Unique Research · Recap · July 2, 2024
On June 28, the 2024 China AIGC Application & Development Conference closed at the Mercure Shanghai Hongqiao. Hosted by metaverse news platform Meta Home (米塔之家), co-hosted by Unique Capital and Jiazi Huanyu (加资寰宇), the summit theme was Opening a New Era of Applications — covering a new productivity revolution and scene landing practice across application, model, and infrastructure layers via keynotes and roundtables.
Who was in the room
Companies on site included Volcano Engine, Moore Threads, Baidu Wenxin Agent Platform, SenseTime, China Travel International, AiDesign & AiPPT.cn, Kehua Data, Zhipu AI, Tongdao Liepin, Shanghai Kuanhui, VAST, NYBL, WeShop, and more.
Roundtable: growth of AI-native apps
Unique Capital partner Wei Wu moderated a roundtable on Growth of AI-Native Applications with VAST CMO Sienna, WeShop ops director Lin Zicheng, and AiDesign & AiPPT.cn marketing VP Jiang Yilin — sharing how AI lifts internal efficiency and drives business growth.
Wu also shared Unique Research industry stats: ~1,500 active AI companies globally — 751 China domestic, 103 go-global, 24 listed, 16 foundation-model companies. About 76% of AI product startups sit at the application layer (notably enterprise services such as marketing and data management). Cumulative global AI financing reached ¥314.9B, with overseas totals well above domestic. As of May 2024, 1,749 AI products exceeded 10k monthly visits globally; Chinese go-global products held 71 of those seats.
Tech exhibition
An AIGC tech zone featured Zhipu AI, AiDesign & AiPPT.cn, ICP, Kehua Data, AI Zhigu, and others.
1 CN image; attach on ingest.
— END —