In Guangzhou, there is a small artificial intelligence high-tech company with 13 people. There are no “Thousand Talents†experts, no famous professors, no returnees from Silicon Valley IT, but their “artificial brain†technology is also applied to Softbank robots and Xiaomi AI speakers. Etc., become the NLP (Natural Language Processing) commercial technology recommended by Intel. “Almost every investor will ask this question. Where did your technology come from?†Zhang Sheng, the founder of Guangzhou Lingju, who was born in the media, answered this question and said that he believes that artificial intelligence software develops small team efficiency. higher. According to his entrepreneurial experience, in the case that the underlying technology still needs to be broken, how to integrate the existing technologies organically and apply them to the actual scene is more important.
Machine awakening?
"It is impossible to achieve human-computer interaction like human beings at this time."
According to reports, the core product of Lingju Intelligent is “Lingju Artificial Brainâ€. The core of the technology is Semantic Analysis + Knowledge Mapping + Cognitive Computing + Neural Network. It provides commercial N LP technology for third-party enterprises and developers through Lingju Intelligent Cloud. Developers and business users can customize their own robot hardware through the Lingju Intelligent Open Platform to give the hardware a brain.
Lingju Intelligent official website provides the experience version of Lingji Voice Assistant Android A pp. The reporter download experience found that compared with some intelligent voice assistants on the market, the voice interaction of Lingju is more natural and the response is very fast. “Which is the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, and the Amazon River?†“The Amazon River is the longest.†“How long?†“6440 km.†Under this continuous questioning, Lingju Intelligent Assistant can also give corresponding answers. Zhang Sheng said that this is the effect that can be achieved based on real-time calculus of knowledge maps.
However, ask some more complicated questions, such as "What are some good-looking animes recently?" The Lingju Intelligent Voice Assistant can't give a satisfactory answer. Zhang Sheng admits that Xiaoling can't achieve any problem, and even often gives people a feeling of stupidity, which is determined by the level of current intelligent voice underlying technology. "The current technical foundation can only achieve N LP, that is, natural language processing. The machine is to process the word language and intent processing, search matching or calculation and then feedback, and can not understand the meaning." He believes that Under the circumstance that the basic technology is still in its infancy, it is impossible to realize human-computer interaction in sci-fi works. Similar to "robot citizen" Sophia is actually set up a correct answering program, based on the real realization of understanding the language. People communication is very far away.
Zhang Sheng said that Lingju is now exploring the upgrade from N LP to N LU (Natural Language Understanding) technology. He also believes that under the constraints of the existing technology framework, N LP still has a large development and application space, and the most promising direction in the short term is the agent robot. “Before N LP technology was used in personal assistants, the concept of assistants is to give you personal notes, solutions, and efficiency improvement.†Zhang Sheng said, while agent robots refer to programs that can work as agents. For example, attorneys, doctors provide advice, agency services, agency services, and government services. If the industrial robot is to improve the efficiency of cooperation between people and machines in the factory, then the agent robot is to improve the efficiency of human-to-human collaboration in the life scene.
Small and small?“In the US, SMEs with core technologies are the mainstay of innovationâ€
Zhang Sheng believes that in China, everyone tends to ignore the innovative advantages of small companies. In the United States, small and medium-sized enterprises and startups with core technologies have always been the mainstay of innovation. "In the service robots, many large companies use our technology." According to some cooperation agreements issued by Lingju Robots and Zhang Sheng, these large companies include Softbank Robot, Intel Robot Platform and Education, Xiaomi AI Speaker Skill Service. Haier smart home and so on.
"Hello everyone, I am a robotic little spirit, my body is a robot NAO, my smart knowledge comes from the artificial brain of the spirit." As early as 2015, the Lingju artificial brain was used as a robot guest to board CCTV "Approaching Science". Robot Story" series. At the 2017 Shenzhen High-Tech Fair, the “Robot Little Spirit†with the “pepper image†and the artificial brain behind it were recommended by the Intel Innovation Accelerator and were rated as “eight popular productsâ€. In addition to the robot carrier, the skills such as “brainstorming†and “encyclopedia question and answer†in Xiaomi AI speakers are also from Lingju Intelligent.
Whether in large or small businesses, NLP R&D requires a core of research and development. In Lingju intelligent, this core is CTO Kong Dongquan.
Kong Dongquan and Zhang Sheng are similar in age, both in their 40s. In 1996, they graduated from the Computer Science Department of Anhui University. According to the introduction, they served as the chief engineer of Guangzhou Dianbo Communication Technology Co., Ltd. (WeChat recharge channel service provider) and led the research and development. Guangdong Telecom Information Security System and Automatic Yellowing System, China Mobile Value-added Service System and Samsung Mobile (China) Intelligent Data Collection and Analysis System. Zhang Sheng said that Kong Dongquan has more than 20 years of experience in dealing with 10 billion yuan projects, and his technical strength is excellent, but not publicized.
“I came out from the media and worked in the Game Software Branch of the China Software Industry Association in Beijing. At that time, I had the idea of ​​starting a business, but I was suffering from no technology.†Zhang Sheng said that when I was on a business trip to Guangzhou, a friend recommended it to him. At the time, Kong Dongquan felt that he was "getting to the treasure" and immediately went to find Kong Dongquan to contact the partnership to start a business. Later, he even moved his family to Guangzhou to start a business.
In the team building, the characteristics of the high-education, deep qualifications and low staff are not impressive. It is understood that in 2016, Lingju Intelligent won the first 5 million yuan financing, 3.33% of the equity, and the valuation has reached 150 million yuan (5 million ÷ 3.33% = 150 million). 9 people, and by 2018 there are only 13 people. Among them, except for the three partners, others are fresh graduates directly recruited from South China Institute of Technology and other domestic universities.
Zhang Sheng believes that a team with one heart in the early stage of entrepreneurship is more important, and the talent team that has been cultivated by hand will be more stable.
His entrepreneurial TIps "follow those failure cases"The media people are born, but they are engaged in cutting-edge technology research and development. Zhang Sheng believes that his greatest strength lies in the experience of observing the industry for more than 20 years. “The media people have a problem in their entrepreneurship. In the past, there were often many cases of successful entrepreneurship, but there were few concerns about failure. But it is precisely those cases of failure that are more helpful for their own entrepreneurs. You can know which pits to avoid.â€
“As an example, in the era of desktop computers in the D IY era, Taiwan has many low-end hardware manufacturers that produce motherboards, chassis, fans and other accessories. Later, a group of manufacturers in order to build their own brands, find some designers in the hardware appearance Make a fuss, create a "signature version" accessories, the price is raised several times, and the results are eliminated by the market." Zhang Sheng believes that the craftsmanship spirit is worth promoting, but in the entrepreneurial environment, we must pay attention to the cost and actual needs of users. "The signature version of the accessories may be very good for the manufacturers themselves, but the average consumer will not appreciate it, and will not pay several times for it."
He and Guangzhou "who fell in love with Guangzhou"After working in Beijing for more than ten years, I came to the South to start a business in order to move to the CTO, but Zhang Sheng said that after coming to Guangzhou, she fell in love with it. “As a first-tier city, Guangzhou’s cost is the lowest. It’s the same for the company or the individual. This is not only a question of money, but more importantly, it is relatively stable for people in Guangzhou.†Zhang Sheng said that the company's personnel changes in Beijing are very powerful and have formed an atmosphere. In fact, the damage to startup companies is quite large.
In his view, Guangzhou is an excellent software development site. "Software entrepreneurial talent first, cost second, the third point is very important is not a heart." In his view, Shenzhen has almost no substitute for hardware in the field of hardware after the development base of global hardware. Relatively speaking, Guangzhou has more advantages in software R&D, including the talent pool of colleges and universities, as well as a batch of software talents cultivated in the past game industry. These talents are able to work more steadily at a lower cost of living, and are essential for the early development of startups and the ability to spend more energy on R&D and polishing products.
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