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Step Star’s first AI smart phone will be released soon, ahead of OpenAI. Domestic general-purpose large-model unicorn Step Star officially announced that it will launch a new generation of smart terminals, bringing new answers to the Agent era.
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Step Star's first AI smart phone is about to be released, ahead of OpenAI. Domestic general-purpose large-model unicorn Step Star officially announced that it will launch a new generation of smart terminals, bringing new answers to the Agent era. According to domestic media reports, Step Star is about to release an AI terminal brand, an intelligent system and its first AI intelligent mobile phone. This is also the first native intelligent mobile phone terminal to be launched among the world's large model companies, and the launch pace is earlier than the AI terminal planned by OpenAI. According to people familiar with the matter, this AI smart phone is manufactured by Huaqin Technology, an A-share listed company. The two parties have a deep binding cooperative relationship, not a simple OEM model. Huaqin Technology is a leading company in the global smart hardware ODM industry, with shipments of smartphones, laptops, and tablets exceeding 10% of the world's total. Huaqin Technology completed strategic equity investment as early as the Step Star B+ round of financing. Subsequent Series C financing continued to increase, and the joint layout of industry chain companies such as OmniVision and ZTE formed an integrated collaborative link for large models, complete machine manufacturing, imaging, and communications. Shanghai AI Six Little Tigers, raising over 20 billion and sprinting towards Hong Kong stock IPO, Step Star was established in Shanghai in 2023 and ranks among the Shanghai AI Six Little Tigers camp. It was founded by former Microsoft Global Vice President Jiang Daxin, with Yin Qi as the chairman. The team brings together top AI research talents from Microsoft and Byte. The company has raised more than 20 billion yuan in cumulative financing, and consumer electronics industry chain companies such as ZTE, Huaqin, Tencent, and Longcheer have all participated in investment. It has now completed shareholding reform and is sprinting towards the Hong Kong IPO. Its core route is different from pure cloud model manufacturers, focusing on large models plus full-link implementation of terminal hardware. This differentiated positioning is the foundation of its strategy of cross-border mobile phone manufacturing. via AI News (author: AI Base)