SenseTime to Collaborate with Rockchip on AI Facial Recognition Chip

in technology •  6 years ago 

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SenseTime announced a partnership with Rockchip to produce an AI facial recognition chip, according to the company's official WeChat platform on August 15th. Based on the announcement, the AI unicorn's acial recognition SDK will be preloaded on the AI chip on Rochchip's affiliate chip production platform.

SenseTime, founded in 2014, is one of the best-funded AI unicorns in China. The startup specialises in fields such as facial recognition, image processing and 3D vision.

Previously in June, SenseTime partnered with Xiaomi [1810:HK] to apply its facial recognition technology in Xiaomi's flagship smartphone Mi 8 Explorer. As early as in December 2017, powered by SenseTime's facial recognition technology, the Vivo X20 could be unlocked within 0.1 seconds, featuring the world's leading facial recognition technology. Earlier in May, the unicorn closed its USD 620m C+ financing round and reached a valuation of over USD 4.5bn.

The company's investors include Alibaba [BABA:US], Qualcomm [QCOM:US], Dalian Wanda Group and IDG Capital.

Source : [Red Pulse / Yuxuan Mei]

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