Megvii

Megvii is valued at $4B.

Investor information for Megvii is not publicly available at this time.

No public funding round data is currently available for Megvii.

Megvii has approximately 1000+ employees.

Megvii develops computer vision AI systems under its Face++ brand, producing facial recognition, human body analysis, and object detection technologies deployed in financial services authentication, smart city surveillance, retail analytics, and industrial quality control across China and international markets. The Beijing company also develops AI chips for edge inference through its Megvii Hardware division, pursuing vertical integration from algorithms to hardware.\n\nThe company raised approximately $1.4 billion in private funding from investors including Alibaba Group, CITIC Private Equity, and Bank of China Group Investment, reaching a valuation of approximately $4 billion at peak private market pricing. Megvii filed for an IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange but withdrew its application following placement on the US Entity List in 2019, which restricted its access to US technology suppliers. The company continues to operate as a private company with revenues from government and enterprise deployments in China.\n\nMegvii competes with SenseTime, Hikvision, and Dahua in the Chinese computer vision and surveillance AI market, with all four companies facing US Entity List restrictions due to involvement in facial recognition deployments cited for human rights concerns. Domestically, Megvii holds significant market share in facial recognition-based access control, financial authentication, and city management applications. The company research division maintains a strong publication record and has released open-source models including the MegEngine deep learning framework.