ViewTravel
视旅科技
ViewTravel (视旅科技, also known as Vtrip) is an AI-native travel platform founded in November 2021 by former Alibaba vice president and Fliggy founder Li Shaohua, alongside co-founder and CTO Dr. Hui Pengrui, who previously led big data and AI systems at Fliggy . Rather than layering AI onto existing travel infrastructure, the company rebuilds travel products from the ground up with AI at the core, distinguishing it from chatbot-level "AI travel" offerings that can generate itineraries but not complete bookings .
The company released VtripGPT in May 2023, China's first large language model for the tourism sector, which became the first travel industry model to pass regulatory filing with the Cyberspace Administration of China in March 2024 . Its product covers end-to-end destination operations across more than ten domestic and international markets including Hong Kong, Singapore, Sichuan, and Yunnan, with projected annual user volume exceeding 3 million in 2024 .
ViewTravel has raised over 100 million yuan in angel funding from Gaorong Ventures and Xianfeng Capital, followed by a Series A of over 100 million yuan in late 2024 led by Shenzhen Media Yiben Fund and Guangzhou City Investment Group's Greater Bay Area Cultural Industry Investment Fund, with continued participation from Gaorong Ventures . The company completed its overseas structure and team setup by end of 2023 and has since integrated DeepSeek-R1's reasoning capabilities to accelerate destination deployment from months to roughly two days .
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