Models and generation engines

What runs underneath: generation, voice and motion models, and the engines that drive a face in real time.

• 360 Group (360集团) — Its Zhinao model powers avatars, including Zhou Hongyi's.
• Anhui Jiechuan Information Technology — An AI digital-human generation engine combining convolutional networks with Transformers
• Anji Feitian Yundong Technology (安吉飞天云动) — Flowing Cloud mainland subsidiary credited with FT Live, the LLM-driven 3D virtual digital human broadcast platform
• APUS (麒麟合盛) — It links LLMs to avatars.
• AutoNavi (高德地图) — Alibaba's Amap operator whose navigation digital human Xiaogao Laoshi reached 2.6 billion daily calls, with the FantasyTalking engine open-sourced
• Beijing Huiye Technology Co., Ltd. (慧夜科技) — Its 3D engines drive custom characters.
• Beijing Timedomain Technology Co., Ltd. (时域科技) — AI singing voice synthesis company behind ACE Studio vocal engine
• Dalian Dongrui Software (东锐软件) — Dalian motion-capture pioneer turned virtual-human engine vendor, with Dongfang Xinrui 3D virtual humans in media, elder-care and legal-kiosk service
• Deemos Technologies Inc. (影眸科技) — AI company with Hyper3D platform converting text/images to 3D assets
• DeepScience (中科深智) — Beijing AI company (2016) with Motionverse real-time multimodal engine
• DeepSeek (深度求索) — DeepSeek powers AI digital humans in livestreaming, education, services, and smart city platforms
• Extreme Vision Technology Co., Ltd. (极视角科技) — Extreme Vision specializes in digital humans, vision algorithms, and smart city tech
• Flowing Cloud (飞天云动) — HK-listed AR/VR content leader whose FT Live platform and virtual digital human matrix (Mo Xiaoyu, Li Haoya) serve livestreaming and cultural tourism
• Guangzhou Chuanghuan Digital Technology (创幻科技) — The Guangzhou company behind the Chaociyuan virtual-IP brand — virtual anchor systems and idol services for Bilibili, Tencent and NetEase
• iFLYTEK (科大讯飞) — Leading AI company with comprehensive digital human ecosystem via Zhizuo platform
• Kunlun Tech (昆仑万维) — SkyReels open-source, audio-driven digital humans for video and commerce
• Lumverse (渲光科技) — Domestic real-time 3D engine with digital humans among its declared verticals, spun out of Perfect World's ERA engine
• Magics Technology (迈吉客科技) — Zhongguancun AI+CG company whose Magics engine drives fully intelligent virtual anchors and custom digital employees
• Media Brain Technology — The Chuanbo large model, a digital human co-creation platform, and the digital anchors on Chao News
• Mingyuan Cloud (明源云) — Real-estate digitalization company whose 2D hyper-real marketing digital human Xinghe made the 2025 ministry metaverse cases
• Mobvoi Inc. (出门问问) — AI company with comprehensive digital human solutions and voice cloning capabilities
• Nanjing Xuanjia Network Technology — Nanjing AIGC studio behind the CAC-registered Kino video model and the named AI digital-human actors Kairos and Lumina
• NextHuman (唯物科技) — Hangzhou super-realistic digital-human engine maker called the company behind the digital-human companies; its Bai Xiaochou won the 2024 digital-human debate contest
• Ningxia Hope Information Industry — Yinchuan AI company whose Xiyan large model, Ningxia's first CAC-filed LLM, drives its government-service and counseling digital humans
• Niren Intelligent Technology (拟仁智能) — Zhejiang-University-incubated AI+CG company building rapid-construction AI virtual humans for enterprise metaverse scenes
• NiuTrans (Shenyang Yayi) — Machine-translation house NiuTrans, whose smart translation screens put digital-human interaction into foreign-facing service windows
• SenseTime (商汤科技) — AI platform for lifelike avatars with multilingual voiceovers and real-time rendering
• SentiPulse (思维光谱) — AI startup that open-sourced the SentiAvatar 3D digital human framework
• Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (上海人工智能实验室) — AI research institute whose Digital Human Group builds the OpenXDLab platform for 3D human modelling, rendering and generation
• Shengshu Technology (生数科技) — Tsinghua-derived video model maker whose Vidu S1 drives digital humans in real time
• Sichuan Guancha Zhimei (观察智媒) — Sichuan Radio and Television's smart-media company, building the Chuantai large model and digital-human technology for its newsrooms
• Sogou (搜狗) — Digital human platform with 3D modeling, translation, and real-time facial animation
• Soul App — Runs an avatar-first social app and open-sourced SoulX-FlashTalk for real-time digital humans
• StreamLake (溪流湖) — Kuaishou's B2B arm, carrying virtual humans since its 2022 launch and running Mengniu's Naisi presenter on Kuaishou itself
• Tongcheng Network Technology (同程旅行) — Tongcheng Travel operating company whose Chengxin travel model powers AI digital humans for government and enterprise partners
• Volcano Engine (火山引擎) — ByteDance's enterprise cloud arm, supplying the models and rendering behind provincial-pavilion guides and an AR Li Bai over the Big Wild Goose Pagoda
• XVERSE (元象) — AI and 3D content generation, including the MotionGen 3D character motion model
• Zeewain (Ziwei Cloud) — Tsinghua-enabled Guangzhou company whose CAC-filed 3D digital-human synthesis powers its interactive 3D avatar agents and avatar-customization editor
• Zhejiang Lab (之江实验室) — Hangzhou research institute, lead drafter of China's first national standard for sign-language digital humans
• Zhihui Beizeng Robot — The digital-human startup that drew both iFlytek and Agibot strategic investment before pivoting to embodied robots and relocating to Tianjin
• Zhijing Future Technology (智京未来) — Beijing builder of 2D and 3D digital human production lines, selling likeness and voice cloning to e-commerce livestreaming, education and county agricultural sales
• Zhipu AI (智谱AI) — Cognitive large models and knowledge intelligence for digital humans and AI assistants
• Zhiyi Vector Cloud — Guangzhou medical digital-human company building emotion-capable digital-twin doctors on its Text-to-Soul consciousness model