At Megvii offices in Beijing, a designer prepares marketing material for a facial-recognition product. The company's marketing manager has said Megvii's Face program has helped police make thousands of arrests. Photo: The Washington Post
At Megvii offices in Beijing, a designer prepares marketing material for a facial-recognition product. The company's marketing manager has said Megvii's Face program has helped police make thousands of arrests. Photo: The Washington Post
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Chinese AI start-up Megvii said to plan IPO in either Hong Kong or New York to raise up to US$800 million

  • The Beijing-based artificial intelligence start-up developed the widely-used Face++

Sarah DaiChad Bray
Sarah Dai in Beijingand Chad Bray in Hong Kong

Updated: 10:58pm, 20 Mar, 2019

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At Megvii offices in Beijing, a designer prepares marketing material for a facial-recognition product. The company's marketing manager has said Megvii's Face program has helped police make thousands of arrests. Photo: The Washington Post
At Megvii offices in Beijing, a designer prepares marketing material for a facial-recognition product. The company's marketing manager has said Megvii's Face program has helped police make thousands of arrests. Photo: The Washington Post
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