【AICC Original Article】Multiple Hefei Enterprises to Showcase at World Artificial Intelligence Conference

The 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) will be held in Shanghai from July 17 to 20. For the first time, the total exhibition area exceeds 100,000 square meters. More than 1,100 enterprises will participate, unveiling over 3,000 exhibits, including more than 300 products making their global debut. Hefei-based enterprises including iFLYTEK Co., Ltd., Guochuang Software Co., Ltd., and Hefei Zerith Robotics Co., Ltd. will bring their core technologies and innovative achievements to demonstrate Hefei’s strength in artificial intelligence to the world.

As a leading listed high-tech software enterprise specializing in "AI + Quantum" solutions in China, Guochuang Software will present a suite of flagship products at the conference, such as a high-quality dataset platform, trusted data space, super digital employees, an "AI + Quantum" virtual power plant, and the Nebula Quantum Cloud Platform.

QuantumCTek will take part in the Future Computing and Future Computing Power Forum at WAIC 2026. Distinguished scholars including Academician Pan Jianwei from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Professor Zhu Xiaobo from the University of Science and Technology of China will deliver speeches on frontier quantum information research and the future development of quantum computing. The forum will also host a roundtable discussion on quantum computing pathways, moderated by Professor Lu Chaoyang from the University of Science and Technology of China. Ying Yong, President of QuantumCTek, will attend and conduct in-depth discussions with executives from leading industrial enterprises on key topics including the domestic development of quantum computing, integrated application of quantum technology and AI, development of the quantum computing industrial ecosystem, and how quantum technologies empower green and sustainable computing power.

Through a lineup of products and solutions, iFLYTEK will explore the pivotal question: how can AI be deployed in the real world. It is learned that the iFLYTEK Classmate AI Blackboard has been installed in classrooms across 33 provincial-level regions nationwide, boosting teachers’ ease of large-screen operation by 37%. The iFLYTEK Xiaoyi Medical App is China’s first consumer-facing health AI assistant that has passed the licensed physician qualification examination. It has provided more than 180 million AI consultations covering over 2,000 common illnesses. iFLYTEK will also demonstrate the evolving capabilities of its intelligent assistants, showing how AI is advancing from "able to chat" to "able to get things done". Meanwhile, serving as an official translation partner of WAIC 2026, iFLYTEK will display multilingual AI transparent screens, translation devices and iFLYTEK simultaneous interpretation systems at its booth to fully support international exchanges during the event.

Zerith Robotics will build an immersive exhibition space featuring robots operating in real-world scenarios, highlighting core innovations including integrated data collection, training and inference, API-enabled embodied intelligent physical grasping, and robotic convenience stores. The company has put forward the concept of "API-enabled embodied intelligent physical grasping", which packages physical capabilities such as grasping, recognition and sorting into reusable interfaces. This allows robotic capabilities to be accessed by a wider range of industries, turning robots into versatile helpers for retail stores, warehouses and households.

At present, Hefei has gathered over 1,000 enterprises spanning the upstream and downstream industrial chain of artificial intelligence, recognized nearly 2,000 high-caliber AI professionals, and hosted more than 30 scenario matching events.

Source: Hefei Daily