Artificial Intelligence Top 10 In China – 10/10
Ranking: Number 10
Company Name: AISpeech
Field: Voice Recognition
Total Funding: US$45 Million

(AISpeech powers voice command capabilities for smart home device and appliances makers.)

Founded in 2007 by University of Cambridge graduate Gao Shixing, AISpeech provides speech recognition solutions for auto makers, smart home device manufacturers, robot makers and voice recognition functions used by mobile app developers.

Its tools are used by a number of companies including Sony’s wristband, Chinese smart watch brand INwatch, Chinese smartphone maker Meizu and Chinese home appliances maker Haier, allowing users to perform certain functions by giving voice commands.

Suzhou city-based AISpeech has raised a total of US$45 million in a series B round form Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. It also raised a series A round worth tens of million U.S. dollars and an undisclosed series C round, which was not includ ed in the total funding tally.