November 20th, November 18th, the "2025 SparkS Global Al Hardware Innovation Competition" was officially launched。
THE COMPETITION IS A HIGH-ENERGY COMPETITION CREATED BY THE TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT AND THE HANGZHOU TALENT GROUP, THE HANGZHOU (ASSISTED INTELLIGENCE) CAMP AND THE GRAFFITI SMART, WHICH COMBINES INNOVATIVE ENTREPRENEURIAL RESOURCES FROM THE AI INDUSTRIAL HIGHLANDS, THE HC (ASSISTED INTELLIGENCE) CAMP PLATFORM, AND THE ECOLOGY OF THE GRAFFITI GLOBAL DEVELOPERS, AND IS AIMED AT THE GLOBAL RECRUITMENT OF AN AI HARDWARE PROJECT WITH COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL, FOCUSING ON TWO KEY LINKS BETWEEN "AI HARDWARE" AND "APPLICATION SCENES" TO BRIDGE THE "LAST KILOMETRE" FROM TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TO INDUSTRIAL LAND。
As an international level event focused on "AI+ Hardware" and "Application scenes", 2025 SparkS’ global AI hardware innovation competition is not limited to technology competitions, but is dedicated to connecting AI elites, industrial resources and investment institutions around the globe to create a world-class AI innovation ecology that combines technological innovation, industrial landing, and capital alignment。
FIVE MAJOR INNOVATIVE TRACKS HAVE BEEN SET UP: AI+ LIFE, AI+ BUSINESS, AAI+ INDUSTRY, AI+ TRANSPORT, AND AAI+ SOCIAL GOVERNANCE, WITH FULL COVERAGE OF THE FRONT-LINE APPLICATIONS OF AI TECHNOLOGY IN VARIOUS FIELDS. THESE TRACKS RESPOND NOT ONLY TO THE NATIONAL AI DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, BUT ALSO TO THE DEEP-SEATED NEED FOR A DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE INDUSTRY, AND FOR INNOVATION BY THE ENABLERS。
Whether it comes from the top hardware entrepreneurship team or from scientific teams with original technology in higher education; whether it comes from deep-farming consumer-grade smart products or from focusing on vertical scenarios such as industry, transport and so on – as long as creativity has the potential for technological breakthroughs and commercialization, developers have the opportunity to emerge。
It is reported that,THE COMPETITION WILL EVENTUALLY SELECT 30 OF THE MOST GROUNDBREAKING AI HARDWARE INNOVATION PROJECTS TO ENTER THE BOTTOM-LINE FINALS, WITH 10 AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE APPLICATIONS。
By that time, all successful and award-winning teams will have access to resource support from Governments, sponsors and cooperating agencies, covering the multiple dimensions of capital alignment, technology empowerment, policy empowerment and landscape development, and working together to support excellence projects from creativity to commercialization。