Japanese media said that Shenzhen start-ups are far ahead in terms of development speed.
According to the "Nikkei Business News" website reported on July 26, Shenzhen Xingxing Technology, which is engaged in the development of autonomous driving technology, was established by a number of technicians including the CEO (CEO) Yan Xianqiao (32) returned from the United States. The company only uses In just one year, it successfully launched a system for the entire vehicle. This growth rate even surpassed the origin of the founding city of the United States Silicon Valley.
On December 2, 2017, a smart driving bus was driving on the road. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Mao Siqian
In May, Roadstar.ai launched a one-stop suite of 'Aries' that provides autonomous driving technology. The entire system is worth $300,000 and can be offered at a price of 1/5. Aries has radar and sensors made in China. Also equipped with a control system. Currently raised from the venture capital of Shenzhen, etc. to 128 million US dollars, will officially begin to expand business.
The company's base in Silicon Valley has been repeatedly testing and is focusing on the commercialization of 'Class 4 (completely automated driving in specific locations)'. In addition, it has also initiated joint research with European and American OEMs. Roadstar.ai proposed In 2020, the goal of promoting the use of our system in unmanned taxis in China.
The report pointed out that the choice of entrepreneurial location in Shenzhen also has the unique reasons of hardware gathering. Yan Xianqiao said that automatic driving can be realized through the combination of system and hardware. The accuracy of the sensor is also very important. Check the sensor used on the device. Some parts are purchased locally, so that they can increase their cost competitiveness through the autopilot kit made in Shenzhen.
Yan Xianqiao said that in the field of practical use of autonomous driving, China is not inferior to the leading United States.
Fujioka Kazuo, managing director of Chuangshi Xunlian Technology, which is engaged in the foundry of electronic products in Shenzhen, said that 'in terms of technological innovation from scratch, (Shenzhen) may be inferior to Silicon Valley, but technology as a business belt The overwhelming speed of the upper track is the biggest strength of Shenzhen'. It is said that from decision-making to technical personnel recruitment, trial production, product sales and other processes can be promoted at the fastest speed.
According to the report, as the first special economic zone for China's reform and opening up, Shenzhen has achieved rapid growth, and its speed is called 'three days and one floor', 'Shenzhen speed'. The founder of the technology of accounting application development CEO Gu Feng (43 years old) said that talents gathered in Shenzhen because it is easy to set up enterprises here.
There are about 1,000 employees at the company, and the average age is 27 years old. The technology is aimed at the complicated income and expenditure due to the increase in personal income. Gu Feng has played a role in the experience of corporate financial accumulation, and users have been able to increase.
In response to the next growth strategy, Gu Feng said that the most important theme is artificial intelligence (AI). Easy-to-use technology is using AI to analyze the huge usage data obtained from 300 million people, and to develop services to prevent the use of money. The company 2017 In the year, it raised $200 million from venture capital institutions such as the US investment fund Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR), and will invest funds in the AI field.
According to the report, in Shenzhen, since the year 2015, the focus of investment has shifted to high-tech industries and high-end talents. In 2000, the number of returnees in Shenzhen was less than 1,000, and by 2016 it will increase to more than 10,000. At the same time, in order to develop a new generation of industries such as autonomous driving and AI, Shenzhen will also seek a transformation from quantity to quality.