AlphaGo on a smartphone? Chinese brothers plan to put AI in your pocket with start-up based on Cambrian deep-learning processor
Two scientists from Chinese Academy of Sciences expect Cambrian to beat smartphone vendor Xiaomi’s record valuation of US$45 billion, aim to change the world by commercialising new AI technology
A team of researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences expect to set a new valuation record in China with their start-up based on Cambrian, a deep-learning processor they invented that may take artificial intelligence to the next level.
The team, led by 32-year old Chen Yunji and his younger brother Chen Tianshi, who both teach at the academy’s Institute of Computing Technology in Beijing, said they are now wrapping up the first round of angel investment in their start-up, which is named after the “revolutionary” processor.
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Their goal is to bring human-like AI to people’s mobile devices. Such computing power is at present only available on supercomputers.
“We are starting a company called Cambrian to commercialise our deep-learning processor,” Chen Yunji told guancha.cn, a Shanghai-based news website, over the weekend.
Cambrian refers to a geological period 500 million years ago when life on earth changed dramatically as the number of multicellular organisms exploded, paving the way for incredible diversity.
“The company will soon complete its first round of angel investment, and its valuation may become the highest in history for a Chinese company,” the older Chen was quoted as saying.