SenseTime

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It has big-name clients including Qualcomm, NVIDIA, China Mobile, and Huawei.

The world’s largest tech fund Softbank Vision Fund is seeking to invest close to US$1 billion in SenseTime, the most valuable artificial intelligence startup on the planet, Bloomberg reported on

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Early this April, SenseTime (商汤科技) announced a fresh funding round of $600 million, just nine months after its then record-breaking (in the AI scene) Series B round of $410 million.

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