As discussing the business model of 4Paradigm, this article goes through the key points of industry AI transformation and the future trend faced by AI practitioners. 

In 4Paradigm's "1+N" Strategy, one stands for the ultimate effect that AI could achieve, forming a definite advantage in a company's core business, and N stands for scalability in more scenarios based on unified ideology and platform.

4Paradigm and SPT Energy Group will complete the construction of a data governance system for the energy industry and establish a reliable and accurate forecasting system plus a real-time detection and early warning platform.

The moat of Netflix, ByteDance and other tech giants comes from their AI-powered recommendation systems which are difficult to replicate. 4Paradigm claimed it enabled 70% of its employees to create such systems.

The 4Paradigm has completed more than 2000 AI landing cases, dealing with problems in financial, medical, governmental, energy, retail, media sectors and so on.

Founded in early 2015, 4Paradigm is one of the world’s leading AI technology and service providers for industrial applications. 4Paradigm’s flagship product – the AI Prophet – is an AI development platform that enables enterprises to effortlessly build their own AI applications, and thereby significantly increase their operation’s efficiency.

According to jiqizhixin.com, 4Paradigm has closed its Series C funding with an amount of CNY 1 billion. The new round has also made 4Paradigm the only startup with a joint investment of all "five major banks" in China.