aitos.io has won the grand prize in the 7th annual “Maker in China” finals for 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 SME Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition in cooperation with the Fujian Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology.
Mr. Fu, Jingbo, Director of the Cyber Security Industry Development Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT Information Center), and Mr. Guo, Xuejun, , and relevant units such as the Bureau of Industry and Information Technology and the Bureau of Economic Development, together with Blockchain expert judges and representatives of participating projects attended the competition and award ceremony.
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. The final tally for this competition was: one 1st place prize, two-2nd place prizes, three 3rd place prizes, and four superior, champion prizes were selected from enterprise and Maker in China groups. aitos.io’s solution, “IoT plus Blockchain to facilitate Trusted Green Carbon Digital Infrastructure,” has won the grand prize in the 7th annual “Maker in China” finals for Blockchain SME Competition.
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.
