Megvii Technology is a Chinese AI and facial recognition company best known for its Face++ system. It was founded in 2011 by friends from Tsinghua University. After success in China training algorithms on vast data pools, Megvii is now expanding globally. Face++ can detect and identify faces with high accuracy and is used widely for applications like payments, transportation safety, access control, and social media verification. Megvii also uses AI and machine vision for robotics, logistics optimization, and developing its own deep learning algorithm called Brain++.

1. The Amazing Ways
Chinese Face
Recognition Company
Megvii (Face++) Uses
AI and Machine Vision

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Megvii Technology, a Chinese company, founded in 2011 and widely known for its
Face++ system, is one of the world leaders in facial recognition and artificial intelligence
technology. While they might be best known for Face++, Megvii uses artificial
intelligence and machine vision in a variety of amazing ways.
Megvii was the concept conceived by friends and Tsinghua University graduates Yin Qui,
Yang Mu, and Tang Wenbin.
The Amazing Ways Chinese Face Recognition
Company Megvii (Face++)
Uses AI And Machine Vision

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IntroductionIntroduction
After tremendous success in China (especially since they were able to train algorithms
from China’s vast pool of data) with clients such as Ant Financial, Vivo (smartphones),
Didi Chuxing (ride-sharing) and investments from Bank of China, the State-Owned
Venture Capital Fund, China-Russian Investment Fund and other private investors
including Ant Financial (Alibaba’s payment affiliate), Megvii is ready to go global. They
have projects slated in the coming year for Japan, Europe, the Middle East, Southeast
Asia, and the United States and have secured a distributor in Thailand.
The Amazing Ways Chinese Face Recognition
Company Megvii (Face++)
Uses AI And Machine Vision

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One of the main reasons Megvii has received global attention is due to law enforcement using
Face++ to find criminals and the questions that result as people contemplate how this same
technology can be used to monitor law-abiding citizens. China already has a vast surveillance
network with 170 million security cameras in use for its Skynet system and 400 million more
on the way. Face++ can detect faces, analyze 106 data points on the face, and confirm a
person's identity with a high degree of accuracy.
It's also an open platform and lets any developer create apps using its algorithms, which has
helped make it the most extensive facial recognition platform in the world with 300,000
developers from 150 countries using it. The more data that gets fed into it, the better it
becomes. At present, these facial recognition systems are targeted because there isn't enough
computing power available to support a non-targeted system. That should give some of us a
bit more peace of mind that we are not yet being tracked 24/7.
Face++: Technology Megvii
is Most Known For

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While law enforcement applications are certainly what’s given Face++ the most attention, the
technology can be used in several ways.
Here are a few:
• Facial recognition software can be used for payments and to prevent fraud. Alibaba's
subsidiary, Ant Financial, has invested in Megvii and uses Face++ to power its “Smile to
Pay” service at a KFC concept store.
• Face++ is also used by Meitu, the dominant mobile pay app in China.
• The ride-hailing company Didi Chuxing can help ensure the safety of the drivers and
passengers by using facial recognition technology to confirm identities. It also allows both
the driver and the passenger to be tracked down if any dispute or legal issue arises.
Face++: Technology Megvii
is Most Known For

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• Badges don’t grant access to Megvii’s office, but your smile does, assuming you're in the
database. Residential and commercial real estate properties can also similarly use facial
recognition technology to ensure access to only authorized people.
• Some train stations in Beijing will match national IDs with passengers’ faces to verify train
tickets.
• Retail stores could become more profitable by using facial recognition technology to
identify rewards members and then provide extra service and can also determine the
busiest times for the store, what areas are drawing the most traffic, what kinds of people
visit the store and what they buy.
• Face++ is already integrated into Alibaba’s City Brain platform. It’s used to analyze the
CCTV network in cities where it’s deployed to optimize traffic flows and “see” incidents that
require police or medical attention.
Face++: Technology Megvii
is Most Known For

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• China requires platforms to verify user identities before they can post on social media or
blogs. Face++ is being used for this authentication.
Face++: Technology Megvii
is Most Known For

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Megvii invested 2 billion yuan ($293.9 million) to propel the use of robotics in logistics and
also acquired the Beijing Ares Robot Technology company. This investment illustrates the
company is no longer content just to be the leader in facial recognition technology. Now, they
are using their resources to influence the digital transformation of supply chains.
Megvii’s Hetu (River Map) system is used by an e-commerce platform of Alibaba called Tmall.
The Hetu system coordinates 500 robots in the Tmall warehouse to boost efficiency and
dramatically reduced the distance human package sorters need to walk in a day. This robotics
operating system combines the Internet of Things with artificial intelligence. The company
sees abundant opportunity in an intelligent operation system to enhance the world’s supply
chain by using the same underlying computer vision technology they developed for Face++.
Lastly, Megvii developed Brain++, their own deep learning algorithm, that is as good or better
than some of the other deep learning engines in existence. Brain++ is the AI trainer that helps
Face++ become better.
Other Ways Megvii Uses
AI and Machine Vision

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Bernard Marr is an internationally best-selling author, popular keynote speaker, futurist, and a
strategic business & technology advisor to governments and companies. He helps
organisations improve their business performance, use data more intelligently, and
understand the implications of new technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data,
blockchains, and the Internet of Things.
LinkedIn has ranked Bernard as one of the world’s top 5 business influencers. He is a frequent
contributor to the World Economic Forum and writes a regular column for Forbes. Every day
Bernard actively engages his 1.5 million social media followers and shares content that
reaches millions of readers.
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