What Data Grand does

Data Grand (达观数据) is a Shanghai-based AI software company founded in 2015 that builds an integrated intelligent office automation platform centered on text intelligence, document processing, and enterprise knowledge management. Its product portfolio combines proprietary NLP, OCR (covering 40+ document types), computer vision, knowledge graph, recommendation, and RPA technologies — built on a Google Go-based cross-platform architecture — into a unified suite including the AI Agent Platform (launched June 2024), the DG Claw / Intelligent RPA platform, the Intelligent Document Processing Platform (IDPS), a Knowledge Management System, OCR engines, NL2SQL, intelligent search, and vertical solutions for credit document review, securities quality control, IPO/bank statement verification, and contract management. The company serves large enterprises and government institutions across banking, securities, insurance, manufacturing, media, telecom, and government affairs, with named customers including ICBC, China Construction Bank, China Merchants Bank, CITIC Bank, CICC, Huatai, Guotai Junan, Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges, Ping An, Haier, Vanke, FAW Group, and China Unicom.

Data Grand monetizes through three primary revenue streams: (1) software licensing and subscriptions for its AI and RPA products, offered via both cloud-based SaaS and on-premises private deployment with annual subscription and perpetual license options; (2) professional services including implementation, customization, and consulting for large enterprise and government integrations; and (3) enterprise solutions and custom development tailored to specific verticals such as banking, securities, manufacturing, and government affairs. The go-to-market is enterprise field sales targeting large organizations with quote-based pricing, complemented by a channel partner network (notably RPA China for training certification and distribution), academic partnerships (Southwest University of Finance and Economics), a product-led growth motion via free trials for the AI Agent and IDPS platforms, and content marketing across 1,000+ blog posts and industry events. The company has raised approximately $161.7M across five rounds from 2015 through a $91.8M Series C in March 2022, with investors including ZhenFund, SAIF Partners, Lenovo Star, China Merchants Securities, CITIC Securities, CITIC Limited, and Sunshine Insurance Group. Headcount is 101–250, and the company has deployed solutions across 1,000+ companies and 20+ industries with 100+ financial enterprise customers and 300+ digital innovation project implementations.

The company holds significant industry recognition including the Wu Wenjun AI Award (2018), KPMG China FinTech 50, iResearch FinTech Excellence Top 50, Deloitte Tomorrow's Star 50, IDC Innovator, MIIT 'Little Giant' designation, and CMMI5 Level certification, and has won global championships at ACM CIKM and EMI Hackathon algorithm competitions. Operations span six Chinese cities (Shanghai HQ, Beijing, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Chengdu, Changsha) with revenue and operations confined to the Chinese domestic market.

Name

Data Grand

Legal name

达观数据有限公司 (Data Grand Data Co., Ltd.)

Website

https://datagrand.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Data Grand (达观数据) is a Shanghai-based AI software company founded in 2015 that builds an integrated platform combining NLP, OCR, RPA, and knowledge graph technologies for intelligent document processing, enterprise knowledge management, and AI agent automation, serving large banks, securities firms, manufacturers, and government institutions across China.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Intelligent Document Processing Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) & OCR Automation (HDAEAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) & Hyperautomation Platforms (HDAEAKAF), Enterprise AI Data & Knowledge Platforms (Vector Databases, Knowledge Graphs) (HDAEANAH), AI/ML Engineering & Model Development Services (BPAEAHAF)

Keywords

• Intelligent document processing
• Robotic process automation
• Natural language processing
• Enterprise AI platform
• Intelligent knowledge management

Headquarters

HQ city

Shanghai

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Licensing and Subscriptions: Data Grand generates revenue through licensing its AI and RPA software products to enterprise customers. Products are offered both as cloud-based SaaS and on-premises private deployment options. The company provides annual subscriptions and perpetual license models depending on customer preference and deployment requirements.
2. Professional Services: Implementation, customization, and consulting services accompany product deployments, particularly for large enterprise and government customers requiring integration with existing systems and workflows.
3. Enterprise Solutions and Custom Development: Custom development and tailored solutions for specific industry verticals including banking, securities, manufacturing, and government affairs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Data Grand develops and sells an integrated AI-powered enterprise software platform that combines Natural Language Processing (NLP), Optical Character Recognition (OCR), Robotic Process Automation (RPA), and Knowledge Graph technologies to automate text-intensive business workflows. The platform enables enterprises to extract information from documents, automate repetitive processes, manage knowledge, and deploy AI agents, with products offered as both cloud-based SaaS and on-premises private deployments for banking, securities, government, manufacturing, insurance, and other verticals.

Product overview

Data Grand offers an integrated intelligent office automation platform centered on text processing and knowledge management, comprising 15+ core products and solutions. The core platform includes the AI Agent Platform (达观AI智能体平台) for creating domain-specific agents, the Digital Employee / Intelligent RPA Platform (达观数字员工/DG Claw) for business process automation, the Intelligent Document Processing Platform (IDPS) for document analysis and extraction, and the Knowledge Management System (KMS) for enterprise knowledge organization. These are complemented by specialized AI engines including OCR for image text recognition, a Recommendation Platform for personalized marketing, a Knowledge Graph Platform for information linking, an Intelligent Search Platform for semantic retrieval, and NL2SQL for natural language database queries. The product portfolio also includes industry-specific solutions for banking (流水核查, 信贷审阅), securities (文书质控, RPA机器人), finance (财税自动化), government affairs, insurance, manufacturing, energy, and telecommunications. All products are built on proprietary NLP, OCR, computer vision, and knowledge graph technologies, serving 100+ enterprise clients across 20+ industries with both cloud and private deployment options.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DG Claw (达观数字员工): Digital employee product for business process automation
• 曹植GPT
• 达观AI智能体平台

Products and services

• 达观AI智能体平台 (DataGrand AI Agent Platform)
• 达观数字员工 (DG Claw) / 达观智能RPA平台 (Intelligent RPA Platform)
• 智能知识管理系统 (Intelligent Knowledge Management System / KMS)

Quantifiable outcome

• Contract processing time reduced from half-day to under 1 hour per contract
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers32 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 capability12 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered strategic and core.

• Southwest University of Finance and Economics Fintech International Joint Laboratory (西南财经大学金融科技国际联合实验室)strategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 December 2021Strategic cooperation agreement between Data Grand and Southwest University of Finance and Economics to jointly promote research and application of AI technologies in fintech. The partnership focuses on academic-industry collaboration in fintech research, talent cultivation, financial big data research, and joint development of innovative products.
• RPA China (RPA中国)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 6 September 2019Strategic partnership between Data Grand and RPA China to jointly promote RPA training certification courses and community development. The partnership combines Data Grand's RPA product technology and training resources with RPA China's industry resources and market understanding. They jointly offer professional RPA certification courses covering RPA consulting analysts and RPA development experts at various levels.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Laiye Technology (来也科技): Laiye is a leading Chinese RPA + AI vendor offering intelligent automation, document processing, and conversational AI for enterprise customers. It is the closest direct competitor to Data Grand in China's RPA + IDP market, with overlapping banking, securities, and government customers and a similar AI-in-the-loop product positioning.
• 4Paradigm (第四范式): 4Paradigm is an enterprise AI platform vendor offering AutoML, decision intelligence, and AI applications for banking, securities, and other verticals. It targets the same Chinese financial-services buyers with comparable AI-driven workflow automation use cases.
• Wuyuan Technology (沃丰科技 / Udesk): Wuyuan (Udesk) provides enterprise customer service AI, intelligent Q&A, and contact center automation in China. It overlaps with Data Grand's intelligent Q&A, knowledge management, and recommendation products in serving enterprise and financial-services customers.
• Cloudwise (云智慧): Cloudwise is a Chinese enterprise AIOps and IT operations vendor with growing presence in intelligent automation and AI agents. It competes with Data Grand in adjacent enterprise AI/RPA buying centers, particularly for IT and operations automation use cases.
• AInnovation (创新奇智): AInnovation is a Hong Kong-listed Chinese AI vendor focused on enterprise AI applications for manufacturing, finance, and retail. It directly competes with Data Grand's manufacturing and financial-services AI offerings, including intelligent document and process automation solutions.
• ABBYY: ABBYY is a global specialist in OCR, document capture, and intelligent document processing. It is a direct comparable to Data Grand's IDPS and OCR platform, particularly in banking, insurance, and legal document automation use cases.

Broad incumbents

• iFlytek (科大讯飞): iFlytek is China's largest listed AI company with core NLP, speech, and OCR capabilities plus a broad enterprise AI portfolio. While it operates at much greater scale and breadth than Data Grand, it directly overlaps on Chinese-language NLP, intelligent document understanding, and government/enterprise contracts.
• UiPath: UiPath is the global RPA market leader with an end-to-end automation platform and growing AI/document understanding capabilities. It is the dominant international RPA incumbent against which Data Grand's intelligent RPA and IDP products compete in multinational and large-enterprise deals.
• Automation Anywhere: Automation Anywhere is a global RPA + AI platform vendor with cloud-native automation and document processing capabilities. It competes with Data Grand in large-enterprise RPA and intelligent automation deals and represents one of the major global incumbents in the same product category.

Emerging players

• AntWorks: AntWorks is an AI and intelligent automation vendor combining RPA with cognitive document processing (CMRPAQ stack). It is an emerging global peer with overlapping IDP + RPA positioning relative to Data Grand's integrated platform approach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors20 records

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M&A

Investments

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