In recent years, with the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology and the continuous expansion of application scenarios, artificial intelligence is playing an important role in more fields. Especially in the field of AI hardware, the trend of integrating artificial intelligence and hardware acceleration is sweeping the world at an unprecedented speed, and the AI hardware market is showing explosive growth.
According to the forecast of Verified Market Research, by 2030, the scale of AI hardware market will reach 474.1 billion US dollars, with an average annual growth rate of 38.73%.
In 2024, both large companies and start-ups are actively laying out the AI hardware track, and various AI hardware products of different categories are emerging in an endless stream, such as AI glasses, AI headphones, AI toys, AI learning machines, smart speakers, etc., attracting the attention of many consumers.
Entering 2025, the AI hardware market still continues the innovation and iteration craze of 2024. The track is dynamic, new projects continue to be established, and capital is also accelerating betting.
LeXiang Technology announced the completion of nearly 200 million yuan in angel round financing
Recently, LeXiang Technology announced the completion of angel round financing. This round of financing was led by IDG Capital, followed by Monolith, Matrix Partners, Zhen Fund, Sequoia Seed Fund, and Oasis Capital. The total amount of financing was close to 200 million yuan, and the post-investment valuation was about 600 million yuan.
It is reported that this round of financing will be mainly used for product research and development and team building. Based on consumer insights and the logic of new technologies entering traditional products, it will continue to iterate and find product space.
According to the information, LeXiang Technology was founded by Guo Renjie, the former executive president of Zhuimi China, at the end of 2024. The company focuses on the research and development and application of AI consumer hardware and is committed to creating the next generation of AI consumer hardware products.
Box Intelligence Technology Receives Angel Round Investment
Recently, Box Intelligence Technology received angel round investment from Qiji Chuangtan. This round of financing will help it further develop and promote its smart hardware products.
Public information shows that Box Intelligence Technology is an innovative enterprise focusing on large model multimodal real-time reasoning technology. Based on large-model multimodal real-time reasoning technology, the company launched LOOKEEkid, an intelligent portable hardware for children. With its unique educational philosophy and technical advantages, LOOKEEkid provides children with a more personalized and intelligent learning experience.
Future Intelligence received tens of millions of yuan in new financing
On January 22, AI hardware company Future Intelligence completed tens of millions of yuan in Pre-A round of financing, led by Wanwu Venture Capital and followed by Chuxin Capital. It is reported that this round of financing will focus on breakthroughs in computing power and the improvement of algorithm services, continuous iteration and expansion of product matrix, construction and expansion of overseas markets, and improvement of offline channel layout.
According to the information, Future Intelligence is an AI hardware brand under iFlytek. It was founded in 2021 and is a company focusing on the development of AI intelligent hardware, focusing on office scenes.
It is worth mentioning that Future Intelligence officially released the new iFlytek conference headset Pro 2 in May 2024. The headset has been fully upgraded both in hardware and software, bringing a more advanced and comprehensive AI experience, and also leading the conference headset into the era of evolutionary AI conference assistants.
Super Daddy announces completion of angel round financing
In early January, Beijing Super Daddy Education Technology Co., Ltd. announced the completion of angel round financing. The amount of financing and investors have not been disclosed yet.
It is understood that Super Daddy was founded in 2023 and is an AI question-answering machine developer. In September 2024, Super Daddy launched a smart hardware product "Small Window AI Question-Answering Machine" for family scenarios. It is equipped with advanced large language model technology and can answer various questions raised by users, covering science, art, history and other disciplines.
Dong Hongguang, head of Xiaomi Quick Application, resigned to start a business, focusing on AI hardware intelligence
Recently, it was reported that Dong Hongguang, head of Xiaomi Group Quick Application and former employee No. 100, has recently resigned to start a business. The direction of entrepreneurship is AI applications based on hardware products.
During his time at Xiaomi, Dong Hongguang was initially responsible for the construction of Xiaomi Theme Store, participated in the development of MIUI underlying technology, and then incubated the Quick Application Ecological Alliance and self-developed operating system business. He has been responsible for the operating system and application ecology and has rich software experience.
In conclusion
Thanks to the rapid development of technologies such as artificial intelligence and the increasing maturity of the market, especially the increasingly fierce competition in large-scale model applications, the potential of AI smart hardware is being increasingly explored and its application boundaries are constantly expanding. At present, more and more companies are actively exploring the efficient integration of these cutting-edge technologies with hardware products, and are committed to transforming these innovative applications into practical results. Perhaps in the near future, it is foreseeable that the AI hardware track will usher in a carnival feast.
This paper is from Ulink Media, Shenzhen, China, the organizer of IOTE EXPO (IoT Expo in China)
