Tencent is a member of the Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent trio of Chinese internet giants (together termed BAT) who are competing vigorously to prepare for the AI economy. Tencent’s AI ambitions over the next few years are defined by a strategy called “Make AI Everywhere.” This report discusses Tencent’s organizational development, product strategy, application areas, and investments in light of this strategy, and analyzes how it is implementing this vision.
List of Topics
Company profile of Tencent, touching on its organizational development and deployment strategies in AI such as the establishment of AI teams (e.g. Tencent AI Lab and Youtu Lab), public security solutions, facial recognition, online content review, and smart retail (e.g. WeChat AI).
Product and technology development strategies of Tencent and includes its six resources for AI ecosystem and Open AI Platform, and smart hardware program and smart hiring program.
An overview of AI accelerators of Tencent and their investment strategies, including Cowarobot, Readstar.ai, Huiyihuiying, Atman, Tensorise, Zhuiyi, GMEMS, Leju Robotics, GJS Robot, Cloudbrain, Kiwi, Equota, Lavector, Versa.
An overview of Tencent’s AI investment in robotics, smart transport, smart medicine, smart life, data services, incubators, audio recognition, and information security.
Table of Contents
1.Tencent’s Basic Operating Model
2anizational Development and AI Team
2.1 Organizational Resource Integration
2.2 AI Teams
2.2.1 Tencent AI Lab
2.2.2 Youtu Lab
2.3 Public Security
2.4 Facial Recognition
2.5 Online Content Review
2.6 Smart Retail
2.6.1 WeChat AI
3.Tencent's AI Products and Technologies
3.1 The Six Resources of Tencent's AI Ecosystem
3.2 AI Products
3.2.1 Smart Hardware
3.2.2 Smart Hiring
4.Tencent's AI Accelerator and Investment Strategy
4.1 AI Accelerator
4.2 Tencent's AI Investment Strategy
5. MIC Perspective
Appendix
Glossary of Terms
List of Companies
List of Tables
Table 1 Basic Information on Tencent
Table 2 Organizational Structure of Tencent
Table 3 Applications of Tencent AI Lab
Table 4 Research Plans of Tencent AI Lab
Table 5 Shared Technologies on the Tencent Open AI Platform
Table 6 Smart Hardware Application Scenarios
Table 7 Investment Targets of Tencent's AI Accelerator
Table 8 Tencent's AI Investment Strategy
List of Figures
Figure 1 The Grandeye Security Platform
Figure 2 Facial Recognition Verification Process
Figure 3 Youtu’s AI Applications in Smart Retail
Figure 4 The Six Resources of Tencent's AI Ecosystem
Figure 5 Smart Hardware Program15
Figure 6 Features of Tencent's Smart Recruitment Technology
Leju Robotics
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AISEC
Alibaba
Amazon
Atman
Atomwise
Baidu
BMW
Byton
Career Executive
China Everbright Bank
China Unicom
Cloudbrain
Cowarobot
DiDi Chuxing
Element AI
Equota
GJS Robot
GMEMS
Harbin Institute of Technology
Huiyihuiying
iCarbonX
Kiwi
Lancôme
Lavector
Leju Robotics
Leshi Zhixin
L'Oréal
Marble
McGill University
Mi Live
Mininglamp
Moji
NIO
Pacewear
QQ
Qzone
Roadstar.ai
SF Express
Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts
Sinovation Ventures
SoundHound
Stratifyd
Tencent
Tensorise
Tesla
Tesla
Tu
UBTECH
University of Montreal
Versa Inc.
VoxelCloud
WeBank
Weltmeister
Wonder Workshop
Yingyongbao
Yunji Technology
Zhuiyi
*If Applicable.