On July 13th, Shanghai Jieyue Xingchen Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. released the world's first large-scale native terminal brands STEPX and StepAOS; On the same day, Shanghai Oriental Computing Technology Co., Ltd.'s first software defined near memory computing 3D AI chip, DF1000, was globally launched... On the eve of the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, Shanghai's artificial intelligence enterprises were making frequent moves. The launch of innovative achievements one by one highlights Shanghai's "high energy" as a highland for the development of artificial intelligence.

Moreover, from the end of 2025 to the present, Shanghai's artificial intelligence industry chain enterprises have also received frequent good news: four leading companies, namely Mole Thread, Muxi Co., Ltd., Boren Technology, and Tiantian Zhixin, have intensively entered the capital market; Xiyu Technology, a large model enterprise established only 4 years ago, has been listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange; In June of this year, the main enterprise of the embodied intelligent chain, Zhiyuan, produced a total of 15000 complete robots offline, with production speed and total machine delivery ranking among the top in the industry

The pile by pile pieces prove that Shanghai started developing artificial intelligence early, has a wide layout, and has achieved good results.

The powerful guarantee of a comprehensive "policy package" is the foundation for the development of artificial intelligence in Shanghai. Following the establishment of the Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund, the promulgation of the first provincial-level local regulation on artificial intelligence in China, the "Shanghai Regulations on Promoting the Development of the Artificial Intelligence Industry", and the launch of the "Model Shanghai" action plan, in 2025, Shanghai will introduce a series of documents such as "Several Measures to Further Expand the Application of Artificial Intelligence in Shanghai" and "Implementation Plan for Accelerating the Reform of" Artificial Intelligence+Government Services "and Promoting" Efficient Completion of One Thing ", to support the reduction of innovation and entrepreneurship costs with" real money and silver ", further expand the application of artificial intelligence, and accelerate the construction of the" Shanghai highland "of artificial intelligence.

For example, in order to solve the problem of "difficult for large enterprises to find computing power and expensive for small and medium-sized enterprises to use computing power", Shanghai has issued a total of 1 billion yuan in "AI coupons", including 600 million yuan in computing power coupons, 300 million yuan in model coupons, and 100 million yuan in corpus coupons, to support enterprises in reducing research and development costs and accelerating the application of cutting-edge technologies such as large models. To accelerate the development of industrial agglomeration, the "Several Measures for Further Expanding the Application of Artificial Intelligence in Shanghai" proposes to build artificial intelligence towns and promote the construction of high-density and low-cost artificial intelligence industrial agglomeration areas. At present, Shanghai has built an "East West" AI industry cluster area, and two artificial intelligence innovation towns, Zhangjiang and Beiyang, have been put into operation.

In May of this year, the "AI Application Store" located in Zhangjiang Artificial Intelligence Innovation Town opened, with more than 100 brands settled in and over 500 AI products gathered, covering ten categories such as educational robots and health monitoring. 60% to 70% of them are global cutting-edge products, and 30% to 40% are from Shanghai.

The value of the 'AI App Store' lies in transforming computing power and algorithms into perceptible and interactive terminal products, carrying the new development concept of science education, industry collaboration, and 'AI for Good'. ”Yu Yong, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Zhangjiang Group, told Science and Technology Daily reporters that Zhangjiang Moli Community has gathered more than 300 artificial intelligence enterprises, and the Artificial Intelligence Innovation Town has gathered more than 500 enterprises, forming a full stack ecosystem from intelligent computing chips and base large models to vertical models and intelligent terminals.

The full stack ecosystem is a major feature of the development of Shanghai's artificial intelligence industry. Chen Jie, member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Deputy Mayor, introduced that by 2025, the industrial scale of 394 large-scale artificial intelligence enterprises in the city will reach 637 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 39.5%; The dual line of "open source+commercial" is advancing, 169 large models have been registered, and the city's intelligent computing power scale has exceeded 160000 P. The entire industry chain of embodied intelligence has been basically established, and multiple products have achieved mass production.

The development of the artificial intelligence industry cannot be separated from scenario empowerment. Recently, eight key municipal state-owned enterprises, including Shanghai Electric and Shanghai Port Group, have been working together through scene opening, fund investment, and base incubation to continuously improve the complete ecosystem from technological innovation, project incubation to industrial landing.

Along the Huangpu River, the artificial intelligence industry is growing rapidly towards the future. This is not only Shanghai's persistent choice of "young career", but also a practical move for the city to continuously enhance its functions as a source of technological innovation and a leader in high-end industries. It is also its response to the era of accelerating the construction of a globally influential technological innovation highland.