Tencent's US $5 million investment in oben, an AI start-up compa
In addition to basic technology research, Tencent has said that it will promote artificial intelligence of various application scenarios through business driven.
Combined with Tencent's main business, it's not hard to guess that in the future, the company will make efforts in the four application directions of game, social networking, content and platform tool.
Especially in the social field, Zuckerberg said last year that he would launch the VR version of Facebook and display the virtual persona tool oculus avatars; in July this year, Facebook said that the Facebook ar studio would work with Matteo to provide three ar camera effects. Now Tencent has to act.
On the evening of July 18, oben, an AI start-up, announced a $5 million strategic investment. This round of financing is led by Tencent, with CMC Chairman Li Ruigang and Fengshang capital following. According to the data of investment and financing information platform CrunchBase, oben has completed four rounds of financing, with a total amount of 13.7 million US dollars. Previous investors also include s-capital, Softbank Korea venture capital and HTC vive X.
According to the public information, oben was founded in 2014. It can create users' artificial intelligence virtual image by building personalized virtual voice, image and personality, and help users store, manage and operate their virtual image in the emerging digital world. In other words, oben can use artificial intelligence tools to create virtual images based on users' photos and voices, so that users have different AR and VR social experiences.
Tencent's US $5 million investment in oben, an AI start-up compa
In addition to basic technology research, Tencent has said that it will promote artificial intelligence of various application scenarios through business driven.
Combined with Tencent's main business, it's not hard to guess that in the future, the company will make efforts in the four application directions of game, social networking, content and platform tool.
Especially in the social field, Zuckerberg said last year that he would launch the VR version of Facebook and display the virtual persona tool oculus avatars; in July this year, Facebook said that the Facebook ar studio would work with Matteo to provide three ar camera effects. Now Tencent has to act.
On the evening of July 18, oben, an AI start-up, announced a $5 million strategic investment. This round of financing is led by Tencent, with CMC Chairman Li Ruigang and Fengshang capital following. According to the data of investment and financing information platform CrunchBase, oben has completed four rounds of financing, with a total amount of 13.7 million US dollars. Previous investors also include s-capital, Softbank Korea venture capital and HTC vive X.
According to the public information, oben was founded in 2014. It can create users' artificial intelligence virtual image by building personalized virtual voice, image and personality, and help users store, manage and operate their virtual image in the emerging digital world. In other words, oben can use artificial intelligence tools to create virtual images based on users' photos and voices, so that users have different AR and VR social experiences.