4Paradigm

Beijing Fourth Paradigm (Beijing Fourth Paradigm Technology Co., Ltd.) is an artificial intelligence technology and service provider founded in 2014, focusing on utilizing machine learning technology and experience to reveal the laws behind data through accurate prediction and mining of data, in order to help enterprises improve efficiency, reduce risk, and obtain greater business value.

Company Overview

• Established:: 2014
• Business Positioning: Artificial Intelligence Platform and Technology Service Provider
• Major Achievements: World leader in migration learning, high-dimensional machine learning, AutoML, high-performance AI arithmetic, and AI innovations in various application areas.
• market share: No. 1 Machine Learning Platform Market Share in China for Many Years

Core Technology and Products

• Prophetic Platform: Fourth Paradigm's self-developed enterprise-level AI production service enabling platform, released in 2016, aims to lower the threshold of AI application and enhance the innovative technology of AI within various application fields.
• AutoML and AutoCV: Automated machine learning and automated computer vision solutions that automate the process of model design, training, and optimization to improve the development efficiency of AI applications.
• SageOne: An enterprise-grade AI software and hardware integrated system that provides a full range of AI solutions from data collection, processing, analysis to decision support.

Application Areas

Fourth Paradigm's technologies and products have been widely used in many fields such as banking, insurance, government affairs, energy, intelligent manufacturing, retail, healthcare, securities, etc., helping enterprises realize intelligent transformation and business growth.

History and Financing

• Milestones::
  • 2014: Company established
  • 2016: release of the Prophet Platform and establishment of an artificial intelligence lab with China Everbright Bank
  • 2018: Completed Series B+ financing with investors including Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Bank of China, China Construction Bank, etc.
  • 2020: Closing of Series C+ financing with a post-investment valuation of ~$2 billion
  • 2023: Successful listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
• Financing: Since its inception, Fourth Paradigm has attracted much attention from the capital market, and has completed several rounds of financing, with investors including Banyu Capital, Chunhua Capital, Huper Capital, Gao Tiling Capital, IDG Capital and other well-known investment institutions.

Honors and Awards

• Industry Recognition: Has been named to CB Insight's Global Unicorn List and the World's Most Promising AI Companies List for two consecutive years
• Awards and Honors::
  • 2016: Won the first prize of "Wu Wenjun Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology Award", the first enterprise to win the award.
  • 2017: Selected as "Gartner 2017 Cool Vendor", the only general-purpose platform-based AI company in China.
  • 2020: Recognized as one of the "50 Smartest Companies" by MIT Technology Review.

Team & Leadership

• Founder, Chief Executive OfficerWenyuan Dai, ACM World Champion, former Chief Architect of Baidu's Phoenix Nest system, and Chief Scientist of Huawei's Noah's Ark Labs.
• Other core membersThey include President Cindy Pei, Chief Scientist Qiang Yang, and Chief Research Scientist Yuqiang Chen, who have extensive experience and excellence in the fields of enterprise-class services, migratory learning, federated learning, and deep learning.

In summary, Fourth Paradigm is a leading company with deep technical accumulation and extensive application practice in the field of artificial intelligence, and is committed to promoting the intelligent transformation and development of various industries through innovative technologies and services.