China’s former AI giant has faded out of the picture in recent years. Can it make a comeback?
SenseTime's office in Shanghai. Credit: Robert via Adobe Stock
When Chinese leader Xi Jinping last met with leading entrepreneurs in the country in 2018, Tang Xiao’ou, the charismatic founder of SenseTime — the world’s most valuable AI startup at the time — sat front and center.
In a sign of how far SenseTime has fallen, its executives were nowhere to be seen when Xi chaired the latest such meeting in February.
SenseTime, best known for its facial recognition technology, has faced several setbacks in recent years. The first Tr
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