SenseTime
The Chinese AI firm that started with computer vision
China Big tech Mixed
WHAT IT IS
SenseTime was founded in 2014 and started from computer-vision research, spanning face recognition, image segmentation and video analysis. It packages these capabilities into industry platforms and products, and offers the digital-human system SenseAvatar.
Why it matters
It is one of the representative Chinese vision-AI companies, scaling deep-learning vision into real industries such as security, automotive and content.
Key milestones
- 2014
Founded
- 2022
Released the digital-human product SenseAvatar