Cardinal Operations

Cardinal Operations (杉数科技) is a Chinese AI decision-optimization company whose self-developed intelligent computing solver COPT has been positioned as an "optimization ecosystem leader" in Nvidia's CUDA-X stack, serving as the sole Chinese partner for the GPU giant's open-source cuOpt initiative as of early 2025 . The company originated as a ZhenFund angel project and has since been cited in the fund's portfolio updates for industrial recognition, including back-to-back appearances on a "China AI Tech Enterprises TOP 50" list through 2025 , selection for a Beijing industrial-internet platform registry in late 2024 , and inclusion among "China AI Startup Value Creation 30" honorees that same year . Its customer footprint spans aviation (China Eastern Airlines alliance) and solar manufacturing (supply-chain optimization for Oriental Sunrise) .

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