Terminus Group () (aka Terminus) is a Chinese company headquartered in
Beijing, China.
History and operations
Terminus was founded in 2015 by Victor Ai, a Washington University graduate. In 2019, Harvard Business Review recognized Ai as one of the Top 20 digital transformation pioneers in China. The company develops smart buildings, smart communities, and smart retail, while specializing in the development of the AI CITY using its smart city management system - TACOS (Terminus AI CITY Operating System), robotics, Internet of Things (IoT) products, and urban security management tools.
In April 2020, Terminus launched a project to create an
AI city in
Chongqing,
China. It claims to be the world’s first urban digitization pilot project and is currently under construction. The idea behind this project is that using AI, it will get to know its citizens better.
Terminus planned to deploy over 150 robots at
Expo 2020
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in
Dubai
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, which was postponed to October 1, 2021, and later to March 31, 2022 due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. Terminus was the only Chinese company selected as the official premier partner of the Expo 2020.
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Companies based in Shenzhen