# Qi An Xin upgrades its Security Maker Expo to an AI-focused startup competition

> Original title: 寻找AI时代的下一个黑马：安全创客汇重磅升级为AI创客汇

- Source: Leiphone
- Published: 2026-11-03T06:41:00.000Z
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- Original: https://www.leiphone.com/category/industrynews/X8wk3oODlsrt6zy7.html

## Summary

Qi An Xin announced at the 2026 World Internet Conference in Wuzhen that its Security Maker Expo, a cybersecurity venture platform, is now the AI Maker Expo, widening its scope from network security to AI innovation and applications. The platform will keep its selection mechanism and investment ecosystem, and it invites AI startups and teams to apply, with finals set to be presented at BCS 2027. Over its first ten editions from 2016, finalists raised more than 6.5 billion yuan in total funding.