Spirit, a company focusing on artificial intelligence voice technology, recently announced the completion of 500 million yuan in financing. This funding will help it further develop in the AI field. This financing was jointly participated by a number of well-known industrial funds, state-owned assets platforms and private equity funds, demonstrating the capital market's confidence in its future development prospects. Founded in 2007, Spirit is one of the earliest companies in China to expand into the AI field. Its business has expanded from the initial AI voice technology to integrated software and hardware solutions and AI hardware products, covering automobiles, the Internet of Things, and conferences. Office and financial industries.
Against the background of the increasingly vigorous development of the artificial intelligence industry, AI voice technology company Spichi recently announced the successful completion of 500 million yuan in financing. Participants in this financing include a number of well-known industrial funds, state-owned platforms and private equity funds, which marks that Spichi has received stronger support from the capital market. The company was founded in 2007. As one of the earliest companies in China to focus on the field of AI, Spichi initially focused on AI voice technology and has now expanded to integrated software and hardware solutions and AI hardware products.
In the future, Spirit will continue to increase its investment in vertical large-scale model (DFM-2) and full-link dialogue technology, aiming to achieve large-scale implementation in industry scenarios such as automobiles, Internet of Things (IoT), conference offices, and finance. . According to the company's development plan, 2025 will be its key year, especially in the field of smart cars. Spichi's compound growth rate in the past five years has been close to 80%. Currently, the company has established cooperative relationships with more than 60 well-known automobile brands around the world, launched more than 200 mass-produced models, and has sold more than 15 million vehicles in total, demonstrating its strong market competitiveness.
In the field of smart IoT, Spirit has also performed well, with a compound growth rate of nearly 40% in the past five years. Up to now, Spirit has cooperated with nearly 200 customers, covering multiple market segments such as black and white appliances, kitchen appliances, and small household appliances. In addition, Spirit has also made remarkable achievements in chip research and development. The average annual shipment volume of self-developed AI chips has exceeded 20 million, and it plans to add 160 million IoT devices in 2024.
Facing the craze of generative AI such as ChatGPT, Spichi's layout has attracted great attention from the market. The current usage of its large industry language model DFM-2, released in 2023, also shows strong growth momentum. In 2024, the average monthly call rate of DFM-2 will exceed 60%, and compared with the beginning of the year, daily usage has increased by 300 times. All of this makes Spichi's prospects in the AI industry more optimistic.
In summary, Spirit has not only established a solid foundation in the automotive and Internet of Things fields, but also continues to explore new commercialization paths and is expected to achieve greater breakthroughs in multiple industry scenarios in the future.
The success of Spichi's financing not only provides strong financial support for its future development, but also indicates that it will play a more important role in the field of artificial intelligence. We look forward to Spichi bringing us more innovations and surprises in the future.