Gasgoo Munich- On April 16, HiDream.ai, a multimodal generative AI firm, announced it has recently closed a new funding round exceeding 500 million yuan.The round was co-invested by new shareholders including Oriental Fortune Capital, Anhui Industrial Investment under Anhui Provincial Investment Group, and Fenghua Capital. Existing backers such as Hefei Industrial Investment, Xingtai Group, Hefei High-tech Investment, and the Anhui AI Mother Fund also increased their stakes.Proceeds will primarily fuel R&D for the company's next-generation native multimodal world model, the development of enterprise-focused intelligent agents, and global market expansion.Founded by a team with over a decade of experience in AIGC, HiDream.ai previously made headlines with its open-source image generation model, HiDream-I1. The model topped the rankings on Artificial Analysis, marking the first time a Chinese-developed generative visual model claimed the lead. Its open-source models have surpassed 2 million global downloads. Building on that momentum, the company launched the world's first publicly available DiT-architecture video generation model in May 2024 and is preparing to release a minute-long video model capable of synchronized audio and visual generation.Strategically, HiDream.ai has partnered with Noitom Robotics and BioMap to explore world model applications in embodied intelligence and life sciences. Mei Tao, founder and CEO, emphasized that video generation is merely the starting point for multimodal large models. The company is committed to building a native multimodal world model to drive intelligent services for a better future.About "Seeds Discovery":Gasgoo's "Seeds Discovery" column is designed as a service platform connecting startups, industrial ecosystem partners, investors, and local governments to deeply empower the automotive supply chain. Since its inception, the column has been dedicated to uncovering promising companies, technologies, and business models that are shaping the future of the industry amid the sweeping shifts toward intelligence and electrification. According to Gasgoo data, nearly every startup featured in "Seeds Discovery" has successfully secured partnerships within the industrial ecosystem.
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