[TEDA Enterprise Tour] column
TEDA is a world-class industrial new city with the rise of China's reform and opening up, and it is also a warm home for tens of thousands of enterprises rooted here. Looking back after nearly 40 years of development, the glorious past of many famous enterprises has been engraved here, and the power of countless enterprises to go to their dreams has been nurtured!
A new chapter has begun, and the future has come. Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Zone launched the "TEDA Enterprise Tour" column to listen to the sonorous sound of enterprises forging ahead and composing a new chapter of high-quality development in the region. Today, let's walk into Schouten Heli (Tianjin) Technology Co., Ltd. to experience the infinite possibilities created by the interweaving of high-performance computing power and AI.
Today, artificial intelligence is sweeping and profoundly changing the way all walks of life are produced. With the blessing of artificial intelligence, smart transportation, smart finance, and smart factories have moved from fantasy to reality. The emergence of ChatGPT and Sora has made the public feel the huge potential of artificial intelligence in image and text processing. This surging AI trend does not rise out of thin air, but is a concentrated embodiment of the long-term technology accumulation in many scientific and technological fields, among which the core underlying technical support is the high-performance computing power of computers.
As early as 2012, Beijing Schouten Heli Technology Co., Ltd., which was still in Zhongguancun, saw the broad prospect of high-performance computing power and established it as its core business direction. In 2018, Schouten Heli settled in Tianjin Economic Development Zone and established Schouten Heli (Tianjin) Technology Co., Ltd. Nourished by the fertile soil of the Economic Development Zone, Schouten has worked together to deepen the track of cloud computing and artificial intelligence, and continue to forge ahead and forge ahead. To this day, Schouten has joined forces to shout the slogan of "Accelerating the AI Dream" and is committed to becoming a leading AI infrastructure solution provider.
High-performance computing power leads the new era of AI
Open a new chapter in smart life
Located in the headquarters building of Schouten Heli in Yatsen Science Industrial Park, Tianjin Economic Development Zone, the green plants and green scenery everywhere not only make people feel the company's vigorous vitality, but also symbolize the vitality and hope brought by the AI open platform and high-performance computing power developed by Schouten Heli. Cheng Li, Operations Director of Siteng Heli (Tianjin) Technology Co., Ltd., said that the strong computing power support provided by the company has promoted the implementation of artificial intelligence in various industries such as the Internet, telecommunications, and finance, and has achieved remarkable results. The large model formed by using computer computing power can assist intelligent vehicles to identify the geographical environment more accurately and efficiently, and make accurate judgments for autonomous driving. In the medical field, the research and development process of new drugs is accelerated by simulating and predicting a large number of drug compound molecules. In terms of finance, artificial intelligence provides financial institutions with a scientific risk assessment method through model measurement of character behavior data, which can effectively prevent the occurrence of financial fraud, and Schouten Heli has previously provided 300 such devices for a bank. In addition to the application of the Internet, medical and financial fields, artificial intelligence also continues to promote the intelligent upgrading of the traditional manufacturing industry, and large models can not only help detect product quality, but also determine whether the operation process of workers is standardized, and make safety warnings for the production process.
Artificial intelligence with the support of high-performance computing power reduces the communication cost between humans and machines, bringing a higher level of intelligence to machines. From simple voice command recognition to complex sentiment analysis and semantic understanding, AI is becoming a leader in Industry 4.0. At this stage, intelligent robots can only receive precise instructions, such as "turn on the TV", while the Z robot blessed by artificial intelligence will guess the user's psychology from "I want to watch cartoons", and automatically open the TV to search for programs. This more user-friendly service not only improves productivity and quality of life, but also opens up a new world of possibilities.
Forward-looking layout of artificial intelligence
Scientific research and innovation have won the favor of the market
As one of the earliest enterprises in the field of high-performance computing power servers and artificial intelligence, Schouten Heli has reaped fruitful results with its keen strategic vision. Since entering TEDA, Schouten Heli has grown from a start-up company to an industry-leading enterprise, and its annual revenue has also increased from 40 million to 800 million. In 2022, Schouten Heli ranked among the top 8 in IDC's China acceleration server list and the top 3 in China's non-GPU server list for the first time. At present, the users of Schouten Heli's products include many universities including Tsinghua University and Peking University, as well as a number of research institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and well-known domestic artificial intelligence companies. Excellent products have been favored by advanced technology companies at home and abroad, such as Intel, NVIDIA, Huawei, and Haiguang.
The success of Schouten Heli is not accidental, and its advantages of software and hardware combination and algorithm blessing make the product more excellent in adaptability. In addition, in 2021, Schouten Heli acquired Baotou Yihui Information Technology Co., Ltd. to start the public cloud leasing business, and its model of flexibly providing computing power services according to actual needs has saved costs for customers and has been highly recognized by the market.
Behind the rapid development of the enterprise, there is not only the far-sighted guidance of the company's leaders, but also the hard work of the R&D team. According to Cheng Li, the R&D team of Schouten Heli has grown from more than a dozen people a few years ago to more than 50 people now, and R&D personnel account for 30% of the company's total number, and all R&D personnel are graduate students or above. Schouten Heli has also reached a cooperation with Tianjin to set up a postdoctoral workstation, and is currently communicating with two doctors from Tianjin University. In the future, the company will not only continue to absorb more highly educated talents, but also recruit high-end talents from overseas. At the same time, under the guidance of the Economic Development Zone, Schouten Heli has worked closely with relevant universities and colleges in Tianjin, and the research and development of large-scale model all-in-one machine in cooperation with Tianjin University has been successfully carried out.
Three new steps in three years
Embark on the road of upgrading in the Economic Development Zone
In the context of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei integration and attracted by Tianjin's investment promotion policy, in 2018, Schouten Heli came to the Economic Development Zone from Zhongguancun. In the past few years, enterprises have not only received support from the Economic Development Zone in terms of rent, taxation, and talent policies, but also felt vigorous vitality in this fertile soil for vigorously developing intelligent industries.
In 2019, the newly settled Schouten worked together to form the core technology of high-performance computing server, and was recognized as a young eagle enterprise that year. In 2020, Schouteng Heli increased R&D projects such as intelligent testing for manufacturing enterprises, which not only doubled the company's operating income in 2021, but also was recognized as a high-tech enterprise in the same year. In 2023, Schouten Heli will reach a new level and successfully enter the sixth batch of Tianjin Science and Technology Leading Enterprises in 2023, becoming one of the eight leading enterprises on the list. With the vigorous support of Tianjin Municipality and the Economic Development Zone, Schouten has crossed three new steps in three years.
Today, with the core technology of artificial intelligence and more than 20 independent intellectual property rights, Schouten Heli is standing on the cusp of the times. As it describes, AI and computing power are intertwined, like the Milky Way and the stars, bringing infinite possibilities. With its forward-looking vision and excellent technical strength, Schouten Heli is leading the wave of artificial intelligence, depicting a smarter and better future for us.