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Westwell, established in 2016 and headquartered in Shanghai, is a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI)-based logistics company specializing in the design and development of AI chips and autopilot control systems for AI-powered autonomous vehicles in the logistics industry. The company's flagship product, the Q-Truck, an autonomous, battery-powered commercial vehicle, was launched in 2018. The Q-Truck has a load capacity of 80 tons and a battery life of 200 kilometers, equipped with AI cameras, lidar, millimeter wave radar, and a high-precision GPS receiving system. In November 2021, Westwell introduced Qomolo One, a multi-use unmanned heavy-duty mobile platform featuring a modularized body that can be reconfigured for various purposes, such as an unmanned logistics truck or an unmanned bus. As of February 2024, Westwell had a valuation of 7 billion yuan (USD 973 million). The company employs over 700 staff, with 80% focusing on research and development. Westwell's future plans include expanding into "semi-closed loop" environments, such as autonomous transport between airports and logistics parks. In February 2024, Westwell inaugurated an international headquarters and research center in Hong Kong, investing HKD 300 million to attract research talent. The company aims to leverage Hong Kong's strategic location, well-established infrastructure, and status as an international finance center to establish connections with global markets and accelerate research and application of AI and autonomous driving technology.
Key customers and partnerships
Westwell's major clients include Hutchison Port Holdings and China Merchants Ports. In 2020, the company collaborated with Hutchison Ports to introduce its autonomous trucks at Thailand's Laem Chabang Port. Additionally, Westwell signed an agreement with the Port of Felixstowe, part of the Hutchison Ports network, to deploy 100 Q-Trucks at the UK's largest container port, with 34 trucks delivered as of February 2024. Over the past year, Westwell's Hong Kong subsidiary has expanded its operations into countries such as Singapore, the UK, and the Netherlands as part of its global expansion strategy. The company intends to collaborate with Hong Kong universities and research institutes, with discussions having taken place with the University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, although no concrete plans have been finalized as of February 2024.

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Inspur Group Co.,Ltd. (浪潮集团) is a leading supplier of computer platforms and solutions for IT application in China. It is also the largest server maker and provider of server solutions in China. Currently, Inspur Group has developed two leading industries including server and ERP, and other industry groups as computer, software, mobile communication, intelligent terminal, semiconductor, and more.   Users of Inspur Group are spread as far as industries and government departments such as finance, communication, government, education, manufacturing, tobacco and more. It meets the information demands of government and enterprises comprehensively. In 2008, the sales revenue of Inspur Group exceeded 23.2 billion Yuan.

<div> Inspur Group Co.,Ltd. (浪潮集团) is a leading supplier of computer platforms and solutions for IT application in China. It is also the largest server maker and provider of server solutions in China. Currently, Inspur Group has developed two leading industries including server and ERP, and other industry groups as computer, software, mobile communication, intelligent terminal, semiconductor, and more. Users of Inspur Group are spread as far as industries and government departments such as finance, communication, government, education, manufacturing, tobacco and more. It meets the information demands of government and enterprises comprehensively. In 2008, the sales revenue of Inspur Group exceeded 23.2 billion Yuan. </div>

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Foundation Models

Foundation models that can handle a range of natural language processing (NLP) use cases. Typical tasks include generating summaries, translating, answering questions, and classifying text. These models typically use text inputs and generate text outputs.

Fine-tuned versions of large language models, which are focused on specific tasks and applications (e.g. code generation, medical event prediction, financial NLP tasks, etc). These are usually developed by training LLMs using custom data and also serve as foundation models that can be developed even further. These models typically use text inputs and can generate text and/or code outputs.

Foundation models that translate visual data based on features and contextual information identified during training. This enables models to interpret images and video, applying those interpretations to predictive or decision-making tasks. Typical tasks include image recognition and classification into categories. These models typically use image and/or video inputs and generate text outputs.

Foundation models that are trained to understand and work with two or more forms of input data (e.g., text and images) to solve problems and complete tasks using both natural language processing and computer vision. These models can also generate outputs across textual and visual modalities. Typical tasks include visual question answering, image captioning, and generating images based on text descriptions. These models typically use text and/or visual inputs and generate text and/or visual outputs.

Foundation models that use big data to suggest or recommend additional products to consumers. These models are designed to predict user-item interaction probabilities and provide recommendations to users. The models are trained to make these inferences based on historical data on customer interactions and non-interactions. These models typically use user features, item features and user interactions as inputs, and generate numeric values like ratings predictions and matching probabilities as outputs.

Foundation models that are capable of automatic speech recognition, transcription in multiple languages, and translation from these languages to English. These are sometimes referred to as audio models. These models typically use speech/audio as inputs and generate text outputs.

Foundation models that transform user text prompts into video clips.

Foundation models that generate music from text descriptions.

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