GUi empowers next-generation innovation through financial methods

Grand Union of Innovation (GUi) is leveraging financing methods to support companies to accelerate technological advancement, positioning itself as a leader in the integration of technology and finance. By offering targeted and future-oriented financial pillars and conducting field research, GUi has lowered barriers to financial services, offering diverse funding products for small and medium-sized tech enterprises.

Key products, such as the GUi Startup Loan and GUi Tech Empowerment Loan, are designed to address common financing challenges, reducing hurdles for innovative enterprises. Additionally, GUi has established a venture capital zone with various resources, including specialized financial products, industry policies, and a list of high-priority enterprises, enabling targeted financial support for tech-driven growth.

GUi's guidance fund strategically invests in sectors aligned with Hefei's core industries, supports local innovation, helping small and medium-sized enterprises advance crucial technologies. [Photo/GUi]

Huacai (Hefei) New Energy Company, a startup specializing in key materials for next-generation batteries, received early-stage funding through GUi's Startup Loan. This financing was enabled by GUi's collaboration with commercial banks. Unlike traditional funding, which typically targets established companies, GUi's support is tailored for university-based startup projects, helping founders like Huacai address initial funding gaps.

"We will make full use of GUi's policies that support innovation and entrepreneurship to achieve key technological breakthroughs," said Kong Deyun, CEO of Huacai New Energy. "In the second half of the year, we plan to establish a fully automated production line with a capacity of 100,000 tons of batteries and electrolytes in Anhui, contributing to the growth of the province's new energy vehicle industry."

GUi's recent investments include "HiDream.ai," an AI project focusing on multi-modal content generation, marking a significant step toward establishing a leading AIGC industry. HiDream.ai has developed the world's first publicly accessible multi-modal generative model based on the Diffusion Transformer (DiT) architecture. With over 10 billion parameters, this model enables unified modeling across text, images, video, and 3D, meeting diverse needs. The model and algorithms are fully certified for use.

Built on the HiDream model, the "HiDream AI" product suite offers features like image editing, 4K high-resolution rendering, global and local control, and multi-shot video generation. These capabilities provide HiDream.ai a significant competitive advantage in AIGC technology and the commercialization of digital creativity solutions.

The homepage of HiDream.ai. [Photo/GUi]

GUi is committed to enhancing Anhui's innovation ecosystem, promoting high-quality development in emerging sectors like artificial intelligence and new energy vehicles. Through these initiatives, GUi contributes to building a robust advanced manufacturing cluster, aiming to make Anhui a benchmark in China's high-tech development landscape.