SenseTime Holds AI Forum with HKSTP Gathers Industry Experts to Explore the Future of AI Paradigms Visual AI Unlocks the Next Wave of Accelerated Growth

Hong Kong, December 9, 2025 - SenseTime, a leading AI software company, and the Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) successfully held the “2025 SenseTime AI Forum” today at the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, under the theme “Shaping Tomorrow by Unlocking the Power of AI Models”. Renowned AI experts and leaders from diverse industry sectors gathered to discuss the development of large artificial intelligence (AI) models, commercial applications, and future opportunities and challenges, fostering new insights and jointly advancing Hong Kong's innovation and technology ecosystem.

Dr. Xu Li, Chairman of the Board and CEO of SenseTime, delivers his welcome remark

Dr. Xu Li, Chairman of the Board and CEO of SenseTime, said, “We have witnessed the most rapid evolution in the understanding of AI in the past decade and experiencing what might be the biggest technological wave in the history. From perception to generation, from cloud to edge, and now to embodied AI and world models, AI is reshaping the way every industry operates. As an AI company founded and listed in Hong Kong, SenseTime benefits from favorable innovation and technology environment and policies in Hong Kong and we have full confidence in the future of Hong Kong’s innovation and technology sector. Looking forward, SenseTime will continue to be rooted in Hong Kong, bridge the ‘national AI strategy’ and the ‘global innovation network’, while serving both local and Chinese mainland industries and consistently sharing the story of China’s AI story with the global market.”

Mr. Terry Wong, Chief Executive Officer of HKSTP, delivers his welcome remarks

Mr. Terry Wong, CEO of HKSTP, said, "HKSTP has forged a long-standing partnership with SenseTime. We have witnessed its evolution from a startup to a unicorn enterprise, and now its sustained global leadership in AI. SenseTime's growth exemplifies our support in empowering tech enterprises to scale up and achieve robust growth. This further strengthens our commitment to accelerating innovation's real-world impact."

Dual Breakthroughs in Multimodal Large Models and Embodied AI

In his keynote speech titled "Merging Language and Spatial Intelligence: A Pathway to the Future of AI Paradigms," Prof. Lin Dahua, Co-Founder and Chief Scientist of SenseTime, noted that despite the acceleration of AI industrialization, the industry still faces key challenges such as reliability, professional data, spatial understanding, and cost. To address these issues, SenseTime has achieved breakthroughs in current technological limitations through foundational innovations, including the Native Vision-Language Model, cross-view predictive training paradigms, and the high-efficiency SekoTalk inference system. These innovations significantly enhance the models' spatial cognition and real-time interaction capabilities, transitioning large models from "AI for X" to a deeper integration of "AI in X." This enables a closed-loop integration between intelligent agents and scenarios, ultimately advancing towards a next-generation human-computer interaction paradigm that deeply merges with the physical world and enables continuous self-evolution.

Prof. Lin Dahua provides in-depth insights into the development of Multimodal Large Models and the convergence of spatial intelligence, during the keynote speech.

As AI enters the “era of large models”, embodied AI and world models have become hot topics in the industry. During the forum’s roundtable discussion, Dr. Wang Xiaogang, Co-Founder and Chairman of ACE ROBOTICS, engaged in an in-depth dialogue with Prof. Luo Ping, Assistant Director of the Data Science Institute of The University of Hong Kong; Mr. Yu Chao, Founder of Lumos Robotics; and Mr. Li Hongyang, Assistant Professor and HKU Head of the Autonomous Driving Laboratory at Shanghai Innovation Institute. Together, they explored key technological challenges in world model research and development, as well as the robot ontology capabilities. The consensus was that embodied AI will progressively achieve breakthrough applications in scenarios such as industrial manufacturing, professional services, and home companionship.

Notably, Dr. Wang Xiaogang announced at the forum that ACE ROBOTICS will officially debut on December 18, unveiling a series of word-leading technologies and products, including Kairos 3.0, China’s first open-source world model that is already being used in commercial applications. By collaborating with industry partners, ACE ROBOTICS aims to establish an integrated “models, hardware, and ecosystem" industrial landscape, jointly advancing the next-generation embodied-AI industry.

Dr. Wang Xiaogang, Co-founder and Chairman of ACE ROBOTICS, Prof. Luo Ping, Director of Data Science Institute, Associate Professor of AI & DS, The University of Hong Kong, Mr. Yu Chao, Founder of Lumos Robotics, and Mr. Li Hongyang, Assistant Professor, HKU Head of the Autonomous Driving Laboratory at Shanghai Innovation Institute, engaged in an in-depth roundtable discussion on “Bridging the Digital and Physical Worlds: How Embodied World Models Are Redefining Human-Computer Interaction.”

AI Deeply Empowers Industrial Intelligence Upgrade

AI is evolving from a "tool that enhances efficiency" to a "strategic partner that reshapes business models," propelling enterprises into a new phase of profound transformation. The forum invited numerous experts and industry representatives from the field of AI to engage in in-depth discussions on cutting-edge AI technologies, industrial integration, and future trends. It aims to explore ways to achieve breakthroughs in intelligent technologies and transformation pathways for enterprises, and together, outlining the blueprint for the future industry driven by AI.

Dr. Edward Tse, Founder and CEO of Gao Feng Advisory Company, moderated an industry panel titled "The Impact and Significance of AI Development in the Large Model Era for Enterprises," facilitating in-depth conversation with several enterprise representatives. Focusing on three angles: strategic integration, industrial transformation, and cross-industry collaboration, the panelists discussed how enterprises can deeply integrate AI into core operations, address transformation challenges, and outline a roadmap for constructing new quality productive forces and a new industrial landscape driven by AI.

During the discussion, Mr. Jeff Shi, President of APAC, SenseTime, emphasized that SenseTime's APAC business has served nearly 500 clients since its establishment six years ago, with 70% of them continuing to work with us. Moving forward, SenseTime will continue to leverage its original AI and solutions to persistently empower clients across APAC and accelerate the region’s industrial intelligence upgrade through localized strategic deployment.

Dr. Edward Tse, Founder and CEO of Gao Feng Advisory Company; Mr. Jeff Shi, President of APAC, SenseTime; Dr. Sharon Wong, Chairman of "Publishing 3.0+"; Mr. Martin Liu, Associate Director of AI and Data, HKSTP; and Ir. Prof. Alan Lam, JP, Founder and Group Chairman of Sengital Group Limited, engage in in-depth discussions on "The Impact and Significance of AI Development in the Large Model Era for Enterprises."

Visual AI Enters the Next Wave of Accelerated Growth

After a decade of development, visual AI is entering a second growth phase via multimodal vision agents, entering a new phase of “computer vision agents × application engineering.”

During the keynote speech “Visual AI 2.0: Powered by Large Models," Lewis Fung, Managing Director of SenseTime Hong Kong and Macau, and Piao Yuankui, Senior Director of SenseTime Business Group, offered insights from the perspectives of the Hong Kong and Macau markets and product offerings. They outlined SenseTime's visual AI 2.0’s positioning as a city-level visual AI and multimodal AI platform, achieving differentiation through large language models and transforming real-time video analysis into actionable solutions.

Following the keynote speech, Mr. Alvin Zou, Vice President of Asia Pacific Business Group of SenseTime, Mr. David Jea, General Manager, Safety, Security & Business Continuity, Hong Kong International Airport, Mr. Bon Ko, Assistant Executive Director (Operations I), Aviation Security Co. Ltd., Mr. Sammy Tsui, Founder & CEO of Golden Wealth Technology Limited, delved into how Hong Kong International Airport, as a global aviation hub, actively promotes the deep integration of visual AI with airport operations to enhance safety and improve the passenger experience.

Mr. Alvin Zou, Vice President of Asia Pacific Business Group of SenseTime, Mr. David Jea, General Manager, Safety, Security & Business Continuity, Hong Kong International Airport, Mr. Bon Ko, Assistant Executive Director (Operations I), Aviation Security Co. Ltd., Mr. Sammy Tsui, Founder & CEO of Golden Wealth Technology Limited, share insights on “The Application of AI in International Airport Management.”

This marks the formal entry of visual AI into a second growth stage, centered on agents and driven by applications. It also provides a clear roadmap for various industries to achieve digital transformation and intelligent upgrades through "computer vision agents × application engineering."

Large models and AI will become key infrastructure driving societal progress. They will not only enhance efficiency across various sectors but also give rise to entirely new business models and economic growth points, thereby paving the way for a broad "intelligent" future for Hong Kong's long-term development.