Technology Author:EqualOcean News Editor:Li Linglong; Peng Lina Oct 06, 2023 07:07 PM (GMT+8)

Recently Apulis Technology Co. Ltd.(博瀚智能) announced the completion of an A+ round of financing of hundreds of Millions. In addition, Shandong Matrix Software Engineering Co., Ltd.(矩阵软件) also announced the completion of financing of tens of millions.

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Founded in 2019, Apulis is an AI enterprise focusing on providing AI big model solutions for the manufacturing industry, providing customers with low-code/no-code modeling automated model optimization, intelligent data processing joint solutions, helping customers efficiently and conveniently carry out cloud-side-end synergistic AI product development, and accelerating the realization of intelligent transformation. 

Apulis provides enterprise users with one-stop AI development services for machine learning and deep learning, with core modules such as AIArts, DataEyes, AIAuto, APFlow, ADMagic, ADHub, APWorkshop, APHarbor, APSC, APWorkshop, APHarbor, APSC, etc., to establish a full closed-loop workflow, support the process of iterative dialogue to continuously improve the effectiveness of model inference, and maximize the value of AI applications. Apulis AI Platform is the world's only end-to-end open-source AI platform, the world's first commercially available AI platform supporting Huawei's Rise NPU, and the world's first heterogeneous AI platform supporting both Huawei's Rise NPU and NVIDIA's GPU. 

Founded in 2006, Matrix Software focuses on informatization services in the field of marketing, shipping and logistics of bulk materials for group enterprises. It applies new technologies such as cloud computing, big data, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, mobile computing, digital twin and other new technologies to the series of products of enterprise highway and railroad marketing and transportation whole-process control, and promotes the transformation of old and new dynamics in many industries such as coal, grain and oil, chemical industry and so on. At present, Matrix Software serves more than 600 large enterprise customers in various industries, many of which are Fortune 500 group enterprises. 

The global artificial intelligence market size was valued at USD 454.12 billion in 2022 and is expected to hit around USD 2,575.16 billion by 2032, progressing with a CAGR of 19% from 2023 to 2032. The rapid penetration of digital technologies and the internet has significantly contributed to the growth of the global artificial intelligence market in the past few years. And the rising popularity of various life-saving medical devices and the self-driving feature in the new electric vehicles is significantly boosting the growth of the AI market across the globe. 

The rapid development and broad prospects of the artificial intelligence market have naturally attracted many companies to develop this aspect of the business. Domestically, there are Turing Robot(图灵机器人), Megvii Robotics(旷视机器人), DeepBlue Technology(深兰科技), iFLYTEK(科大讯飞), etc. Overseas, there are OpenAI, IBM, Google and so on. 

This round of financing of Apulis was led by Gpro Investment(金浦投资) and Citic Capital(中信资本), followed by Rongyu Venture Capital(融煜创投) and Z&Y Capital(卓源资本). The financing will be used for the big model landing, intelligent manufacturing and other areas of business research and development and market expansion. Matrix Software's investor in this round of financing is Addor Capital(毅达资本), and the financing is mainly used to further optimize the algorithm, improve efficiency, and promote unmanned road and railroad shipping business.