Artificial intelligence company Laiye Technology announced the completion of Series C financing of US million。This round of financing was jointly led by Lightspeed Global Fund and Lightspeed China Growth Fund，Cahui Innovation Fund、Shuanghu Capital continues to invest。Laiye Technology Representation，The company is currently also the company with the highest financing amount in the domestic 188bet mobile+AI track。Based on public information，Laiye Technology announced its merger with 188bet mobile company Aosen Technology in June 2019，At that time, "Xinlaiye" announced that it had completed the B+ round of financing of US million。Before this，The company announced in 2015 that it had received US million in angel round financing，Announced the completion of tens of millions of RMB in Series A financing at the end of 2016，Announced the completion of Series B financing of US million at the end of 2017。

Laiye Technology Chairman and CEO Wang Guanchun told 36Kr，This round of financing will still be used to recruit outstanding talents in the industry，Includes sales and marketing，188bet mobile+AI technology R&D and solution personnel，Consolidate the business and technical capabilities of Laiye Technology。In fact，Within half a year after the merger between Laiye Technology and Orson Technology，Built a government and enterprise business team of hundreds of people，And 188bet mobile+AI solutions for nearly 300 people、Project delivery and product development team。

It is worth mentioning，Recent，Former Zhujian Intelligent CTO Weng Jiaqi (Phantom) joins Laiye 188bet mobile as vice president，Overall responsible for solution and project delivery。

After the merger, Laiye 188bet mobile is considered “the company closest to UiPath in China”。UiPath, an American unicorn valued at US billion, is also the most representative company on this track。

Due to domestic demand、Influenced by factors such as the increasing popularity of foreign financing，188bet mobile is a small outlet in the venture capital circle in 2019，188bet mobile+AI is also considered to be the development trend of the 188bet mobile industry，This is also a key step towards 188bet mobile being able to replace (or assist) human employees on a larger scale。On the one hand，OCR in AI、NLP and other technologies can empower 188bet mobile robots to recognize images、Semantic analysis and other capabilities，So the robot can process e.g. paper invoices、Complex work such as capturing appropriate fields ，Expanding the application dimensions of 188bet mobile；On the other hand，Because 188bet mobile is very close to the business，Opens up considerable business prospects for AI。

That’s why，Laiye Technology, which started from NLP, merged with Aosen Technology, which has been doing 188bet mobile for several years，Attention。After the merger of Laiye Technology and Aosun Technology，The company’s business progress has also been receiving industry attention。

Laiye Technology Representation，In the 188bet mobile process implemented by the company，Included text recognition (OCR)、Natural Language Processing (NLP)、Chatbot、Computer Vision (CV) and other AI capabilities，Higher complexity can be achieved、Higher value process automation，In the 188bet mobile robot delivered to the customer，The proportion of using AI capabilities reaches 35%。

Laiye Technology has been actively expanding channels since the second half of last year。Company representation，Already with Digital China、Hangxin Enterprise Services and others reached cooperation，More than 200 new partners have been added in total，Currently, the company’s channel sales network covers the whole country，Has obtained dozens of Fortune 500 companies、China’s top 500 and government agency customers，Mainly used in finance and taxation、Personnel、In an office scene represented by customer service and marketing；In addition, more than 75% of large government and enterprise customers have implemented 188bet mobile and have the intention to expand AI。

Wang Guanchun told 36Kr，Currently the company’s customer price ranges from 100,000 yuan to several million yuan，Mainly depends on the number of robots deployed by the customer。The company’s payment collection in 2019 increased fourfold compared to 2018；The company plans to have the largest number of domestic customers in 2020、The 188bet mobile+AI company that deploys the largest number of robots。

Ecological construction is also one of the important tasks of 188bet mobile companies。Li Wei, Co-CEO and President of Laiye Technology said，The company has more than 200 partners across the country，More than 200,000 community registered users。

Also，It is worth mentioning，During this epidemic，Laiye Technology also provides 188bet mobile+AI software robot products and services to government agencies for free。After the release of this financing，Laiye Technology promises to donate 1% of its annual profits to government affairs every year in the future、Medical、Public welfare projects related to education and research to give back to society。

Foreign 188bet mobile companies developed earlier，has grown to a larger market size。According to Zinnov report，Global enterprises spent more than .3 billion on 188bet mobile in 2019，And more than 38% of enterprises around the world are preparing or trying 188bet mobile robots；In the business process outsourcing service market，188bet mobile market share has exceeded 90%。

Currently，Typical representative companies in the international 188bet mobile track include: UiPath, an American unicorn valued at US billion、Automation Anywhere, an American unicorn valued at US.6 billion、Blueprism, a British listed company with a market value of about 1.6 billion pounds, etc.。Influenced by the popularity of foreign capital markets、Influence of the actual order growth rate of the domestic 188bet mobile industry，188bet mobile concept、Product、The company is also favored by the capital market，Hongji Cyclone also appeared、Yunpu Technology and other high-profile startups，Among them, Hongji Cyclone won DCM、Source Code’s USD 10 Million Series A Financing；Yunkuo Technology obtained Jinshajiang Venture Capital、Ten million US dollars in Series A financing invested by Mingshi Capital，Received tens of millions of yuan in Series A+ financing from Sequoia Capital China。

Most of the investors participating in this financing are the company’s old shareholders and investors closely related to them，All expressed their recognition of the ‘188bet mobile+AI’ industry or company team。

Among them，Mi Qun, founding partner of Lightspeed China, thinks，Laiye Technology’s management team has deep experience in the fields of 188bet mobile and AI，Created the industry’s only ‘188bet mobile+AI’ open platform and the largest developer community。Duan Lanchun, managing partner of Cathay Fund, believes，Laiye Technology is a representative of China’s 188bet mobile+AI industry，Show professional ability and influence when competing with similar international products，For example, Laiye Technology recently launched an epidemic management process automation software robot platform in a short period of time、Community health greeting robot and other applications，It is the reflection of many years of solid technology accumulation behind it。Shuanghu Capital CEO Zhang Yan recognized the important value of 188bet mobile+AI in the digital transformation of traditional industries，I think Laiya products can improve human efficiency，Helping companies save costs，Allow enterprises to invest human resources in high-value business。

*Source 188bet mobile: 36氪, author: Shi Yaqiong,Original title:《36Kr first release，“Laiye 188bet mobile” completed Series C financing of US million》。