aitos.io has won the grand prize in the 7th annual “Maker in China” Blockchain SME Competition!
The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Network Security Industry Development Center (MIIT Information Center) jointly organized The 7th Annual “Maker in China” Blockchain Small & Medium Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition in cooperation with the Fujian Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, Fuzhou High-tech Zone Management Committee, Fuzhou Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology alongside sponsors Digital China Research Institute (Fujian), Fujian Provincial Blockchain Association, and Entropy Chain Technology.
This “Chain Innovation, Smart Industry” themed competition attracted the participation of enterprises and teams in the blockchain field from all over the region. Each team will pass through an initial online evaluation, online semi-finals will be selected layer-by-layer. After the initial online evaluation and selection process for the online rematch, 20 outstanding projects were finally selected to participate on stage to compete and wrap up this on-site roadshow. Feng Huan, Product Director of aitos.io, delivered on the theme “Internet of Things plus Blockchain Trusted Green Carbon Digital Base” and won the grand prize in the SME Competition Final.
About aitos.io
aitos.io is a technology start-up focusing on the integrated innovation of IoT and Blockchain. By combining its own rich resources in the IoT industry, aitos.io has raised the standard for an open-sourced blockchain application framework BoAT (Blockchain of AI Things) with delivered via IoT chipset and module to enable IoT devices quickly implement trusted data on-chain and access the blockchain services. At the end of 2019, aitos.io and nine mainstream cellular wireless module manufacturers jointly initiated the Blockchain IoT Module alliance, and successively released their own brands of BoAT blockchain module products. This resulted in hundreds of millions of IoT devices equipped with the capability of blockchain services access as a trusted entry of IoT+Blockchain application. aitos.io’s vision is to leverage an alliance of global IoT vendors to empower them to tap the value of applications and data.
At the beginning of the project launch in the end of 2018, aitos.io received angel investment from the IoT industry expert group and strategic investment from Wanxiang Blockchain. In December 2018, aitos.io was awarded membership into ARM Accelerator Camp. In June 2019, aitos.io emerged as the founding member of China Unicom IoT and Wanxiang Blockchain IoT+Blockchain Joint Innovation Center. In November, aitos.io became a empowerment partner of Microsoft’s AI and IoT Lab . In August 2020, aitos.io transitioned into Tencent’s Blockchain Accelerator program as the first member. In February 2021, aitos.io joined RISC-V International as strategic member and initiated to form new Blockchain SIG (special interest group). In April, aitos.io initiated 1st China technical requirements standards for trusted blockchain access of IoT terminals.
