Guogong Intelligence

What Guogong Intelligence does

Guogong Intelligence (国工智能 / Yantai Guogong Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd.) is a Chinese AI-for-process-manufacturing company founded in March 2018 and headquartered in Yantai, Shandong. It is structured as a state-owned participating high-tech enterprise co-invested at founding by Dawn Group (道恩集团) and AVIC (中国航空工业集团), and counts Addor Capital, Shandong Finance Investment Group, Yantai Finance Development and Investment Group and Yuanhe Capital among its institutional backers following a 2022 round. The company sells an integrated software-and-hardware stack — branded the MAI platform — comprising MAI-CLI (data-brain analytics), MAI-DEV (R&D project management), MAI-MES (manufacturing execution), MAI-LIMS (laboratory information management), MAI-IoT/SCADA (digital twin / data acquisition), MAI-EMS (dual-system equipment management), the AI Chemical R&D suite, the Zhilian Laboratory Platform, and proprietary online UV-Vis-NIR spectrometers and intrinsically safe full-spectrum sensors. Its crown-jewel software asset is the Guogong Chemical Large Model (国工化工大模型), a vertical chemical LLM covering retrosynthesis, catalyst design, formulation and process prediction, backed by multiple granted invention patents (China's first AI chemical R&D patent among them).

The company targets process manufacturers in chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food, polymers, feed and new materials — anchored on named customers such as Wanhua Chemical, Sinopec subsidiaries, Blueray, Taihe New Materials, Libo, Xi'an Ruilian, Jiumu Chemistry, Tianjin Hongri Kangrentang and Aolaide Optoelectronics. Revenue is generated through quote-based, multi-year enterprise contracts that bundle one-time software licenses, multi-month implementation/professional services tied to integration with customers' existing ERP/DCS/PLC stacks, hardware sales (spectrometers, sensors, ZigBee industrial networking, edge gateways), and ongoing managed services and model-training support. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, but public references include a ~10M RMB contract with Aolaide Optoelectronics and a 77,000万元 (~$10.6M) Tianjin Hongri project; deals typically involve site surveys, multi-phase rollouts and integration with SAP, Siemens PLCs and OPC UA (5,000+ protocol coverage). The go-to-market combines enterprise field sales into plant managers, CTOs and CIOs at mid- and large-cap industrial SOEs, with event-driven demand generation (annual 'AI for Science Chemical AI Conference' with 240+ attendees, China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation events, fine-chemicals trade shows) and a growing ecosystem channel through alliances with Inspur Group, Kaos, Lenovo IoT, MegaPhi and the May 2026 Kaifan Si (Shanghai) JV with Hainan Beiouyi Technology.

Name

Guogong Intelligence

Legal name

烟台国工智能科技有限公司

Website

https://gogetter.cn

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Guogong Intelligence is a Chinese AI-for-process-manufacturing company selling the MAI platform — MES, LIMS, SCADA, R&D management and a proprietary chemical large model — to chemical, pharma, polymer, food and feed manufacturers in China.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial AI Software for Process Manufacturing

NAICS

Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516), Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513), Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) (541715)

SIC

Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

AI/ML Platforms for Drug Discovery & Experiment Optimization (HLAGAJAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

End-to-End Enterprise AI Platforms (MLOps & Model Lifecycle Management) (HDAEANAA), AI/ML Engineering & Model Development Services (BPAEAHAF), Model Deployment, Serving & Inference Platforms (HDAAABAF)

Keywords

• Industrial AI software
• Process manufacturing systems
• AI chemical R&D
• Laboratory information management
• Manufacturing execution systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Yantai

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Enterprise software license (MAI platform suite): One-time licensing of proprietary AI/MES/LIMS/SCADA/EMS/DEV software modules (MAI-cli, MAI-mes, MAI-dev, MAI-lims, MAI-iot, MAI-ems) customized per plant; sized to the number of functional modules, users, sites and integration scope (e.g., 'won nearly ten-million-yuan contract' with Aolaide Optoelectronics).
2. Implementation & professional services: Multi-month on-site deployment, integration with existing ERP/DCS/PLC, custom development, training and change management; structured as multi-phase project deliverables (e.g., multi-phase Smart Factory programs with Wanhua, Libo, Xi'an Ruilian phases I–III).
3. Hardware sales (online spectrometers, smart industrial networking, gateway/edge computers): Sales of proprietary hardware products — online UV-Vis-NIR smart spectrometers, intrinsically safe full-spectrum sensors, ZigBee industrial networking systems and gateway/edge computing devices — typically bundled with software licenses.
4. Managed services & ongoing support: Post-implementation maintenance, system upgrades, data-brain model training and on-call support contracts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Core offering

Guogong Intelligence delivers an integrated AI software + hardware + services stack for process manufacturers (chemical, pharma, food, polymer, feed, new materials), combining the proprietary Guogong Chemical Large Model and GoCatal catalyst R&D platform with MAI-suite MES/LIMS/SCADA/EMS/DEV execution systems, the Zhilian Lab software-hardware R&D hub, and proprietary online UV-Vis-NIR spectrometers and full-spectrum sensors that feed data back to the AI data brain for closed-loop R&D, production and quality control.

Product overview

Guogong Intelligence delivers a platform-plus-modules architecture centered on the MAI Data Brain (MAI-CLI) AI analysis platform, paired with six production-grade core systems: MAI-MES (intelligent manufacturing execution), MAI-SCADA / Digital Twin (IoT data acquisition), MAI-LIMS (laboratory management), MAI-EMS (dual-system equipment management), MAI-DEV (R&D project management), and the AI Chemical R&D product line (including GoCatal catalyst design platform and the Guogong Chemical Large Model). On top of these sit domain-specific offerings such as the Zhilian Lab Platform (software-hardware integrated R&D hub), the Online / Smart Spectrometer hardware family, and industry-specific large models (Maritime Large Model, Marine Disaster AI Warning Platform). Supporting modules include the Online Chromaticity Meter, Full-Spectrum Sensor Series, HPC Workflow Platform, AI-Assisted Drug R&D System, Chemical Scientific Research AI Assistant System, and the Intelligent Industrial Networking System / Gateway & Edge Computer hardware line, collectively forming an end-to-end intelligent R&D, experimentation, production, and quality stack for process manufacturing industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GoCatal: New-generation AI catalyst intelligent R&D platform launched in 2023; also a registered trademark (Classes 9 and 42) covering chemical/catalyst software and SaaS services.
• MAI Suite (MAI-cli / MAI-dev / MAI-mes / MAI-iot / MAI-lims / MAI-ems)
• Zhilian (智炼) Laboratory Platform

Products and services

• AI Chemical R&D (人工智能化学研发) AI-for-Science R&D platform for chemical, pharma and materials labs covering laboratory R&D, experimental optimization, molecule generator, performance predictor, reaction predictor, synthesis route recommender, structure generator, organic reaction predictor and heterogeneous catalyst structure generator; built around the Guogong Chemical Large Model.
• MAI-DEV R&D Project Management System (研发项目管理系统) RDM+AI dual-engine R&D project management platform for chemical, pharma and food process manufacturing that manages project lifecycle, electronic lab notebooks, resources, databases and AI-assisted R&D analytics powered by the Guogong Chemical Large Model.
• MAI-MES Intelligent Manufacturing Management Platform (智能制造管理平台) Process-manufacturing MES for chemical and pharma industries providing six core functions: factory modeling and master data management, APS planning and scheduling, production process monitoring, quality management and traceability, equipment management, and full-lifecycle batch traceability; integrates with ERP/DCS/PLC.
• MAI-LIMS Laboratory Management Platform (实验室管理平台) AI-augmented LIMS for chemical and pharma labs providing AI-driven sample reception, test data analysis, automatic anomaly alerting, intelligent test-result judgment, resource management for personnel/instruments/reagents/methods/environment, and compliance control aligned with CNAS, CMA and GMP.
• Zhilian Lab Platform (智炼实验室平台) Software-hardware integrated R&D hub for chemical and pharma labs combining automated reactors, AI box (intelligent decision unit) and full software platform; auto-collects experimental data, uses the Guogong Chemical Large Model to recommend next-round parameters and dispatches them to instruments without human intervention.
• Online Spectrometer / Smart Spectrometer (在线光谱仪 / 智能光谱仪) Proprietary AI-driven near-infrared / UV-Vis spectrometer (250-1700 nm) for real-time online material identification and quantitative analysis; integrates with PLC/DCS via 4-20 mA for closed-loop process control and feeds the MAI data-brain platform.
• MAI-EMS Dual-System Equipment Management Platform (双体系设备管理) Full-lifecycle equipment management system incorporating dual-system safety governance covering equipment acceptance, ledger, spare parts, allocation, repair, inspection plans, preventive maintenance, defect recording, scrapping, risk grading and performance analytics.
• MAI Digital Twin / SCADA Platform (数字孪生平台) IoT data acquisition and digital twin / SCADA platform supporting 5,000+ industrial communication protocols (99.99% controller/instrument coverage) via OPC UA, providing real-time equipment monitoring, alarm management, video integration and visualization of production execution.
• Intelligent Industrial Networking System (智能工业组网系统) ZigBee-based high-reliability wireless mesh networking system with peer-to-peer communication for industrial instrumentation and servers.
• Gateway / Edge Computer (网关/边缘计算机) Industrial edge gateway offering single-internet-access setup, no firewall configuration, remotely configurable, with strong compatibility, security/reliability, high concurrency/low traffic and open extensibility.
• Maritime Large Model (海事大模型) Industry-specific large-model application tailored for the maritime sector, extending Guogong's vertical LLM approach beyond chemical manufacturing.
• Marine Disaster AI Warning Analysis & Decision Platform (海洋灾害AI预警分析决策平台) AI-powered warning, analysis and decision platform for marine disaster scenarios, applying Guogong's AI capabilities to ocean/maritime monitoring.
• Guogong Online Chromaticity Meter (国工在线色度仪) Online chromaticity analyzer using array-synthetic-aperture coupled LED light source (>100,000-hour lifetime) and cooled CCD detector with AI chemometric algorithms to remove 95%+ turbidity interference; applied in municipal water, dyeing, papermaking, food & beverage and chemical/pharma processes.
• Full-Spectrum Sensor Series (全光谱传感器系列产品) Intrinsically safe (本安型) explosion-proof full-spectrum sensor family including online flow-through sensor, online general-purpose sensor (multi-light-source long optical path), and beam-through transmission sensor with adjustable optical path; integrates via 4-20 mA + Ethernet to DCS and the MAI platform.
• GoCatal Catalyst Intelligent R&D System (GoCatal 国工催化剂智能研发系统) Next-generation catalyst R&D platform providing one-stop catalyst design integrating performance prediction, structure generation and reaction-path analysis; validated for both small-molecule asymmetric catalysis and polymerization reactions, and extended in 2026 to macromolecular catalysis.
• HPC Scientific Workflow Platform (HPC 工作流平台) HPC workflow management platform that automates complex computational chemistry/materials tasks via plug-in integration with tools like VASP and Gaussian, delivers 100% reproducibility of computation inputs/outputs/parameters, and centralizes multi-cluster computing resource management for AI4Science.
• Chemical Scientific Research AI Assistant System (化工科研AI辅助系统) AI-augmented platform for chemical scientific research covering polymer structure and property prediction, catalyst mechanism analysis and screening, and process parameter optimization; co-built with Tayho New Materials and accepted by Shandong provincial expert panel.
• AI-Assisted Drug R&D System (人工智能辅助药物研发系统) Software product leveraging AI to assist pharmaceutical R&D activities, extending the AI Chemical R&D platform into drug discovery workflows.
• Guogong Grain Intelligent Acquisition System (国工粮食智能收购系统) Grain acquisition automation system providing entry registration, one-tag-per-truck traceability, automatic sampling, instrument-direct test result upload, pricing-rule-based settlement, and re-inspection barcode retrieval.

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

AI capability14 records

Feature12 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Schrödinger: US-listed AI-driven molecular simulation and materials informatics platform. Highly comparable on the AI4Science / computational chemistry R&D layer — Schrödinger covers catalyst design, formulation and molecular property prediction that directly competes with Guogong's AI Chemical R&D product line and GoCatal platform.
• Citrine Informatics: AI platform for materials and chemicals R&D, applying ML to materials formulation and process optimization. Closely comparable to Guogong's AI-driven catalyst and polymer formulation capabilities and to its Guogong Chemical Large Model positioning.
• Rootcloud (树根互联): Leading Chinese industrial internet platform connecting machines, factories and enterprises for process manufacturing. Closely comparable as a Chinese industrial AI/IoT platform serving overlapping chemical and process-manufacturing customers; Guogong appears on the same Industrial Internet Top 500 ranking.
• Sinopec Informatics (石化盈科): IT and digital subsidiary of Sinopec providing process manufacturing software, MES, and intelligent factory solutions for petrochemicals. Direct competitor in the Chinese petrochemical MES/intelligent-manufacturing segment where Guogong also sells.

Broad incumbents

• Aspen Technology: Industrial software incumbent for process industries (chemicals, pharma, energy), offering process simulation, MES and asset optimization. Comparable as a broad incumbent providing overlapping MES/SCADA-style capabilities in process manufacturing, but lacks the AI4Science chemistry R&D specialization.
• AVEVA: Global industrial software and digital twin platform serving process and discrete manufacturing. Comparable on SCADA/digital-twin and industrial data platform functionality that overlaps with Guogong's MAI Digital Twin / SCADA offering, though as a broader portfolio player.
• Honeywell Forge: Honeywell's industrial AI platform for process manufacturing, combining process control, asset management and analytics. Comparable as an established broad incumbent with overlapping process-industry software capabilities, particularly in DCS-adjacent MES and equipment management.
• Huawei Cloud Industrial AI: Hyperscaler industrial AI offering providing industrial intelligence, IoT, and AI platform services to Chinese manufacturers. Comparable as a broad incumbent supplying industrial AI infrastructure and platforms that could subsume parts of Guogong's MAI stack.

Emerging players

• XtalPi: China-based AI-driven drug discovery and materials R&D platform combining quantum physics, AI and automation. Comparable on AI-for-chemistry R&D methodology, though more focused on pharma drug discovery than Guogong's chemical/catalyst focus.
• IBM RXN for Chemistry: IBM's AI retrosynthesis and chemistry prediction platform. Directly competes with Guogong's patented retrosynthesis algorithms (MCTS, QM-descriptor) and Chemical Large Model on AI-driven reaction prediction and synthesis route recommendation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance13 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors4 records

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M&A

Investments

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