"choosing changsha is the best choice i have ever made"丨low-cost entrepreneurship and high-quality life
2024-09-24
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changsha evening news omnimedia reporter liu jun
in an automobile manufacturing workshop, due to the large number of processes in each link, how can we prevent operators from missing parts or operating in violation of regulations?
in hazardous chemicals loading and unloading areas, how can we conduct real-time monitoring and early warning of “loading and unloading incidents” and “overall violations”?
gu shanzhi’s answer is process-based ai algorithm.
in 2017, gu shanzhi was admitted to the school of computer science at the national university of defense technology with the first place in graduate school, and moved from nanjing, jiangsu to changsha, hunan. in 2019, he came to shenzhen for an internship, and then joined pengcheng laboratory full-time, and took on a major task - distributed training tasks, becoming the first engineer in the national laboratory to successfully use thousands of graphics cards for large model training. in 2021, he returned to changsha to establish hunan huishiwei intelligent technology co., ltd., and has since been running in both directions with this city and growing together.
one phone call brought 12 founders together in changsha
the 12 founders of hunan huishiwei intelligent technology co., ltd. were all born in the 1990s, and 80% are from other places. they are mainly doctoral supervisors, doctors, and masters in computer research from tsinghua university, oxford university, hunan university and double first-class universities, and they were all "pulled" in by gu shanzhi over the phone.
"at that time, i was working in pengcheng laboratory and had completed the research and development of two large models. i was deeply impressed by the rapid development of ai technology." gu shanzhi said that there are many artificial intelligence companies in shenzhen and the vitality of industrial development is constantly increasing. at this time, he also had the idea of starting a business.
starting a business means giving up the "iron rice bowl" in shenzhen, but gu shanzhi did not hesitate. during his undergraduate, master's and doctoral studies, he participated in more than 30 academic competitions and won all of them without a single failure. the projects he organized and participated in won many awards, and his friends around him were all outstanding young innovative talents. "our technology is not worse than others, and even better than others in many aspects. why not give it a try?" after some thought, gu shanzhi became more confident in starting a business.
as for partners, gu shanzhi already had suitable candidates in mind. they were gu shanzhi's roommates, university alumni, laboratory colleagues, etc. one night in 2021, gu shanzhi started calling them one by one.
the process of "calling people" went very smoothly.
yu buzhou was gu shanzhi's junior high school classmate. he agreed without hesitation over the phone, quit his job in chongqing, drove to changsha, and after settling down, he brought his wife and children over the next year. wu yao graduated from tsinghua university, and tang yu graduated from the university of hong kong. they were gu shanzhi's colleagues at pengcheng laboratory. they had long had the idea of starting a business. after listening to gu shanzhi's ai landscape concept, they hit it off and left shenzhen to come to changsha to join the ai entrepreneurial wave...
"why are people willing to give up their existing jobs and come to changsha to start a business?" the reporter asked.
"i studied in changsha for both my undergraduate and master's degrees, and was sent abroad on a government scholarship during my doctoral studies. the best times of my life were in changsha. after graduation, i hope to apply what i have learned in changsha," said gao shaobo, an alumnus of gu shanzhi.
"the team has very cutting-edge ai technology and development background. as returnees, we are very willing to contribute what we have learned in changsha." zhou yu, gan jialing and zhao jianqiao said.
"i chose changsha without hesitation. i have lived, studied and worked in shanghai, nanjing, changsha, shenzhen, beijing and other places. changsha is a city where i have stayed for a long time and have deep feelings for it." gu shanzhi believes that for companies engaged in cutting-edge computer research, changsha's rich university resources will provide strong support for scientific and technological research and development and corporate development. "choosing changsha is the best choice i have made."
seize the opportunity and let ai empower all industries
computing power has always been a key factor restricting the development of artificial intelligence. in recent years, my country's computing power industry has developed rapidly. at present, my country's computing power scale ranks second in the world. artificial intelligence has been widely used in imaging, retail, manufacturing, finance, medical and other fields, effectively improving the international competitiveness of the industry.
how to build a large-model ai training platform based on domestic graphics card computing power clusters, construct a domestic algorithm ecosystem, and mobilize more developers to develop large models for vertical industries?
after extensive research, gu shanzhi and his team believe that the era of domestic graphics card computing power is coming. "in most application scenarios, domestic graphics cards can already be used for training and reasoning. by building an ai large model training platform, scheduling domestic computing power clusters, combining multi-industry data, and using multi-modal and other artificial intelligence technologies, we can complete the construction of domestic graphics card algorithm ecology and the rapid mass production of vertical industry large models. by continuously feeding data to iteratively update the model, we can achieve the actual online application standards and give full play to the role of domestic intelligent computing clusters."
at present, hunan huishiwei intelligent technology co., ltd. has built a complete ai algorithm ecosystem based on domestic graphics card computing power. the domestic large model training platform it has built has been settled in the "national supercomputing internet" initiated and guided by the ministry of science and technology. based on domestic computing power such as sugon dcu and huawei ascend, it has developed vertical industry large models, and has achieved a comprehensive layout of twelve major industry sectors such as smart military industry, smart chemical industry, smart park, smart factory, and smart community, allowing ai to empower thousands of industries.
with changsha as the backing, scientific and technological talents dare to take risks and fight hard
"the process of starting a business was quite smooth and i didn't encounter any major difficulties." this is not gu shanzhi being in "versailles".
in 2022, gu shanzhi and his team became one of the 41st incubation projects of the "willow branch action", and received a full range of services including financial support, entrepreneurship training, mentor guidance, and market connection. it is understood that since its launch in 2015, the "willow branch action", as changsha's iconic program to support youth entrepreneurship, has successfully incubated a large number of innovative enterprises and young entrepreneurs.
in addition, he and his team have successively received a number of policy supports, including the "red maple plan" and changsha's "xiaohe" youth entrepreneurship project.
gu shanzhi admitted that it was precisely because changsha served as a strong backing, providing them with policy support, entrepreneurial assistance, and roadshow and training opportunities that the team had more confidence to work hard.
today, the company focuses on developing and customizing algorithms and providing industry solutions for users. it has completed the development of large-scale model business for to b (corporate customers) and to c (individual users), and has carried out in-depth cooperation with leading companies, signed strategic cooperation agreements, and completed industry customization solutions. in the past two years, it has completed hundreds of project contract orders, nearly 20 standard ai products, and obtained angel financing. at present, the company has authorized 6 national invention patents and registered 16 software copyrights.
"the team basically comes from an academic background and are used to setting goals whether in study or work. therefore, at the beginning of the business, we set a five-year plan for the company." gu shanzhi told reporters that the first goal is for the company to become a national high-tech enterprise within two years; the second goal is to become a specialized and innovative "little giant" enterprise in about three years; and the third goal is to become a "unicorn" enterprise within five years.
gu shanzhi and his team are achieving their "small goals" one by one. in 2022, the company was rated as a national high-tech enterprise, and in august this year, it became a member of changsha's new generation of intelligent computing consortium. "we are confident that we can achieve our set goals within five years," said gu shanzhi.
