D Modeling platform that generates 3D models with text or images in seconds. It offers 3D modeling without the need of libraries or complex processes. It allows for intricate and precise 3D modeling for architects, designers, and engineers.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 82how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 26%Growth
top 28%AI
top 30%Tech
top 32%Moat
top 38%Talent
top 38%Funding: Raised $50.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Mar 2026)
Growth: Web rank 100,000 → 50,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-powered
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026Series A$50M
Founders & team
Investors
Alibaba, Hengxu Capital, Yuanhe Puhua, Baidu Venture Capital, Orient Jiafu Asset Management, Primavera
Tech stack
Affiliate BAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareCore-JsElement Ui
#12
Series B · Xi An, Shaanxi Sheng · founded 2017 · 70 employees$22.9Mraised▾
Series B · Xi An, Shaanxi Sheng · founded 2017 · 70 employees
Manufacturer of unmanned surface vessels for cleaning and leisure applications. The company provides autonomous boats designed for water surface cleaning, water quality monitoring, and aquatic plant harvesting. It also develops intelligent cruising boats intended for cultural tourism and waterside experiences. The vessels feature autonomous driving capabilities and are designed to create new business opportunities on the water.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 48how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 29%Moat
top 39%Market
top 47%Global
bottom 36%Funding: Raised $22.9M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 9 yrs (0.4/yr) · Last round Series B (Mar 2026)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Market: 70 employees (top 33% of High Tech)
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026Series B$27.4M
- Jan 2024Series B$14M
- May 2022Series A$7.4M
- Aug 2020Series A$1.4M
Investors
TusStar, Edge ventures, CITIC Jiantou Securities, Plug and Play Tech Center, Brizan Ventures, XbotPark
Funding & investor landscape
$29.3Btotal disclosed funding
273companies funded
552disclosed rounds
5rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Sequoia Capital24 rounds
IDG Capital20 rounds
Gobi Partners16 rounds
Notable founders
Tang Xiao'ou
Co-Founder · SenseTime
Li Xu
Co-Founder & CEO · SenseTime
Zhou Xinyu
Co-Founder · Moonshot AI
Wu Yuxin
Co-Founder · Moonshot AI
Zhou Jian
Co-Founder & CEO · UBTECH
John Kalanick
Co-Founder & CEO · UBTECH
Yu Guizhen
CEO · Tage I-Driver
Zheng Zhu
Co-Founder & Chief Scientist · Giga AI
Qi Yin
Co-Founder & CEO · Megvii
Wang Bo
Founder & CEO · Beijing Qingwei Intelligent Technology
Li Juanzi
Co Founder · Zhipu
Tang Jie
Co Founder · Zhipu
Prism market signals · China · country-scoped Prism corpus, 3,784,126 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Artificial Intelligence coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH SIGNALS · China
How research on Artificial Intelligence is moving in China
A read on the academic research around Artificial Intelligence — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 3,673 China-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
201020172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 60% → 69% across 2010–2026.
top research entities
- Chinese Academy of Sciences135
- Tsinghua University125
- Peking University92
- Zhejiang University86
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University81
leading researchers
Lei Zhang · Li Zhang · Yang Liu · Jian Sun · Hao Wang · Wei Wang · Qi Wang · Wei Li
▲
Breakthroughs2,443 · 67%
▼ 67%→66% share
▲1.0× share momentum0 median citations90% since 2021mostly methods-led
Robustness research is surging — evolution-framed robustness papers jumped from 1 to 252 in Chinese AI breakthroughs.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Feature (linguistics)10→301
- Robustness (evolution)1→252
- Pattern recognition (psychology)41→275
- Benchmark (surveying)15→154
- Artificial neural network12→144
Newly emergingReinforcement learning 0→95 · Interpretability 0→88 · Semantics (computer science) 0→57
Landmark Faster R-CNN: Towards Real-Time Object Detection with Region Proposal Networks · 52,930 cites
◆
Advancements815 · 22%
▲ 19%→23% share
▲1.2× share momentum0 median citations92% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements field-share is rising — convolutional and artificial neural network topics collectively grew from 11 to 118 papers.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Feature (linguistics)1→90
- Artificial neural network6→74
- Pattern recognition (psychology)10→77
- Key (lock)1→47
- Convolutional neural network5→44
Newly emergingRobustness (evolution) 0→54 · Receiver operating characteristic 0→37 · Field (mathematics) 0→30
Landmark Beyond a Gaussian Denoiser: Residual Learning of Deep CNN for Image Denoising · 8,558 cites
▼
Concerns204 · 6%
▼ 6%→5% share
▼0.8× share momentum0 median citations86% since 2021mostly reviews
Wrongdoing flagging newly emerged at 19 papers, signaling intensifying ethical scrutiny in Chinese AI research.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Key (lock)2→25
- Artificial neural network1→8
- Benchmark (surveying)1→8
- Perspective (graphical)1→8
- Set (abstract data type)3→8
Newly emergingWrongdoing 0→19 · Field (mathematics) 0→16 · Generative grammar 0→14
Landmark Neural Collaborative Filtering · 6,440 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · China
Where artificial intelligence is researched across China
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Beijing728 · +0.74
Shanghai310 · +0.71
Guangzhou/Shenzhen263 · +0.74
Nanjing227 · +0.66
Wuhan171 · +0.74
Hangzhou159 · +0.77
Harbin107 · +0.76
Hefei92 · +0.78
PATENT SIGNAL · China
Who's filing artificial intelligence patents in China
China artificial intelligence patent filing is accelerating — 45,640 filings from 7,428 assignees (2016–2025), led by Huawei TECH, Tencent TECH Shenzhen, Beijing Baidu Netcom SCI & TECH; annual filings 272→7584.
45,640 filings7,428 assigneespeak 7730/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
- Huawei TECH6811
- Tencent TECH Shenzhen3436
- Beijing Baidu Netcom SCI & TECH2732
- PING AN TECH Shenzhen1184
- Intel890
- BOE Technology Group807
- Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommun737
- IBM680
Common questions
How many Artificial Intelligence companies are there in China?
Radar tracks 734 indexable Artificial Intelligence companies headquartered in China that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Artificial Intelligence companies in China?
The Artificial Intelligence companies in China on this list have raised a combined $29.3B in disclosed equity funding across 273 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Artificial Intelligence company in China?
SenseTime is the highest-funded Artificial Intelligence company in China, with $2.8B in disclosed equity funding.
How many Artificial Intelligence companies in China are funded?
273 of the 734 Artificial Intelligence companies in China on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Artificial Intelligence unicorns are there in China?
24 Artificial Intelligence companies in China on this list are valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in China Artificial Intelligence companies?
The most active investors in China Artificial Intelligence companies on this list include Sequoia Capital China, Zhen Fund, Tencent, Sequoia Capital, IDG Capital.
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