"As a company born out of the (Hefei-based) University of Science and Technology of China, we have been focusing on voice recognition technologies for 18 years. We know what problems technology-oriented startups will face and how to help traditional companies upgrade themselves through AI."

HU YU, Executive president of iFlytek Co Ltd. The leading Chinese artificial intelligence company has announced it will set up a 1.02 billion yuan ($150 million; 127.47 million euros; ￡113.81 million) fund to support software and hardware developers.

(China Daily Africa Weekly 10/27/2017 page24)