Professor Founded at 50, Industrial AI Inspection Holds 80% Share

创业邦 · wechat · 2026-08-29

Fu Yan (64, UESTC prof) founded Shuzhilian at 50. After near-bankruptcy from scattered business, she pivoted to industrial AI inspection in 2015. Core product ADC system holds >80% market share in display panels, processing 10B+ images.

Tech: Expanded from defect detection software to self-made AI devices using cloud-edge architecture. Trained on 700TB data, launched industrial LLMs (“Huiyan/Huinao/Huiyan”) for detection, yield analysis, and QA, achieving 99% accuracy in some cases.

Global: Follows clients like BOE overseas to Mexico, Slovenia, etc. Evolving from exporting equipment to “solutions” and “standards,” aiming for 30% overseas revenue.

Challenges: Market is fragmented; process Know-how is the key barrier. Competition is shifting from detection to yield analysis and process optimization.

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