Qiming Venture Partners has co-led a Pre-A+ financing round for Future Intelligent to accelerate its expansion in AI office hardware and facilitate product innovation.

Target Information

Future Intelligent, founded in 2021, specializes in the development of AI office hardware and innovative scenarios. Its flagship product, the iFLYBUDS series of AI conference headsets, leverages a proprietary viaim AI brain integrated with the headset, offering practical AI functionalities such as recording transcription, summarization, task extraction, AI Q&A, simultaneous interpretation, and virtual avatar representation. These solutions address workplace meeting efficiency challenges, aiming to revolutionize traditional office work methodologies.

On April 22, Future Intelligent announced the successful completion of a several tens of millions RMB Pre-A+ financing round, co-led by Qiming Venture Partners. This round of funding will primarily focus on expanding into overseas markets and innovating product forms. This marks Future Intelligent's second round of significant funding within just three months, underscoring both market confidence in the long-term value of AI hardware and the company's established dual barriers to market penetration and commercialization.

Industry Overview

The AI hardware sector in China is rapidly evolving, driven by increasing demand for smarter, more efficient office solutions. With a focus on innovation, the industry is witnessing a surge in startups that are leveraging advancements in artificial inte