# AISpeech

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/aispeech

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: Suzhou Industrial Park, China
- Website: www.aispeech.com
- Total disclosed funding: $134M
- Latest round: Series E (Apr 7, 2020)
- Investors on record: 10

## About

Based in Suzhou, China, and founded in 2007, AISpeech is an artificial intelligence company focusing on the development of intelligent speech language technology and has partnerships with China Mobile, Tencent, etc. The branches were set up in Zhuhai, Shenzhen, and other places. The founder, Chairman of the board, and CEO, Shixing Gao, graduated from Cambridge University and served as deputy leader of the Overall Group at the Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance (AIIA). As of 2021, it has acquired over 900 authorized intellectual property rights, including nearly 400 authorized patents and nearly 300 software copyrights. In 2021, the company completed the shareholding system transformation. In January 2024, AISpeech raised strategic investment for CNY 200 million. As of 2024, the team has nearly 1000 employees, with R&D and technical personnel accounting for 70%. In January 2025, AISpeech raised CNY 500 million in venture funding from undisclosed investors. The company is committed to developing a human-computer interaction platform (DUI) and artificial intelligence chip (TH1520), as well as natural language interaction solutions for the fields of the Internet of Vehicles, Internet of Things, government affairs, and finance. It owns speech recognition, speech synthesis, and other technologies, and the conversational AI technology has served Alibaba, Xiaomi, Huawei, and other companies. The company generates revenue by providing human-computer interaction platform (DUI) and artificial intelligence chip (TH1520), as well as natural language interaction solutions for the fields of the Internet of Vehicles, Internet of Things, government affairs, and finance. The company will use the strategic investment funds for the research and development of language models and artificial intelligence dialogue technology, as well as the implementation and application of standardized software and hardware products in multiple scenarios. In June 2025, AISpeech raised amount of venture funding.

## Funding rounds

- Series E, Apr 7, 2020, $58M — CITIC Goldstone Fund Management, CTC Capital
- Series D, Jun 26, 2018, $76M — Oriza Holdings, Foxconn Technology Group, MediaTek Inc., China Minsheng Investment Group, Shenzhen Capital Real Estate Fund
- Series B, Apr 25, 2014 — DCM
- Series A, Jan 1, 2012 — Lotus Lake Capital, Legend Star

## Investors

- Lotus Lake Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/lotus-lake-capital) — Series A
- Legend Star (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/legend-star) — Series A
- DCM (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/dcm) — Series B
- Oriza Holdings (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/oriza-holdings) — Series D
- Foxconn Technology Group — Series D
- MediaTek Inc. — Series D
- China Minsheng Investment Group (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/china-minsheng-investment-group) — Series D
- Shenzhen Capital Real Estate Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/shenzhen-capital-real-estate-fund) — Series D
- CITIC Goldstone Fund Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/citic-goldstone-fund-management) — Series E
- CTC Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/ctc-capital) — Series E