Xiaobing

Xiaobing (小冰) is an AI Being framework company spun out from Microsoft in 2020, led by CEO Li Di . Its core product is a "complete general artificial intelligence framework" that Li has described as an operating system for AI beings — with the original "18-year-old girl Xiaobing" merely the first prototype tree in a larger forest . The company targets mass deployment of differentiated AI beings rather than a handful of universal assistants.

The framework claims global reach across China, Japan and Indonesia, covering 660 million online users, 1 billion third-party smart devices and 900 million content viewers, with over 60% penetration in smart vehicle systems . Its commercial applications span digital employees, AIGC content generation, and verticals including finance, culture, textiles and tourism . Notable deployments include the Winter Olympics digital coach "Guan Jun" and China Merchants Group's "Zhao Xiaoying" .

5Y Capital invested in Xiaobing's Series A round in 2021 (co-led by Hillhouse) and again in a RMB 1 billion funding round announced in November 2022, with proceeds directed toward large-model dialogue engines, 3D neural rendering, super-natural voice and AIGC capabilities . At that time Xiaobing planned to upgrade 300,000 digital employees running on its framework within one quarter . elsevier's corpus does not cover developments after late 2022.