Artificial intelligence-driven workplace hardware company viaim has secured a funding round worth about 100 million Chinese yuan, with Transsion Holdings joining as a strategic investor to support the development of AI-powered assistant hardware.
The partnership will focus on creating a new generation of AI hardware equipped with autonomous perception, decision-making and execution capabilities.
In a statement, viaim founder and chief executive officer Ma Xiao said the collaboration aims to accelerate the adoption of AI-enabled hardware in both workplace and consumer environments.
viaim said the partnership combines its expertise in workplace AI and speech technology with Transsion’s global distribution network, manufacturing capabilities and local market experience.
Transsion is widely known for its strong smartphone presence across Africa and other emerging markets, while viaim currently serves more than 1.5 million registered users across over 50 industries and 200 countries.
The company’s product lineup includes OpenNote, RecDot and NoteKit, which offer AI-powered translation across more than 78 languages and 145 dialects.
viaim added that it is expanding beyond recording and transcription devices into a broader office AI agent platform.
