IFlytek

iFlytek
Native name
科大讯飞
Company typePublic; State-owned enterprise
SZSE: 002230
IndustryInformation technology
Founded1999; 25 years ago (1999)
FounderLiu Qingfeng
Headquarters
Hefei, Anhui
,
China
Area served
speech synthesis, speech recognition and natural language processing
OwnerChina Mobile
Websitewww.iflytek.com Edit this at Wikidata

iFlytek (Chinese: 科大讯飞; pinyin: Kēdà Xùnfēi), styled as iFLYTEK, is a partially state-owned Chinese information technology company established in 1999.[1] It creates voice recognition software and 10+ voice-based internet/mobile products covering education, communication, music, intelligent toys industries.[2] State-owned enterprise China Mobile is the company's largest shareholder.[3] The company is listed in the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and it is backed by several state-owned investment funds.[4][5]

The company was spun off from University of Science and Technology of China.[6]: 128  The city of Hefei is a major investor in iFlytek.[7][6]: 128  The company has faced accusations from human rights groups and the United States government of involvement in mass surveillance.[8][9]

  1. ^ Ben Chiang (23 March 2012). "iFlytek Announces All New Voice Cloud and Siri-like Product". TechNode. Archived from the original on 1 December 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-24. Note: byline reads "Ben Jiang", but author webpage URL lists last name as "Chiang".
  2. ^ Hvistendahl, Mara (May 18, 2020). "How a Chinese AI Giant Made Chatting—and Surveillance—Easy". Wired. Archived from the original on May 18, 2020. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  3. ^ Harney, Alexandra (June 13, 2019). "Risky partner: Top U.S. universities took funds from Chinese firm tied to Xinjiang security". Reuters. Archived from the original on November 9, 2019. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  4. ^ Mark Lee (2012-08-24). "China Mobile to Acquire 15% of Voice-Recognition Company". Bloomberg Businessweek. Bloomberg L.P. Archived from the original on 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
  5. ^ Dai, Sarah (July 17, 2019). "China's voice recognition champion iFlytek gets US$407 million funding boost from state investors". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on November 9, 2019. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  6. ^ a b Hu, Richard (2023). Reinventing the Chinese City. New York: Columbia University Press. doi:10.7312/hu--21100. ISBN 978-0-231-21101-7.
  7. ^ Luong, Ngor; Fedasiuk, Ryan (2022-06-22), "State plans, research, and funding", Chinese Power and Artificial Intelligence (1 ed.), London: Routledge, pp. 3–18, doi:10.4324/9781003212980-2, ISBN 978-1-003-21298-0, Similarly, iFlyTek received $2.9 million (18.5 million RMB) investment from Hefei Venture Capital Guidance Fund. This state-sponsored funding accounts for nearly 8 percent of the company's equity shares.
  8. ^ Inskeep, Steve (May 30, 2024). "AI companies in China aim for innovation despite U.S. restrictions on access to parts". NPR. Archived from the original on May 30, 2024. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
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