Author | China Software Network Chen Yang
Editor's note:
Software defines the world. "Networking, digitization, and intelligence", software cloudification, service-oriented...This is the most important development trend of the software industry.
These trends also reflect two fundamental problems: First, software is becoming more and more important and core in the operation of modern society. Without software, the entire society will not operate normally;
The second is that the ecology of the software industry will face reconstruction in the future. Many roles in the ecology will update their development strategies in an all-round way. The main force in the software landscape in the future will be very different from the present.
In the next ten years, as the core engine and engine of Beijing's top ten high-end and sophisticated industries, where are the core advantages and competitiveness of the software industry? Who will undertake the glorious mission of "Beijing Software" in the era of digital intelligence?
To this end, the Beijing Software and Information Service Industry Association, China Software Network, and Haibi Research jointly launched a series of activities "Entering the New Power of Beijing Software in 2020". This activity is combined with KPMG's "China's Leading Consumer Technology 50 Companies Report" released in 2020, and select representative Beijing software and information service industry cutting-edge companies and leading companies for door-to-door visits to discuss software and information services in the era of digital intelligence The future of industry development.
From the PC Internet in the 1980s and 1990s, to the mobile Internet around 2010, and to the intelligent Internet of Things in 2020, the application of information technology has gone through three eras.
Regardless of whether it is the PC Internet or the mobile Internet, what we can see is that it is based on Windows, ios, and Android operating systems that information technology can connect enterprises and organizations, enter thousands of households, and change people's work and life.
The enlightenment that this brings is: In the intelligent era that has come, if companies want to complete digital and intelligent upgrades and build an intelligent society with all things connected, they cannot do without Windows, ios, and Android in the intelligent era.
Multiple AI algorithms to build a digital world in three dimensions
“What Aibee Aibi Smart does is to build a set of underlying operating systems for the offline world.” In an interview with Chinasoft.com, Aibee founder and CEO Dr. Lin Yuanqing stated Aibee’s mission in one sentence, “Only establishing a line The underlying operating system can realize more full connection, integration and integration with the online, support closer interaction with the offline, thereby empowering the upgrading of vertical industries and polishing the ultimate AI technology."
Aibee founder and CEO Lin Yuanqing
If it hadn't been selected in KPMG's "Report on China's 50 Leading Consumer Technology Companies" and selected as a leader in consumer technology, this artificial intelligence solution company would still not enter the public's field of vision. "Indeed, Aibee is different from other artificial intelligence companies in that it is not good at obtaining financing and business through publicity. It is more steadfast in doing things." Lin Yuanqing said.
Different from the "dumbness" in publicity, Aibee's position in the industry and customer acquisition can be described as high-profile. This may also be the reason why this AI startup, which has only been established for only 3 years, can be elected as a leader in consumer technology:
Aibee's customers include 13 TOP 30 commercial real estate brands such as K11 and Red Star Macalline, and nearly 100 large shopping malls; cooperation with 21 smart parking lots in 11 cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Tianjin, and Chongqing; and Baidu Youjia has cooperated to launch 255 "VR digital 4S stores"; it has reached in-depth cooperation with 5 large-scale head airports and airlines including Capital Airport, Daxing Airport, and China Southern Airlines; promoted the intelligent upgrade of more than 260 well-known scenic spots in China.
The reason why it is favored by so many head customers in the industry is that Aibee has comprehensively used internationally leading large-scene 3D reconstruction, computer vision, machine learning, multi-sensor fusion and other multiple AI algorithms to achieve 3D reconstruction of offline large-scale architectural scenes , And a comprehensive perception of the real-time status of large-scale passenger flow.
The application of this technology can help companies complete the continuous accumulation and in-depth mining of the massive data of the target, and fully understand the target behavior. Taking shopping malls as an example, Aibee can provide data insights such as full-scene business analysis and passenger flow monitoring to assist business decision-making, promote the conversion of stores into stores, and improve the efficiency of shopping malls.
Up to now, Aibee has provided artificial intelligence total solutions for multiple vertical industries, including: Aibee AI Mall OS for commercial real estate/shopping malls, AI-BeeStore Retail Total Solution for retail brand chains, Aibee AI for parking lots Parking OS, AI-BeeStore Auto 4S Solution for car 4S stores, AI-BeeStore Bank Total Solution for bank branches, AI-BeeStore Bank Total Solution for airports, AI-BeeTourism Total Solution for tourist attractions, and smart cases AI-BeeStore Real Estate Total Solution in the field.
Aibee smart face scanning system
Empowering the digital and intelligent upgrade of vertical industries, Aibee’s growth will enter a new stage
It must be said that around 2015, with the explosion of data, the increase in computing power, and the iteration of algorithms, the artificial intelligence wave has risen again. In 2017, AlphaGo's 3:0 victory over Ke Jie made AI startups sprung up. The general emergence, which also means that the track of the AI empowerment industry is full of competitors.
But Lin Yuanqing was not worried at all. In his opinion, Aibee is two or three years ahead of its competitors on the AI-enabled vertical industry track. "When I founded Aibee in 2017, our goal was To B. This is also the origin of Aibee's name-AI To B."
The first-mover advantage and continuous focus have enabled Aibee to gain a number of industry-leading customers in just three years. Lin Yuanqing believes that Aibee is favored by leading customers in the industry mainly from three aspects:
The first is the technological moat constructed by Aibee, which is also Aibee's core advantage. Aibee is the first and only one in the market to realize full-scene, full-process, and full-volume personnel digitization. Through the team's technical capabilities, self-developed algorithm advantages, and rapid product iteration, its AI products are continuously optimized. “The technology provided by Aibee to customers includes the entire process of consulting, design, deployment and implementation, and subsequent operations. There are not many AI companies that can provide such a one-stop smart solution.” Lin Yuanqing said.
The second is a first-class founder team and technical team. According to Chinasoft.com, three of the founders and three co-founders of Aibee have a background in artificial intelligence technology. Founder and CEO Lin Yuanqing was the dean of Baidu Research Institute, and was responsible for Baidu's Silicon Valley Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SVAIL), Deep Learning Laboratory (IDL), Big Data Laboratory (BDL), Augmented Reality Laboratory (ARL) . Zhu Shenghuo, the co-founder who joined Aibee in 2018, was the head of the Decision Intelligence Laboratory of Ali Dharma Academy. His main research directions include machine learning and operational optimization.
Lin Yuanqing revealed that Aibee's technical staff accounted for 75% of the company's total employees. "When Aibee was established in the first year, its technical staff could reach about 95%. It was a pure technology company." He added.
The third is in-depth cooperation with customers. Lin Yuanqing said: "Aibee's cooperation with customers is more than just delivering a solution. We and customers are more like a team, from the early consultation to the later deployment, to help customers achieve smart upgrades."
It is precisely because of the above factors that Aibee has achieved an annual growth rate of 100-200% in three years. Even this year affected by the epidemic, Lin Yuanqing is very confident in Aibee's operating status: "By March next year, Aibee's entire fiscal year will exceed its revenue."
Lin Yuanqing firmly believes that Aibee's growth will enter a new stage. Lin Yuanqing believes that cooperation with leading companies can enable Aibee to truly understand what the industry needs. Through such one-to-one replication, industry replication, and even cross-industry replication, Aibee can gain hundreds of times more customers. "The leading customers in the industry have come to choose Aibee. Is there any reason behind not keeping up?"
Therefore, Aibee's main task in 2021 is to open up the market. Lin Yuanqing concluded: "After three years of continuous polishing of technology, Aibee has already gained a number of top customers. We are confident that we can empower more offline industries, increase market promotion, and expand channel agents. This is our strategy for next year. the key of."