Qi An Xin's Security Maker Expo becomes AI Maker Expo, opening to AI startups
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Qi An Xin announced at the 2026 World Internet Conference in Wuzhen that its Security Maker Expo, a cybersecurity startup platform, is now the AI Maker Expo.
The platform widens from network security to AI innovation and applications, and invites AI startups and teams to apply. Finals will be presented at BCS 2027.
The platform keeps its existing selection mechanism and investment ecosystem. Qi An Xin says finalists from the first ten editions, starting in 2016, raised more than 6.5 billion yuan in total funding.
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AIQi 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.
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