SmartMore Corporation Limited

What SmartMore Corporation Limited does

SmartMore Corporation Limited is a private industrial AI company founded in 2019 and dual-headquartered in Shenzhen and Hong Kong that builds machine vision and smart manufacturing solutions for global enterprise manufacturers. The portfolio centers on the SMore ViMo platform — an end-to-end, no-code industrial AI vision system that performs recognition, detection, segmentation, and classification — supported by a hardware lineup of vision sensors (VN2000, VN4000), barcode readers (VS600, VS800P, VS1000, VS1000 Pro, VS2000), more than 60 integrated machines, and digital platforms for digital twin (SMore Light3D), metrology (SMore Gauge), big data (SMore Data), and AIoT integration (SMore AIoT). The 2024 launch of Industry-GPT 2.0 extends the stack into proprietary multimodal industrial large models with agentic capabilities for automated model selection and training. Underlying technology includes proprietary deep learning algorithms, the Cube-A liquid focus mechanism enabling millisecond-level autofocus, and SDK export to Python, C, and C++ for integration into customer MES/ERP environments, all built on over 20 years of computer vision research led by founder Jiaya Jia at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

The company primarily serves Tier-1 manufacturers in consumer electronics, automotive, precision optics, new energy, semiconductors, and logistics/food-and-beverage, with documented Fortune 500 references including the world's largest consumer electronics manufacturer, the world's largest smart terminal brand, multiple global Fortune 500 automotive parts manufacturers (German and Japanese), Asia's largest LCD panel producer, and a global leading smartphone manufacturer. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales with multi-year custom contracts, no public pricing, and direct regional presence in China, Hong Kong, and Japan via dedicated local-language websites.

SmartMore monetizes through three streams: hardware sales of sensors, scanners, and integrated machines; software platform licensing (SMore ViMo, Light3D, AIoT, Industry-GPT 2.0) with SDK export for system integration; and professional services for end-to-end digital factory implementation and IIoT integration. Reported customer outcomes — 80-95% labor cost reductions, 99-100% defect detection rates, and 25,000+ inspections per line per day — anchor the value proposition of Manufacturing Optimization and Automation (MOA). The company has raised approximately $300M+ across multiple rounds from 2020 through 2024, with the most recent disclosed strategic investor being the Hong Kong Investment Corporation (HKIC) in June 2024.

Name

SmartMore Corporation Limited

Legal name

Smartmore Corporation Limited

Website

https://global.smartmore.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

SmartMore is a Shenzhen and Hong Kong-headquartered AI company building industrial machine vision and smart manufacturing solutions, including the SMore ViMo no-code platform, vision sensors, barcode readers, digital twin and AIoT platforms, and Industry-GPT 2.0, for global manufacturers in electronics, automotive, precision optics, new energy, and semiconductors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Machine Vision and AI

NAICS

Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451), Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (334519)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Measuring & Controlling Devices, Nec (3829), Special Industry Machinery, Nec (3559), Optical Instruments & Lenses (3827)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Vision & Quality Inspection (HDAAAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial Quality Inspection & Metrology (Machine Vision) (IMAIAMAF), Machine Vision & Industrial Imaging Systems (IMAHAHAE), Factory Automation & Control Systems (PLC/SCADA/DCS) (IMAIAMAA)

Keywords

• Industrial machine vision
• AI quality inspection
• Smart manufacturing software
• Industrial barcode readers
• Digital twin platforms

Headquarters

HQ city

Shenzhen

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Hardware Products: Sale of industrial hardware including vision sensors (VN series), barcode readers (VS series), smart integrated machines, and accessories. Products are sold as turnkey solutions for industrial automation.
2. Software Platforms & Licenses: Software platforms including SMore ViMo, SMore Light3D, SMore Data, SMore AIoT offered as licensed solutions. Models can be exported as SDKs for integration.
3. Industrial AI Solutions & Services: End-to-end smart manufacturing solutions including digital factory implementation, quality control systems, and IIoT integration services for enterprise customers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SmartMore develops and sells industrial AI vision systems for smart manufacturing, anchored by its no-code SMore ViMo platform that performs visual inspection, defect detection, OCR, classification and code reading on the production line. The offering spans hardware (VN series vision sensors, VS series and YKS series deep-learning barcode readers, and 60+ Smart Integrated Machines) and software platforms (ViMo, Light3D digital twin, Data, Gauge metrology, AIoT, Industry GPT 2.0, and LrMo AI development platform), delivered as turnkey solutions for quality control, traceability and digital factory transformation.

Product overview

SmartMore Corporation provides a comprehensive smart manufacturing portfolio built around its core SMore ViMo platform—an end-to-end industrial AI vision system. The platform encompasses sub-products including ViMo Cloud, ViMo Deeplearning, and ViMo Studio for cloud deployment, advanced neural network training, and graphical vision application development respectively. Hardware offerings include the VS series barcode readers (VS600, VS800P, VS1000, VS1000 Pro, VS2000) and VN series smart vision sensors (VN2000, VN4000) for code reading and visual inspection. Digital platform products include SMore Light3D for digital twin, SMore Data for big data management, SMore Gauge for metrology, and SMore AIoT for industrial IoT integration. The Industrial Large Model lineup features Industry GPT 2.0 for multimodal industrial AI and SMore LrMo for enterprise AI development. Smart Integrated Machines provide over 60 turnkey solutions including YKS-series code scanners and specialized inspection machines. The ecosystem is tied together through SDK export capabilities supporting Python, C, and C++ integration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SMore ViMo: Smart industrial vision platform for quality control and traceability, providing model training and deployment capabilities for industrial manufacturing.
• SMore VS Series
• SMore VN Series
• SMore AIoT
• SMore Light3D
• SMore Gauge
• Industry GPT
• SMore LrMo

Products and services

• SMore ViMo Industrial Vision Platform End-to-end no-code smart industrial vision platform providing pixel-level recognition, detection, segmentation and classification for over 1,000 industrial applications; supports model training and deployment without programming for enterprise manufacturers.
• SMore VS1000 Adaptive Barcode Scanner High-performance adaptive industrial barcode scanner with deep learning algorithm, multi-core SMP processor and megapixel image sensor that reads 1D and 2D codes on over 50 materials including low contrast, curved and reflective surfaces.
• SMore VS1000 Pro Adaptive Scanner High-performance adaptive industrial scanner with deep learning chip and auto-tuning autofocus lenses supporting a 100 to 1,000mm read range for fast, reliable code reading in industrial environments.
• SMore VS2000 Industrial Barcode Scanner High-end industrial barcode scanner with deep learning algorithms for outstanding reading of 2D and 3D codes on over 50 materials, deployable in complicated and severe environments with abundant lens mount options and modular light source design.
• SMore VS800P Fixed-Mount Code Reader Compact fixed-mount code reader with liquid lens autofocus system achieving millisecond-level autofocus using SmartMore's self-developed Cube-A technology and deep learning decoding algorithm for rapid, reliable code reading in limited spaces.
• SMore VS600 Ultra-Compact Smart Code Reader Ultra-compact smart code reader with proprietary deep learning algorithm for efficient decoding of various barcode types, featuring one-key parameter adjustment and rich communication interfaces.
• SMore VN2000 Smart Industrial Vision Sensor Compact smart industrial vision sensor with Cube-A technology for millisecond-level zoom speed and one-click tuning for plug-and-play deployment in severe environments; supports automated adjustment of focus, exposure, gain and light source switching.
• SMore VN4000 Advanced Industrial Vision Sensor Advanced industrial vision sensor integrated with deep learning algorithms supporting few-shot learning with flexible working distance for inspection scenarios including presence/absence detection, counting, U/D verification and error-proofing with over 99% detection rate and under 1% over-inspection rate.
• SMore Light3D Industrial Digital Twin Platform Industrial digital twin platform with fully automated rapid modeling technology that performs fast and high-quality 3D modeling from images or video, enabling simulation, evaluation, and optimization of product manufacturing processes with retrospective traceability and real-time perception.
• SMore Data Big Data Platform End-to-end big data platform for manufacturing enterprises covering data integration, development, governance, assets, visualization and secure operations to support industrial analytics and digital factory initiatives.
• SMore Gauge 2D/3D Metrology Software High-precision 2D and 3D metrology software with machine vision algorithm tools including sub-pixel feature extraction, shape recognition, edge detection, template matching and 3D probe, delivered through a zero-code drag-and-drop interface for industrial automation measurement.
• SMore AIoT Industrial Internet Platform Industrial internet platform integrating AI, computer vision, digital twin, IoT and big data, extending from the OT layer through the IT layer across device, production line, factory and enterprise layers for intelligent production and management.
• Industry GPT 2.0 Industrial Large Model Industrial large language/multimodal model pretrained on industry knowledge with an Agent function that integrates with SMore ViMo for automatic model selection and training via natural language, plus multi-modal conversation for image description and generation in industrial use cases.
• SMore LrMo Enterprise AI Development Platform Comprehensive AI development and application platform for enterprise digital transformation providing AI open services across software layers, algorithm frameworks and infrastructure services for the full AI lifecycle.
• Smart Integrated Machines More than 60 all-in-one integrated machines for specialized industrial scenarios including code-reading and labeling machines, Mini LED visual inspection machines, and 360-degree visual inspection systems, sold as turnkey solutions.
• SMore YKS750-S3 Ultra-Compact Barcode Reader Ultra-compact smart barcode reader for tight spaces that efficiently reads complex DPM codes, inkjet codes and difficult paper label codes.
• SMore YKS-RH20 Rugged Handheld Barcode Scanner Rugged handheld barcode scanner designed for complex industrial applications with wireless transmission, high-performance AI chip, deep learning algorithms and intelligent light source switching for various scenarios.
• SMore YKS2000-X Mid-Field Barcode Reader Mid-field performance barcode reader with high-performance deep learning chip equipped with SenseTime-derived self-developed deep learning algorithm for reliable barcode reading.

Quantifiable outcome

• Labor cost reduction of 95% in wireless headphone charging coil detection
• +11 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability10 records

Feature6 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• MVTec Software: Provider of HALCON and MERLIC machine vision software platforms widely used in industrial inspection; competes with SmartMore's ViMo Studio and SMore Gauge offerings for vision software deployments.
• Cognex Corporation: Global leader in machine vision systems and industrial barcode readers, competing head-to-head with SmartMore's VS and VN product lines and ViMo software across factory inspection use cases.
• Basler AG: Industrial camera and machine vision software vendor with pylon software suite, comparable to SmartMore's hardware sensor portfolio and ViMo Studio software for inspection applications.
• Keyence Corporation: Industrial sensor, machine vision and barcode reader powerhouse with a direct sales model; overlaps with SmartMore's vision sensor and integrated machine offerings for quality inspection and traceability.
• Landing AI: AI-driven industrial inspection platform founded by Andrew Ng, focused on no-code and few-shot deep-learning visual inspection — directly comparable to SmartMore's ViMo platform positioning.
• Mech-Mind Robotics: Chinese industrial 3D vision and AI company offering machine vision products for factory automation, logistics and assembly — a close regional competitor in the same smart-manufacturing AI category.
• Hikvision Robotics: Machine vision and mobile robotics arm of Hikvision offering industrial cameras, smart cameras and vision software; a direct Chinese-market peer across SmartMore's core inspection and barcode categories.

Emerging players

• Instrumental: AI-driven manufacturing inspection platform focused on electronics and consumer hardware defect detection; comparable to SmartMore's electronics manufacturing use cases but with a narrower product scope.

Broad incumbents

• Teledyne Technologies: Diversified industrial technology conglomerate with machine vision and imaging subsidiaries (e.g., Teledyne FLIR); competes broadly in industrial imaging and instrumentation where SmartMore operates.
• SenseTime Group: Hong Kong-listed Chinese AI leader with industrial vision products alongside broader smart city and consumer AI; competes with SmartMore in industrial AI while operating at much larger scale and scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/smartmore-global

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors10 records

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M&A

Investments

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