ARM's first startup accelerator in China, Anchuang Space, officially opens

Beijing Anchuang Space Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Anchuang Space) held an unveiling ceremony in Beijing today and announced the official launch of the " Anchuang Incubation and Growth Camp " project. Lu Shan, Director of the Software and Integrated Circuit Promotion Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Gu Jinxu, Director of the Electronic Information Industry Department of the Beijing Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology, Fu Xiaoming, Director of the Science and Technology Development Department of the Haidian Park Management Committee, Wu Xiong'ang, Executive Vice President and Greater China President of ARM Global , Zhao Hongfei, Chairman of Thundersoft, and representatives of ARM ecosystem partners, investment institutions, strategic partners and startups attended the event.

Anchuang Space was jointly established by ARM , a world-leading semiconductor intellectual property ( IP ) provider, and Thundersoft , a smart terminal platform technology provider, in September last year . It aims to provide startups and OEMs with entrepreneurial incubation and acceleration services based on technical services and combined with ARM's global ecosystem resources, to promote innovation in China's smart hardware industry and the development of the Internet of Things industry. The newly unveiled Anchuang Space headquarters is equipped with a series of scarce and high-value laboratory resources such as ARM Open Laboratory, Next Generation Intelligent Interaction Laboratory, Internet of Things Application Innovation Laboratory and Open Source Hardware Laboratory, which help entrepreneurial teams solve the problems of "cannot afford, cannot use, and cannot use well " . The ecosystem resources, engineering and technical services, experimental equipment and technical consulting provided by Anchuang Space effectively help entrepreneurs solve the difficulties and pain points in smart hardware and Internet of Things entrepreneurship.

Chen Peng , CEO of Anchuang Space , said: "Anchuang Space is committed to providing the most innovative startups with the 'most professional and leading smart hardware and IoT-related technical services'. Combining the various technologies provided by ARM and ARM partners such as Thundersoft in the global ecosystem , we can create products and solutions that innovative startups need in a targeted manner , shortening the development cycle from prototype to productization . The newly launched Anchuang Incubation and Growth Camp will provide early-stage startup teams with a full range of services for 'finding technology, finding markets, finding investments, and finding original factory resources'. The selected teams will also have the opportunity to get priority access to Anchuang Space's development services and market resources, and embark on the track of accelerated development. Anchuang Space has reached a strategic cooperation with the world-renowned Microsoft Ventures Accelerator to complement each other's strengths and better help potential teams. In the future, we will also carry out in-depth cooperation with more incubators."

The Anchuang Incubation and Growth Camp project launched this time mainly focuses on core areas such as robots and artificial intelligence, AR/VR , smart wearables, medical care, smart cars, smart homes, and smart cities, aiming to become the cradle of China's smart hardware and Internet of Things entrepreneurship. At present, the first phase has been fully launched for recruitment. Anchuang Incubation and Growth Camp mainly provides incubation services for innovative and entrepreneurial teams in the fields of smart hardware and the Internet of Things. Through technical consultation, laboratory services, investor docking, ARM ecological resource sharing, brand promotion, etc., these start-ups are helped to embark on a healthy growth track. Entrepreneurial teams can submit applications in the next 50 days or so. In addition, Anchuang Space also cooperates with ARM ecological partners, third-party cooperative incubators, investment institutions, and senior mentors to provide entrepreneurial teams with consulting and services in entrepreneurship, technology, resources and brands, creating an "industry closed loop " and " platform matrix " .

Wu Xiong'ang, ARM's global executive vice president and president of Greater China, said: "The next big market comes from intelligence. Real intelligence relies on software and hardware innovation, and ultimately realizes the interconnection of all things. Anchuang Space will be built into a platform that brings together ARM's global and local ecosystem innovation resources to help innovative startups turn ideas into reality and create truly differentiated products. It can be foreseen that this platform will accelerate software and hardware innovation, promote the generation of intelligent killer applications and services, and ultimately promote the industry's move towards intelligence. "

Zhao Hongfei, Chairman of ThunderSoft, said : " The Internet of Things and smart hardware markets are brand new markets after smartphones. A large number of startups are generally faced with the challenge of lacking complete product development experience, upstream original equipment manufacturers' resources and ecosystem support. ThunderSoft and ARM 's jointly established Anchuang Space Accelerator will not only provide software and hardware components, but also provide system-level product development services, greatly saving their time and costs. The Anchuang Incubation Growth Camp announced today will allow more early-stage startups to have the opportunity to enjoy the incubation services of Anchuang Space, giving them a better chance of success in the market."

The headquarters of Anchuang Space was unveiled in Beijing today, and its subsidiaries in Chongqing, Shanghai and Shenzhen will also be unveiled one after another. Anchuang Space will continue to accumulate technological advantages and integrate upstream and downstream industry resources, and work with various partners to jointly promote China's smart hardware innovation and Internet of Things industry upgrades.