Unlike the previous technology venture capital summits of Shengfeng Capital, this year's edition has too many people, and Silicon Valley tech giants such as Microsoft, Apple, Google, Nvidia, Intel, IBM, and Qualcomm are secretly observing.

Bluestar Technology and the Cote d'Azur, two technology groups, and these long-established Silicon Valley technology giants are competitors to each other, some compete in the core areas of cloud computing and consumer terminals, and some are frantically testing outside the boundary.

Wall Street is no exception, with the same high level of attention.

Although the main group of people in the venture capital summit is mainly people in the science and technology circle, the name of this summit is called the venture capital summit, how can the venture capital and venture capital circle be absent?

And Wall Street is the most powerful spokesperson for capital.

It's just that what shines in front of the stage is technology, and what is supported behind the scenes must be capital.

At this moment, on the big stage at the summit site, the three giant screens were originally for Luo Sheng's lens, and after he pressed the small remote control in his hand, the picture of the giant screen presented a video.

It was a very futuristic picture of virtual network nodes interconnected, and then it jumped to another screen.

Luo Sheng's voice also resounded throughout the audience:

"First of all, let's take a look at the field of cloud computing services, and four of the 12 start-ups we have invested in are focused on this field, namely ix company from North America, Ve company from England, and Lingque Cloud company and Changxin information technology company in China."

Under Luo Sheng's control, the giant screen shifted to a logo called the company ix, as well as recordings of some engineers in the company's R&D department working in the laboratory.

"The main business of IX Company, which was established in February last year, is a new network architecture service, that is, a 'software-defined WAN', as the name suggests, is to reasonably plan bandwidth through the intelligent control of software, so as to achieve a more efficient virtual private network in the public network around the world with the least network connection cost."

"In view of the fact that the real sense of the private network laying fee is still very high, and the vast majority of large multinational companies need to connect their data centers to their branches in various regions of the world, even medium-sized enterprises also need a secure and hidden private network to conduct some remote business meetings, so the market prospects in this field are very imaginative, I am optimistic."

Industry insiders seem to understand that Bluestar Technology announced last year that it would independently reduce corporate profits and make a lot of less money, so it will definitely find a way to find a lower-cost solution to make up for the lost profits.

Since last year's science and technology war, many enterprises have continued to benefit today, further reducing the investment in IT costs, and originally had to pay 30% more to get the Bluestar technology solution.

Luo Sheng: "Ve, established in May last year, the company's core business is to provide O2O services based on cloud computing technology for various event venues, the company's software can currently provide audiences with services such as online ticket booking, on-site catering delivery, etc., and can also provide various data analysis services based on audience behavior for venue operators. ”

Obviously, all kinds of sporting events can be connected to cloud services, and investors on the scene are aware of this, and there is definitely a great application prospect in this field.

Luo Sheng has already started, but it's not too late to enter.

"The domestic Lingque Cloud Technology Company, established in February last year, the company's co-founder team, including CEO, CTO, are from the core backbone of the Bluestar Technology Nebula StarCloud cloud platform, they walked out of the creation of Lingque Cloud, the company's main business is to provide enterprises with cloud services based on the concept of 'container cloud', optimize the software operating environment of customers in the cloud, Lingque Cloud's future customers will be oriented to include finance, manufacturing, energy, aviation, automotive and other fields, A promising start-up technology company. ”

After Luo Sheng on the stage finished speaking, he couldn't help lowering his head and was silent for a while, but after a while, he raised his hand and pressed the small remote control in his hand, and the picture of the giant screen changed again.

"Founded in January 2012, Changxin Information Technology Co., Ltd., its business is mainly focused on the integration of chips for Internet of Things devices, the company mainly develops cost-effective Wi-Fi, Bluetooth dual-mode chips, which can be widely used in tablet computers, cameras, wearable devices and smart home and other subdivisions in the future, and its software and hardware integration development concept is also what I value and am optimistic about it."

"By the way, Chang Xin's founder walked out of the Cote d'Azur laboratory, I am very happy and looking forward to his new career, as his former boss, I will be proud."

At this moment, the founders of the two start-ups, Lingqueyun and Chang Xin, were at the conference site, and they were quite excited to hear that they were flopped by their former bosses and idols on the spot.

Well, in fact, none of them have communicated with Luo Sheng face-to-face, and if it weren't for this venture capital summit, Luo Sheng might not necessarily know them.

After all, the total number of employees in its major enterprises has now gone to six or seven hundred thousand, and it is normal not to know each other.

"Artificial intelligence. In the field of artificial intelligence, these 12 start-ups account for 5 of them, covering multiple AI segments, from algorithms to processors to solution integration. ”

Avaamo is a Seattle-based company that focuses on developing language processing, speech synthesis algorithms, and its core research is neural network technology that enables humans to have multi-faceted conversations with artificial intelligence and perform complex tasks, and the company's customer base has rapidly expanded to include multiple fields such as finance, telecommunications, and healthcare. This is not unrelated to the founder Mono's previous birth in the marketing department, he joined the marketing department of Bluestar Technology in 2006, and by 2011 he had been promoted to vice president of North America, with customers in more than 100 countries and regions around the world. ”

Another executive from your company?

Many of the audience at the meeting were slightly stunned for a while, and they were relieved to think about it, any of Luo Sheng's several companies is full of talents.

"Another investee, Syntiant, was founded in mid-June last year, and in addition to developing neural network algorithms that can make decisions autonomously, it is also developing supporting AI processors that can be applied to miniaturized electrical products, so the company's technology research and development focus is also more focused on the efficient operation of chips in ultra-low-power environments."

"The remaining three companies, Fictiv, Gamalon and Revi Technologies, are all committed to using artificial intelligence technology to provide customized solutions for enterprise customers in different fields."

"Fictiv's core business approach is reflected in the collaborative optimization of the customer's workflow team, which allows team members to prototype on the software, mark real-time prices and receive real-time feedback from the production department to improve the efficiency of product iteration, and currently Bluestar Technology, Cote d'Azur, Lens Semiconductor and Xiongxin Electronics are the company's key customers."

Some IT practitioners in the field are simply envious.

As long as it is on Luo Sheng's thighs, it is equivalent to giving start-up capital and business orders, and it can take off under a complete set of internal circulation mechanisms.

Luo Sheng on the stage pressed the small remote control in his hand, and a photo of the founder appeared on the giant screen.

Fictiv founder David Cress, a graduate of mechanical engineering at Stanford University, worked on user big data analysis at the Bluestar Technology Innovation Workshop before founding the startup.

All right......

It's your ex-employee who runs away to start a business, and then goes back to invest in his old employer.

This has a lot to do with the "departmental company system" formulated by Bluestar Technology, and employees want to go out and fly solo? It doesn't matter, the parent company will not stop you, but will also support you and support you to take off as soon as possible.

This set of "departmental company system" is also a popular model for many large groups, and it has to be said that Luo Sheng has always led this trend in the technology and business circles, and behind him are batch after batch of imitators.

Gamalon has launched a machine learning platform that can be used to intelligently analyze customer information, and the company's AI system can be used to build custom text, such as chat transcripts, trouble tickets, and even custom surveys. It can help enterprises quickly record customer needs and optimize and upgrade products. ”

Its founder, Ben Vida, received his Ph.D. in computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, EMMM...... Prior to starting his business, he worked as a senior project manager on the Côte d'Azur and was responsible for the research of deep learning technology. ”

Audience: "......"

You're a bit too talented.

Luo Sheng said calmly with a bright smile: "Ruiwei Technology Co., Ltd., which was founded in China, focuses on the research of computer vision perception technology, and its core technology is a face recognition technology called RF, based on this technology, the company's products are future-oriented security, smart home and other fields. In 2005, Zhang Donghui, the founder of Ruiwei, joined the position of senior director of the Cte d'Azur ex officio project, and the opportunity to establish Ruiwei Technology was because he realized the strong application potential of artificial intelligence technology in the field of video surveillance during a customer service, and I am very optimistic about the future of Ruiwei. ”

Many people in the industry couldn't help but take a deep breath to calm their hearts, the enterprises under Luo Sheng's command are too terrifying, and the speed and extent of supporting the output of high-end talents within the industry are ......

It is no wonder that as long as the people who come out of these companies such as Bluestar Technology or Cote d'Azur, they are in demand in the industry.

If it's really a strong general, there are no weak soldiers under him.

"Chip technology. This is the focus of Shengfeng Capital's investment, and among all project investments, the investment in the chip field accounts for about 68%. In the field of cutting-edge chip technology research and development, Shengfeng Capital also focused on investing in these three chip design companies. ”

Luo Sheng looked back at the big screen to confirm the jump of the screen and continued: "Among them, Lynologies has been established in 2002, and the reason why we are included in the 12 companies is because the company is the first company in the world to study compact light source X-rays, and it seems that the industry is not paying attention to it, but we believe that this technology can be used to improve the processing technology of chips, and it can play a very important role in breaking through the bottleneck of the chip process at this stage of Xiongxin Electronics." ”

"In contrast, Movellus, which was established last year, is mainly engaged in the development of digital chip design programs, which can improve the efficiency of early chip circuit design in the chip processing process, shorten the overall time required for chip design, and ultimately improve the yield rate."

"SiFive, a start-up founded in Russia in January last year, is committed to providing customizable chips based on RISC-V open source instruction set design, as the name suggests, the company can design the most suitable customized chip products according to the customer's product needs, so compared with other types of chips, it has good advantages in R&D cost and iteration efficiency, as well as maintaining long-term and stable cooperative relations with customer partners."

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These 12 companies were named and exposed by Luo Sheng at this investment summit, which is equivalent to an unavoidable "gold-plated" move, and it is certain that these 12 start-ups will become the darlings of capital and the shining stars of the industry after today.

But what people are even more amazed and even frightened is that Luo Sheng's layout for the future, he has laid a number of "chess pieces" and realized them in almost all the major frontier fields with potential and even unclear at present, and the territory of his scientific and technological empire has unconsciously extended to an extremely exaggerated degree.

At this moment, those Silicon Valley tech giants who are paying attention to this summit have been stimulated by Luo Sheng's extreme discomfort.

As for the people who eat melons, they are addicted, and under the personal guidance of the archbishop, they can also peek into a corner of the future of the digital world, which is really rare.

"Mr. Meng, your 12 start-ups are obviously very optimistic about Mr. Luo, but it's not good to show off like this, right?" Under the venue, an investor in the capital circle whispered to Meng Qiu, who was sitting next to him.

"You mean that Mr. Luo has been hit hard by Lao Mei recently, and I am afraid that these 12 start-ups will be the target, right?" Meng Qiu smiled and chatted privately, he is the general manager of Shengfeng Capital, and he is the No. 3 person in the real power faction, and he is the manager second only to Luo Sheng and Qin Weimu in Shengfeng Capital, and he should actually be the No. 2 person, because Luo Sheng basically doesn't care about Shengfeng Capital, and Meng Qiu is now a bigwig in the capital circle.

Whoever is rich is the master, and Shengfeng Capital is super rich.

The VC nodded and said bluntly: "Yes, isn't it clear that you stretched out your neck for the other party to cut, shouldn't you hide it?" ”

Meng Qiu looked at the young boss on the stage and replied to the other party with a smile: "Mr. Li, everything has dual attributes, Shengfeng Capital itself has a 20% foreign capital ratio, and foreign public funds and sovereign funds have invested in Shengfeng Capital, and this time 12 companies will be taken out to show off......

Speaking of this, Meng Qiu withdrew his gaze and tilted his head to look at him: "...... Now, don't you want to invest in these 12 start-ups to take advantage of it? ”

As soon as these words came out, the other party couldn't help but be stunned for a while.

Immediately realized, suddenly realized the leg clapped and whispered: "I see, I see, my pattern and cognitive boundaries are a notch lower, Mr. Luo is indeed a rare super layoutman, and he has inadvertently dropped the chess." ”

"To put it bluntly, if I can't beat you, I'll join you. Mr. Luo's move is to give them a reason to join and indicate how to join. Meng Qiu said with a smile, he really admired Luo Sheng, the young boss, from the bottom of his heart.

The so-called "they" are actually Goldman Sachs, Wall Street capital.

Obviously, Luo Sheng's move has a deeper meaning and layout, Bluestar Technology now does not have much of Wall Street's interests in it, after last year's trouble, Wall Street's overall shareholding in Bluestar Technology Group has been less than 20%.

But then again, there are no eternal enemies in this world, only eternal interests.

This time the alliance broke down, so that the next alliance would be formed soon?

This time, Luo Sheng took the initiative to expose these 12 start-ups and show them in front of the world, which means that they are targeted by the capital circle and paid attention to by Wall Street, so there will be other Wall Street VCs entering the pit for follow-up financing.

This is tantamount to indirectly tying the interests of both sides together, and at the same time, it also plays a role in the future easing of relations, and the boat of friendship is coming......

There are two sides to everything, and if you look at it from different perspectives, you will get different results.

Luo Sheng knows the face of Wall Street, but he is not afraid to deal with it, not to mention that he still has a hand, these 12 start-ups are not all from abroad, such as Ruiwei, Lingqueyun, Chang Xin, these companies are all domestic, and the investment intensity is twice that of several other foreign start-ups.

Grasping both hands is the right way to open a technological moat.

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(Ps1: Lunch in the afternoon, three shifts today, it's not too much to ask for a guaranteed monthly ticket at the beginning of the month, if you dare not vote, then you can only ask again tomorrow.) ）