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Best Native AI Companies in Shanghai, China
The 101 best Native AI companies in Shanghai, China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Enflame.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
101companies tracked
$6Bdisclosed funding
5unicorns
79have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · NATIVE AI × SHANGHAI
Our analysis of 150 Native AI companies
$80.7b in tracked funding; 94% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
150companies analysed
94%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
50unicorns
2022median founding year
Ranked: Best Native AI companies in Shanghai
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founded | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 | 2018 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Banma Network Technology 🦄 Connected car platform | $698M | 59 mo ago | Series B | — | 2015 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 3 | 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 | 2016 | — | 53 patents Advanced automotive vision systems: camera calibration, image fusion, shading correction, and robust data links. | — |
| 4 | Hellobike Online car rental platform | $500M | 55 mo ago | Series D | 4,477 | 2016 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 5 | YITU 🦄 Provider of AI based decision intelligence platform for multiple sectors | $385M | 30 mo ago | Series C | 1,507 | 2012 | — | — | — |
| 6 | 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 | 2018 | — | — | — |
| 7 | 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 | 21 mo ago | Public | 300 | 2015 | — | 23 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 8 | 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 | 2016 | — | 2 patents Thermal safety vent mechanisms for heating appliances and electromagnetic interference testing equipment | — |
| 9 | Squirrel Ai Learning 🦄 Provider of AI-based tutoring platform for students | $194M | 59 mo ago | Series C | 67 | 2014 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 10 | IceKredit Credit assessment solutions for financial institutions | $159M | 62 mo ago | Series C | 277 | 2015 | — | — | — |
| 11 | Maxieye ADAS products & autopilot systems for automotive | $150M | 19 mo ago | Series D | — | 2010 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 12 | Emotibot Develops virtual assistant with emotion analysis feature | $145M | 47 mo ago | Series D | 300 | 2015 | — | 2 patents Affective computing: multimodal emotion and facial attribute recognition for human-computer interaction. | — |
| 13 | Xmov Provides AI-based virtual digital human infrastructure | $130M | 50 mo ago | Series C | 200 | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 14 | Leyan Technology AI based customer service applications | $120M | 61 mo ago | Series D | 42 | 2014 | — | 2 patents Automatic call answering systems without physical button or flip mechanisms | — |
| 15 | Weizhi Provider of a location-based intelligent service platform for real-time mapping solutions | $120M | 65 mo ago | Series A | 26 | 2017 | — | 18 patents Wireless communication hardware and medical device technologies | — |
| 16 | Kyligence Big Data analytics platform | $118M | 62 mo ago | Series D | 300 | 2016 | — | — | — |
| 17 | Liulishuo App-based platform to learn English languages | $100M | 106 mo ago | Series C | 372 | 2012 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 18 | Supremind Developer of video intelligent analysis and spatiotemporal data management AI | $81M | 46 mo ago | Series C | 90 | 2016 | — | — | — |
| 19 | IfChange AI-based recruitment management software | $80M | 86 mo ago | Deadpooled | 122 | 2013 | — | — | — |
| 20 | NextVPU Provider of AI vision processing chips and embedded solutions for smart devices and applications | $71M | 48 mo ago | Series C | 300 | 2016 | — | — | — |
| 21 | Huilianyi SaaS for travel and expense management for enterprises and SMEs | $69M | 74 mo ago | Series C | 188 | 2016 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 22 | ThinkForce Developer of semiconductor integrated circuits to deploy AI algorithms | $68M | 102 mo ago | Series A | 23 | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 23 | Xinheyun Cloud-based MES software for multiple industries 53AI top 20%Moat top 22%Funding top 35%Tech bottom 47% All 6 signals ▾AItop 20% Moattop 22% Fundingtop 35% Techbottom 47% Marketbottom 42% Globalbottom 36% AI: Classified as an AI company Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $61M | 57 mo ago | Series C | 100 | 2014 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 24 | Yida Technology Cloud-based multi functional robotic process automation solutions | $60M | 22 mo ago | Series B | — | 2016 | — | 12 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 25 | Tigerobo AI-based research platform | $60M | 87 mo ago | Series A | — | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 26 | Tezign 🦄 Provider of digital infrastructure for brand content creation, management, and distribution | $56M | 55 mo ago | Series D | 200 | 2014 | — | — | — |
| 27 | neoX Biotech Provider of research and characterization of protein-protein interactions to facilitate drug discovery | $40M | 59 mo ago | Series A | 70 | 2018 | — | — | — |
| 28 | Encootech Provider of tools for robotic process automation | $40M | 75 mo ago | Series B | — | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 29 | MOTOVIS AI-enabled platform offering solutions for autonomous driving | $38M | 48 mo ago | Series C | — | 2015 | — | — | — |
| 30 | 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 | 2015 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 31 | MindRank Provider of AI-based drug candidate identification solutions for drug development 64Innovation top 19%Patents top 26%AI top 30%Moat top 38% All 8 signals ▾Innovationtop 19% Patentstop 26% AItop 30% Moattop 38% Fundingtop 40% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 40% Globalbottom 31% Innovation: 47 patents (top 23% of patent-holders) · 47 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 Patents: 47 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 47 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $30M | 35 mo ago | Series A | — | 2019 | — | 47 patents Novel GLP‑1 receptor agonist polymorphs/salts and kinase inhibitor heterocycles for therapeutics | — |
| 32 | Tianrang Platform for artificial general intelligence applications | $26M | 56 mo ago | Series B | — | 2016 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 33 | MoSeeker Social hiring tools for SMEs | $21M | 101 mo ago | Series B | 70 | 2013 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 34 | JINGdigital Platform offering software for omnichannel marketing | $20M | 47 mo ago | Series A | 300 | 2014 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 35 | Ulucu Provider of cloud-based video surveillance network solutions for shopping malls | $16M | 90 mo ago | Series C | 230 | 2009 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 36 | Di-Matrix Artificial intelligence based platform offering decision support software | $16M | 56 mo ago | Series A | 130 | 2016 | — | 4 patents Internal combustion engine power generation technology for portable saw equipment | — |
| 37 | I Personnel Cloud-based HR management software for enterprises | $15M | 59 mo ago | Seed | — | 2017 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 38 | Shenqing Information Technology AI company offering financial content management and technology solutions | $15M | 36 mo ago | Series A | — | 2018 | — | — | — |
| 39 | Shanghai Shangyong Network Technology Network technology platform for internet insurance technology | $15M | 57 mo ago | Series C | 30 | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 40 | Xingmai Technology Provider of AI-based medical imaging diagnostic software solutions | $15M | 46 mo ago | Seed | 180 | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 41 | Juxinli Platofrm that provides intelligent risk control solutions | $15M | 108 mo ago | Series B | — | 2013 | — | — | — |
| 42 | Deep Insights Offers AI & cloud-enabled supply chain management solutions | $14M | 39 mo ago | Series A | 800 | 2022 | — | — | — |
| 43 | Digital Twins Provider of AI-based digital twin solutions for multiple industries | $14M | 30 mo ago | Series A | — | 1999 | — | — | — |
| 44 | 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 | — | 2021 | — | — | — |
| 45 | DeepBrain Chain Decentralized compute sharing platform | $12M | 102 mo ago | Funding Raised | 16 | 2017 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 46 | Shanghai Lingmo Intelligent Technology Provider of intelligent product recognition systems for offline retailers | $11M | 57 mo ago | Series A | — | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 47 | Xiaoi Provider of an intelligent AI based natural language processing technology | $8M | 24 mo ago | Public | 352 | — | Top 5M | — | — |
| 48 | Cloudpick Platform offering suite of software solutions to offline retailers | $7M | 51 mo ago | Series A | 18 | 2017 | Top 50M | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 49 | Haishen Technology Developer of artificial intelligence systems for automated security baggage screening | $6M | 84 mo ago | Series A | — | 2016 | — | 8 patents Patents concentrated in its core technology | — |
| 50 | DEEPROVE Provider of an AI-based interview platform | $4M | 79 mo ago | Seed | 50 | 2017 | — | — | — |
Top 12 Native AI companies in Shanghai
#1
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 — 2.5% of this cohort's audience
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
#2
Public · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2015 · 300 employees$334.2Mraised▾
Public · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2015 · 300 employees
Manufacturer of cloud computing chips. It designs and offers cloud computing chips for learning and training applications in different sectors. It enables the launching of edge cloud inference GPUs for 5G technology and provides seamless integration with the current imported mainstream GPU systems.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 62how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 18%Funding
top 21%Market
top 41%Moat
top 47%Talent
bottom 49%Patents
bottom 45%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) · Last round Series D (Sep 2024)
Market: 300 employees (top 22% of Semiconductors)
Funding rounds
- Sep 2024Series D—
- Jan 2024Series D—
- Jul 2022Series C$148.7M
- Mar 2021Series C$185.5M
Founders & team
Investors
Zhongguancun Science City, Shanghai Guosheng Group, Vista Investment Group, Hopu Fund, HOPU-Arm Innovation Fund, Financial Street Capital Operation Center
#3
Series E · Pudong, Shanghai · founded 2016 · 400 employees$199.7Mraised▾
Series E · Pudong, Shanghai · founded 2016 · 400 employees
Provider of an AI-based medical data management and mining platform for the healthcare industry The company uses medical data governance and medical artificial intelligence for their services, which include medical research, medical management, patient services, and accelerating the construction of smart medical systems. Their platform also provides analysis of data.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 21%AI
top 26%Talent
top 34%Market
top 35%Moat
top 35%Global
bottom 36%Funding: Raised $200M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 10 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Series E (Jul 2024)
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-based, artificial intelligence
Talent: Analyst team rating 4/5 · 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding rounds
- Jul 2024Series E—
- Jul 2021Series E$77.1M
- Dec 2020Series D$61.1M
- Jul 2019Series C$36.4M
Founders & team
Investors
Sinopharm Capital, Tencent, Xiang He Capital, IDG Capital, Longmen Education, CEC Capital
Tech stack
DebianAmazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerJqueryAws Certificate Manager
#4
Series D · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2010$150.3Mraised▾
Series D · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2010
Maxieye develops advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) products and autopilot systems for automotive. Its range of ADAS products includes lane departure warning (LDW), front vehicle crash warning (FCW), pedestrian collision warning (PCW), autonomous emergency braking (AEB), intelligent distance optical switching, adapt to the headlamp system, and others.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 355 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Oct 2024Series D$80M
- Aug 2022Series C—
- Nov 2021Series B$47M
- Mar 2020Series A$23.3M
Founders & team
Investors
Shanghai Shengyu Equity Investment Fund Management, Fosun Capital, Shanghai Zhangjiang Technology Venture Capital, Axera, Cedarlake Capital, Shanghai Weihao Chuangxin Investment Management
#5
Series D · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2018 · 700 employees$745.6Mraised▾
Series D · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2018 · 700 employees
Liaoyuan Technology is a China-based startup AI company that provides cloud-based deep learning chips for AI training platforms of cloud data centers. Claims that the chips are based on self-developed unique architecture design for achieving high computational power & efficiency with low cost for deployment in major machine learning frameworks. Partners include MLPerf, Open Community and PCI SIG.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 78how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 25%AI
top 26%Moat
top 31%Market
top 38%Talent
top 38%Global
bottom 29%Funding: Raised $746M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 8 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Series D (Sep 2023)
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: deep learning, machine learning
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn · 10 curated direct competitors tracked
Funding rounds
- Sep 2023Series D$274M
- Jan 2021Series C$278.1M
- May 2020Series B$98.6M
- Jun 2019Series A$43.4M
Founders & team
Investors
Tencent, Summitview Capital, Shanghai Shuangchuang Investment Center, Delta Capital, Redpoint China Ventures, Yunhe Capital
#6
Series B · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2016$60.1Mraised▾
Series B · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2016
Cloud-based multi-functional robotic process automation solutions. It uses artificial intelligence, natural language processes, and optical character recognition algorithms to develop bots for business process automation, semantic understanding, text mining, data processing, document information extraction, and more. The offering sectors include fashion, e-commerce, beauty, infrastructure, manufacturing, logistics, and more.
Funding rounds
- Aug 2024Series B—
- Mar 2023Series B$29.2M
- Jun 2021Series A$30.9M
- Feb 2021Series A—
Founders & team
Investors
IDG Capital, Bell Capital, Sequoia Capital China, SIG, CDH, Convivialite Ventures
#7
YITU 🦄Series C · Xuhui, Shanghai · founded 2012 · 1507 employees$385.1Mraised▾
YITU 🦄
Series C · Xuhui, Shanghai · founded 2012 · 1507 employees
Yitu provides AI-based business applications. It claims to have developed technologies for computer vision, natural language, knowledge reasoning, intelligent hardware and robotics for different business sectors such as security, finance, transportation, and healthcare. The company develops security systems, identification authentication, and recognition.
Funding rounds
- Dec 2023Series C—
- Aug 2021Series C—
- Mar 2020Series C$30M
- Jul 2018Series C$100M
Founders & team
Investors
China Merchants Bank, Sequoia Capital China, Hillhouse, Anker, Yunqi Partners, Cornerstone Capital Group
Tech stack
DrupalPhpNginx
#8
Series A · Minhang, Shanghai · founded 2021$13.8Mraised▾
Series A · Minhang, Shanghai · founded 2021
Provider of an AI-powered protein design model. It offers AccelProtein a self-developed large-scale AI protein design model that caters to various applications including antibodies, nutrition, vaccines, food & drink, among others.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 42how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 30%Funding
top 36%Talent
bottom 49%Market
bottom 37%Global
bottom 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) · Last round Series A (Nov 2024)
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 60 LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 3 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Nov 2024Series A$13.8M
- Mar 2024Seed—
Founders & team
Investors
GSR United Capital, Materia Medica Capital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Xiaochi Capital, Qiming Venture Partners, Yonghua Capital
#9
Public · Pudong, Shanghai · founded 2016 · 916 employees$500Mraised▾
Public · Pudong, Shanghai · founded 2016 · 916 employees
Developer of AI-based chips for machine vision tasks. It provides users with company that develops artificial intelligence-based visual perception technology and application, focusing on embedded images and computer vision. Its product portfolio includes light control/ISP image processing, ADAS/autonomous driving perception, face recognition, and AI chips.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 89how this company ranks against its industry peers
Product
top 14%Patents
top 15%Innovation
top 18%AI
top 20%Market
top 25%Funding
top 26%Product: 5 distinct product lines · Company stage: Public
Patents: 247 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 198 filings since 2022 vs 49 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Innovation: 247 patents (top 21% of patent-holders) · 198 filings since 2022 vs 49 in 2017-21 · 5 product lines
Audience (LinkedIn): 10k LinkedIn followers — 42.4% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Software Engineer, AI Framework, AI chip and perception algorithm IP
Funding rounds
- Aug 2022Series C—
- Sep 2021Series C—
- Apr 2021Series C$231M
- Apr 2019Series B$100M
Founders & team
Investors
Industrial Bank, GF Xinde Investment Management, Beituo Capital, Xinding Capital, Wise Road Capital, The Hina Group
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesJquerySwiperFont AwesomeAmazon S3Amazon Cloudfront
#10
Series B · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2015$697.7Mraised▾
Series B · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2015
Zebra Zhixing, a joint venture of Alibaba Group and SAIC Motor, has developed a connected car operating system named 'Banma'. Facilitates AR navigation, human-machine interaction, and internet connectivity & services in the vehicle as well as automates various vehicle functionalities such as engine start, vehicle diagnosis, lightings, seat adjustment, and more.
Funding rounds
- Jul 2021Series B$464M
- Sep 2018Series A$233.7M
Founders & team
Investors
Alibaba Group, SAIC Motor, Yunfeng Capital, SDIC, SDIC Innovation
Tech stack
CnzzExpressNode.JsVue.JsWebpack
#11
Series B · Pudong, Shanghai · founded 2018 · 180 employees$377.8Mraised▾
Series B · Pudong, Shanghai · founded 2018 · 180 employees
Provider of GPU and AI-based chips. Claims that the edge and cloud products are optimized for computer vision and video processing applications.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 74how this company ranks against its industry peers
Moat
top 22%AI
top 26%Funding
top 32%Talent
top 38%Market
top 41%Global
bottom 36%Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-based, computer vision
Funding: Raised $378M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 6 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Series B (Jan 2022)
Funding rounds
- Jan 2022Series B$250.8M
- Apr 2021Series A$77.1M
- Nov 2020Series A$50M
Founders & team
Investors
China Internet Investment Fund, Matrix Partners China, Redpoint China Ventures, 5Y Capital, SAIF Partners, Sirius Capital
#12
Series D · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2016 · 4477 employees$500Mraised▾
Series D · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2016 · 4477 employees
Online car rental platform. Users can rent vehicles through the platform by providing location, user details, payment details, preferred dates, and more.
Funding rounds
- Nov 2021Series D$280M
- 2016Seed—
Investors
Ant Group, Alibaba, BAI Capital, Greater Bay Area Homeland Investments, Grains Valley Venture Capital
Tech stack
Alibaba Cloud Object Storage ServiceJquerySwiperTengine
Funding & investor landscape
$6Btotal disclosed funding
53companies funded
109disclosed rounds
1rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
IDG Capital7 rounds
Sequoia Capital6 rounds
Notable founders
Zheng Jinshan
Co-Founder · Iluvatar CoreX
Ma Handong
Co-Founder · Senyi
Zhang Shaodian
Co-Founder & CEO · Senyi
Zhou Shengyan
CEO · Maxieye
Zhang Yalin
Co-Founder & COO · Enflame
Lidong Zhao
Co-Founder & CEO · Enflame
Zhang Xingyang
CEO · Yida Technology
Leo Zhu
Co-Founder & CEO · YITU
Lin Chenxi
Co-Founder · YITU
Liang Hong
Founder · Shanghai Tianyu Technology
Wilson Liu
Co-Founder & COO · Black Sesame Technologies
Johnson Shan
Co-Founder & CEO · Black Sesame Technologies
Prism market signals · China · country-scoped Prism corpus, 3,751,093 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Native AI coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH IN SHANGHAI · AI & Compute
How research on Artificial Intelligence in Shanghai is moving
A read on the academic research around Artificial Intelligence in Shanghai — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 247 papers.
Shanghai Jiao Tong, Shanghai, and Maritime universities dominate recent AI research (232 post-2020 papers), focusing optimistically (0.71) on neural networks, GANs, and multimodal learning, with breakthroughs far outweighing concerns.
247 papers · stance +0.71 · 70% breakthrough · 7% concern
top institutions
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University81
- Shanghai University23
- Shanghai Maritime University17
- ShanghaiTech University13
- Shanghai University of Engineering Science12
leading researchers
Qi Cen · Zixin Wu · Hang Yu · Jie Li · Shenghua Gao · Xin Zhao
prism intelligence · tone & topics
97% positive · 1% critical tone
Machine LearningComputer ScienceHealthcareSoftwareStatisticsRobotics
▲
Breakthroughs166 · 67%
▼ 71%→67% share
▼0.9× share momentum0 median citations92% since 2021mostly methods-led
Pattern recognition research is surging — papers tripled from 4 to 14, with Segmentation and Robustness newly emerging at 12 and 17 papers.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Representation (politics)1→12
- Pattern recognition (psychology)4→14
- Benchmark (surveying)1→11
- Discriminative model1→8
- Generalization1→7
Newly emergingFeature (linguistics) 0→18 · Robustness (evolution) 0→17 · Segmentation 0→12
Landmark Robust Recovery of Subspace Structures by Low-Rank Representation · 3,610 cites
◆
Advancements54 · 22%
▼ 29%→23% share
▼0.8× share momentum0 median citations96% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are cooling in share (29%→23%), though Segmentation and Pattern recognition newly emerged with 6 papers each.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Artificial neural network1→3
Newly emergingSegmentation 0→6 · Pattern recognition (psychology) 0→6 · Identification (biology) 0→5
Landmark The Genome Sequence Archive Family: Toward Explosive Data Growth and Diverse Data Types · 1,819 cites
▼
Concerns16 · 6%
▲ 0%→7% share
0 median citations94% since 2021mostly reviews
AI concern research newly emerged at 7% share — Cryptocurrency and Interpretability both debuted with 3 papers each.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Cryptocurrency3
- Interpretability3
- Futures contract2
- Algorithmic trading2
- Trading strategy2
Newly emergingCryptocurrency 0→3 · Interpretability 0→3
Landmark XAI—Explainable artificial intelligence · 1,814 cites
Common questions
How many Native AI companies are there in Shanghai, China?
Radar tracks 101 indexable Native AI companies headquartered in Shanghai, China that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Native AI companies in Shanghai, China?
The Native AI companies in Shanghai, China on this list have raised a combined $6B in disclosed equity funding across 53 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Native AI company in Shanghai, China?
Enflame is the highest-funded Native AI company in Shanghai, China, with $745.6M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Native AI companies in Shanghai, China are funded?
53 of the 101 Native AI companies in Shanghai, China on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Native AI unicorns are there in Shanghai, China?
5 Native AI companies in Shanghai, China on this list are valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Shanghai, China Native AI companies?
The most active investors in Shanghai, China Native AI companies on this list include IDG Capital, Zhen Fund, Sequoia Capital, Sequoia Capital China, Linear Venture.
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