Infinite Lightyear
无限光年
Infinite Lightyear (无限光年) is an AI company founded by Yuan Qi (漆远), a distinguished professor at Fudan University and president of the Shanghai Academy of AI for Science (上海科学智能研究院 / 上智院) . Qiming Venture Partners is a backer, listing it among its portfolio companies .
As of mid-2026, the company positions itself around three verticals: AI for Finance, AI for AI infrastructure, and AI for Science, anchored by what it calls a "safe and trustworthy enterprise intelligent-agent operating system" deployed across business scenarios . Yuan Qi has been a visible figure at major industry events including the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, where he represented Infinite Lightyear alongside academicians and top scientists .
The company's name occasionally appears interchangeably with "INF" in English contexts . elsewhere's corpus does not yet cover its funding history, valuation, or detailed product specifications beyond this positioning.
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