China AI startups & tech ecosystem (2026)

A global online fast-fashion retailer.

Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer designing, developing, and selling smart electric vehicles.

Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer designing, developing, and selling premium smart electric vehicles.

Global manufacturer of electric vehicles and batteries, known for its Blade Battery technology.

Starbucks' China unit is a major coffeehouse chain operator in China, now a joint venture with Boyu Capital.

Geek+ is a global leader in autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for warehouse and logistics automation.

Develops and deploys intelligent warehouse automation robotics for efficient storage and retrieval.

China Telecom is one of the world's largest telecommunications companies, providing integrated information services across China and globally.

Alibaba Group is China's largest e-commerce and technology conglomerate, operating platforms across retail, cloud computing, logistics, and digital media.

Kling AI is a generative AI service by Kuaishou that creates high-quality, realistic videos from text descriptions or images, competing with major AI video models.

Chinese multinational technology company specializing in internet services and artificial intelligence.

Chinese AI startup developing advanced large language models and AI agents, including the Kimi chatbot, with a focus on AGI research.

Leading global online travel agency with hotel, flight, and tour booking services.

Global leader in telecommunications equipment, consumer electronics, and digital solutions.

MiniMax is a leading global technology company and one of the pioneers of large language models (LLMs) in Asia, developing proprietary LLMs across various modalities.

MiniMax is an AI company developing multimodal AI models for text, images, video, audio, and music generation, offering both consumer mobile apps and enterprise API services.

A leading Chinese internet technology company specializing in online games, internet services, and e-commerce.

A leading Chinese social commerce platform focused on agriculture and value-for-money products.

Chinese multinational manufacturing conglomerate specializing in automobiles, batteries, electronics, and rail transit.

Global CRDMO providing integrated R&D and manufacturing services for the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries.

A global B2B e-commerce platform connecting businesses for international trade.

China's alternative to YouTube, expanding internationally, offering video sharing, live streaming, and mobile games.

Develops and sells high-performance quadruped and humanoid robots for industrial and consumer applications.

Developing advanced AI models with a focus on reducing hallucinations, including large language models, vision language models, and text-to-video models.

Provides data analytics and business intelligence solutions for businesses.

Kling AI provides state-of-the-art generative AI tools for creating imaginative images and videos, leveraging advanced foundation models like Kling 3.0.

A svelte smart ring that tracks activity, sleep, and health metrics with long battery life.

AI and 3D vision solutions for industrial robots, enhancing automation in manufacturing and logistics.

Makes the best, most accessible 3D printers yet.

Intelligent service robotics developer.

Biotechnology company specializing in antibody discovery and development with integrated 'Idea to IND' solutions.

Builder of humanoid and quadruped robots for traffic, security, and retail.

Next-generation AI video generator for cinematic 4K 60FPS videos from text or images.

Unitree Robotics is a Chinese robotics company that designs and builds high-performance quadrupedal and humanoid robots at affordable prices, known for its viral videos of robots performing intricate dances and martial arts.

Ant International is the global arm of Ant Group, focused on expanding its digital payment and financial technology services worldwide.

Leading short-form video platform and community for content creation and sharing.

An advanced AI video generation platform for high-quality text-to-video and image-to-video creation.

A leading renewable energy and smart energy company.

A humanoid robotics company integrating embodied intelligence.

AI company focused on building enterprise AI solutions, industry agent deployments, and applications, leveraging AI models to transform financial statements and provide CEOs with comprehensive data views for better decision-making.