Top 29 AI startups in China
Dec 01, 2025
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Funding: $2.9B
SenseTime is a leading Chinese company developing AI applications for various industries. It provides a cloud for creating AI systems – SenseCore AI, develops medical image analysis system, generative AI for business - SenseChat, image generation service SenseMirage, digital avatar generator SenseAvatar, intelligent programming assistant Code Raccoon, intelligent office assistant Office Raccoon, self-driving car autopilot, augmented reality systems and facial recognition technology. SenseTime Research is one of the most active authors of papers in the field of ML and AGI (that the company defines as fusion of multiple specialized AI services). The company has its own data center infrastructure and collaborates with dozens of leading universities and research institutes worldwide.
SenseTime is a leading Chinese company developing AI applications for various industries. It provides a cloud for creating AI systems – SenseCore AI, develops medical image analysis system, generative AI for business - SenseChat, image generation service SenseMirage, digital avatar generator SenseAvatar, intelligent programming assistant Code Raccoon, intelligent office assistant Office Raccoon, self-driving car autopilot, augmented reality systems and facial recognition technology. SenseTime Research is one of the most active authors of papers in the field of ML and AGI (that the company defines as fusion of multiple specialized AI services). The company has its own data center infrastructure and collaborates with dozens of leading universities and research institutes worldwide.
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Funding: $2.3B
UBTECH Robotics develops humanoid robots for manufacturing, service sector and households. Its proprietary ROSA platform, which combines robotics and AI technologies, enables the company to create robots with the three key characteristics of the human body (joint movement), brain (perception) and cerebellum (movement planning and control). The robot (Walker) stands 170 cm tall and has anthropometric dimensions. Thanks to a dynamic balancing algorithm similar to the human body, it can tilt 170 degrees and carry a payload of up to 15 kg. It can independently charge its batteries and schedule battery replacement or charging according to task priorities. Walker's head is equipped with a binocular computer stereo vision system with RGB illumination. It uses deep-learning-based stereo depth estimation algorithms to create highly accurate, left-aligned, dense depth maps in real time. The robot uses LLM model for interacting with people via speaker and microphone.
UBTECH Robotics develops humanoid robots for manufacturing, service sector and households. Its proprietary ROSA platform, which combines robotics and AI technologies, enables the company to create robots with the three key characteristics of the human body (joint movement), brain (perception) and cerebellum (movement planning and control). The robot (Walker) stands 170 cm tall and has anthropometric dimensions. Thanks to a dynamic balancing algorithm similar to the human body, it can tilt 170 degrees and carry a payload of up to 15 kg. It can independently charge its batteries and schedule battery replacement or charging according to task priorities. Walker's head is equipped with a binocular computer stereo vision system with RGB illumination. It uses deep-learning-based stereo depth estimation algorithms to create highly accurate, left-aligned, dense depth maps in real time. The robot uses LLM model for interacting with people via speaker and microphone.
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Funding: $1.6B
MoonShot AI seeks solutions in transforming energy into intelligence and generating intelligence with users through its product offerings.
MoonShot AI seeks solutions in transforming energy into intelligence and generating intelligence with users through its product offerings.
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Funding: $1.4B
Megvii develops Face++ Cognitive Services - a platform offering computer vision technologies that enable your applications to read and understand the world better. Face++ allows you to easily add leading, deep learning-based image analysis recognition technologies into your applications, with simple and powerful APIs and SDKs.
Megvii develops Face++ Cognitive Services - a platform offering computer vision technologies that enable your applications to read and understand the world better. Face++ allows you to easily add leading, deep learning-based image analysis recognition technologies into your applications, with simple and powerful APIs and SDKs.
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Funding: $1.2B
Momenta is a developer of autonomous driving technology designed to improve efficiency.
Momenta is a developer of autonomous driving technology designed to improve efficiency.
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DeepSeek is specializing in the development of large-scale open-source language models. The company unexpectedly grew out of a Chinese hedge fund and disrupted the AI market with its technologies, which significantly reduced the cost of training and inference of LLM models. These technologies include Mixture of Experts - a fragmented model splitting into individual "experts" so that only a small portion of the model could be used for each task. Unlike traditional language models, which rely heavily on supervised fine-tuning, DeepSeek relies primarily on reinforcement learning. It also came up with the idea of using distilled data from OpenAI models for training. DeepSeek provides its online chatbot and an API for business. Its responses are often criticized due to Chinese censorship.
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Funding: $761.9M
Cambricon is called Chinese Nvidia - as it builds core processor chips and general-purpose graphics processing units for use in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). The company's core business is the development and design of AI chips for cloud servers, edge devices and terminals, as well as data-centre clusters but it also produces AI chips to power smartphones. Like Nvidia, Cambricon designs chips itself but outsources the wafer manufacturing to foundries. Cambricon heavily relies on government-affiliated clients that is why it was added to US trade blacklist, restricting it from acquiring US core technology, including using foundry services offered by TSMC. So Cambricon relies on mainland foundries such as Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation and Hua Hong Semiconductor.
Cambricon is called Chinese Nvidia - as it builds core processor chips and general-purpose graphics processing units for use in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). The company's core business is the development and design of AI chips for cloud servers, edge devices and terminals, as well as data-centre clusters but it also produces AI chips to power smartphones. Like Nvidia, Cambricon designs chips itself but outsources the wafer manufacturing to foundries. Cambricon heavily relies on government-affiliated clients that is why it was added to US trade blacklist, restricting it from acquiring US core technology, including using foundry services offered by TSMC. So Cambricon relies on mainland foundries such as Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation and Hua Hong Semiconductor.
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Funding: $643.9M
Rokid is an innovative technology company specializing in robotics research and AI development. It develops Pebble virtual assistant.
Rokid is an innovative technology company specializing in robotics research and AI development. It develops Pebble virtual assistant.
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Funding: $450M
DeepRoute.ai develops autonomous driving technology for safer and smarter transportation.
DeepRoute.ai develops autonomous driving technology for safer and smarter transportation.
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Funding: $264.9M
Mobvoi is an AI company that developed Chinese voice recognition, natural language processing, and vertical search technology in-house.
Mobvoi is an AI company that developed Chinese voice recognition, natural language processing, and vertical search technology in-house.
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Funding: $199.2M
Pudu is a “smart delivery robotics” company that creates robotic SKUs for food delivery and dish return, all of which are indoor models.
Pudu is a “smart delivery robotics” company that creates robotic SKUs for food delivery and dish return, all of which are indoor models.
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Funding: CN¥1B
UISEE provides leading-edge products on autonomous driving and transformative services on mobility on demand.
UISEE provides leading-edge products on autonomous driving and transformative services on mobility on demand.
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Funding: $138.9M
Through cutting-edge AI technology & innovative product design, Liulishuo helps users learn English more efficiently and communicate with the world.
Through cutting-edge AI technology & innovative product design, Liulishuo helps users learn English more efficiently and communicate with the world.
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Funding: $137.8M
ForwardX Robotics specializes in R&D of computer vision robots that apply to consumer and business products.
ForwardX Robotics specializes in R&D of computer vision robots that apply to consumer and business products.
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Funding: $103M
XYZ Robotics develops AI-enabled robotic perception and manipulation technology for logistics and manufacturing automation.
XYZ Robotics develops AI-enabled robotic perception and manipulation technology for logistics and manufacturing automation.
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Funding: $65.5M
TandemAI is an advanced technology company dedicated to reinventing drug discovery infrastructure.
TandemAI is an advanced technology company dedicated to reinventing drug discovery infrastructure.
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Funding: CN¥180M
Based on deep learning and other AI technology, Tianrang provides data analysis and smart solutions for enterprises.
Based on deep learning and other AI technology, Tianrang provides data analysis and smart solutions for enterprises.
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Funding: $48.3M
English Language Speech Assistant is a mobile application for pronunciation training and accent reduction using speech recognition.
English Language Speech Assistant is a mobile application for pronunciation training and accent reduction using speech recognition.
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Funding: $36.8M
Venti Technologies is an autonomous vehicles developer company that develops autonomous logistics systems for moving goods and people.
Venti Technologies is an autonomous vehicles developer company that develops autonomous logistics systems for moving goods and people.
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Funding: $6.2M
Lingxi applies machine intelligence to financial services such as debt collection and insurance sales
Lingxi applies machine intelligence to financial services such as debt collection and insurance sales
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Funding: $1M
lexClip AI is an innovative video creation and editing platform that leverages artificial intelligence to streamline the process of video production for users of all levels. Specializing in AI-powered tools, FlexClip empowers individuals, businesses, and creators to generate, edit, and enhance videos quickly and effortlessly.
lexClip AI is an innovative video creation and editing platform that leverages artificial intelligence to streamline the process of video production for users of all levels. Specializing in AI-powered tools, FlexClip empowers individuals, businesses, and creators to generate, edit, and enhance videos quickly and effortlessly.
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01.AI is developing a language model for the Chinese market that enhances productivity, creating significant economic and societal value.
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Kling AI is an AI-powered creative studio for creating imaginative images and videos, based on state-of-the-art generative AI methods.
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