Tianfu New Area’s Unicorn Island Sees Operation of Its First Resident-GoChengdu

SenseTime, a Shenzhen-headquartered unicorn company specializing in the R&D of artificial intelligence technologies, launched December 4 its Chengdu office at the unicorn island, Tianfu New Area, Chengdu. It is the first company to open an office at the island.

Reputed for its outstanding R&D strength in the applications of face recognition, character recognition and deep learning technologies, etc., SenseTime will introduce technical teams for its Chengdu office and is dedicated to the Tianfu New Area's development in the artificial intelligence industry.

unicorn island, Tianfu New Area

"SenseTime shares a common ground with Chengdu in the new economy development strategy, especially, in that of the intelligent economy. We are bullish about the prospects of Chengdu and Tianfu New Area," said Mr. Xu Li, co-founder and CEO of Sense Time.

At present, Tianfu New Area is cooperating with domestic and overseas universities and companies to develop the new economy and become an area of unicorns.

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Being a national-level new area approved by the State Council of People’s Republic of China and strategically positioned as a “most dynamic emerging growth pole in West China and an international modern new city and an inland economic opening-up center suitable for business, commerce and living, Sichuan Tianfu New Area is speeding up its modernized economic system driven by new economy and unicorn cultivation.

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