iQIYI has embraced digital human technology across entertainment, education, and e-commerce by producing a wide array of video content featuring AI-powered virtual characters. These include comedy sketches, travel vlogs, children’s shows, livestream shopping, educational tutorials, and fictional series—all led by animated digital humans. iQIYI’s digital humans are used to create humorous and imaginative narratives, simulate realistic dialogues, and even serve as AI companions or virtual anchors. Notable characters like “Oza” and others are featured prominently in serialized storylines blending AI with daily life scenarios. iQIYI also offers tools for voice cloning, avatar customization, and seamless integration of AI digital humans into livestreaming and content creation, illustrating how virtual characters are becoming integral to its content strategy and viewer engagement.
JD.com (Jingdong) has developed a comprehensive digital human ecosystem centered on its intelligent interaction platform called Yanxi. This platform powers AI-driven digital humans used extensively in e-commerce live streaming. JD enables merchants to create and operate virtual hosts for 24/7 livestreams, enhancing engagement and driving sales. These digital humans can interact through text, voice, and multimodal formats, and are equipped with emotional intelligence to improve customer experience. JD offers various service tiers for digital human providers, free trials for entry-level merchants, and customizable avatars. High-profile campaigns have featured AI versions of company founder Liu Qiangdong, showcasing the technology’s promotional power. The platform also integrates with JD’s cloud and AI infrastructure, supports automated content creation, and provides tools for intelligent customer service, analytics, and marketing. JD.com positions digital humans as a core component of its AI-driven retail transformation strategy.
JDCloud, the cloud computing arm of JD.com, has made significant advancements in the development and deployment of AI-driven digital humans. These digital humans are used across various sectors, especially in e-commerce, where they power 24/7 livestreams, marketing campaigns, virtual customer service, and immersive brand experiences. Key platforms like Yanxi enable multimodal interactions including voice, text, and facial expressions, enhancing engagement and personalization. JDCloud offers tools for businesses to create custom digital avatars with cloned voices and 1:1 likeness, supporting both Chinese and English. The technology has been applied in major campaigns such as the World Cup and 618 shopping festival, and in enterprise solutions like digital banking assistants. JDCloud positions these digital humans as part of its broader AI and digital transformation ecosystem, which also includes virtual training tools, smart city infrastructure, and risk control systems.
As of early 2025, JD Health (jdh.com) has significantly expanded its AI-powered digital human initiatives across China's healthcare and retail sectors. Its medical AI digital humans have achieved over 90% substitution rates for human tasks and served more than 35 million user interactions in the past year, with a 91% satisfaction rate. JD Health has integrated these digital humans into full-scene applications, including health consultation, guided shopping, disease education, and chronic disease management. The company also launched over 500 AI doctor agents and digital twins of real medical professionals, enabled by its proprietary medical foundation models. These avatars operate 24/7 and are customized to emulate the knowledge, communication style, and behavior of real doctors. Additionally, JD Health has introduced open-source projects like JoyVASA, an audio-driven digital head based on diffusion models. These advancements reflect JD Health’s strategy to position itself as China’s leading AI-driven health service platform by enhancing scalability, personalization, and continuous engagement through digital humans.
Kaipuyun, also known as UCAP Cloud, is a Chinese technology company that provides AI-generated digital human services through its AIGC platform called Phantom. The company offers a wide range of solutions, including digital human-based broadcasting, sign language services, government and party communication, and customized virtual spokespersons. Their services integrate large AI models and are designed for applications in government affairs, public service, and corporate communication. Kaipuyun also supports real-time digital human livestreaming, Q&A, and avatar generation, and has developed platforms for managing and operating digital human IPs. One of their notable projects involved creating the virtual Olympic ambassador “-Love REAI” in partnership with Xinhua News Agency.
Kaiser (China) Culture Co., Ltd., founded in 1994 and listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 2010 (002425.SZ), is a Shenzhen-based public company focused on the pan-entertainment industry. Originally an apparel brand, it shifted to mobile gaming and IP-based entertainment in 2014. Its core operations include mobile game development and publishing, animation, film and TV production, and IP commercialization. In recent years, Kaiser has expanded into digital human applications such as AI-generated voiceovers, music, and video synthesis, integrating virtual digital humans into its broader strategic direction. It maintains offices in Shenzhen and Shantou and operates its official website at kaiser.com.cn.
All four names—Kayi Cloud (keyiyun.cn), Keyiyun Group (zcbjr.cn), Baifukeji Group (baifukeji.cn), and Chuangwuzhe Artificial Intelligence (cwzai.com)—refer to the same overarching Chinese AI business services company, which operates under multiple brand and domain names. The core entity is Keyiyun Group, which owns the Chuangwuzhe Human Industrial Intelligence Research Institute. "Kayi Cloud" appears to be an English brand rendering of Keyiyun. "Baifukeji" is another domain/brand used for the same corporate materials and product descriptions. Chuangwuzhe Artificial Intelligence is a subsidiary and R&D arm within the group, focusing on digital human technologies. Across all names and domains, the company markets the same set of products and capabilities—three-second voice cloning, thirty-second portrait cloning, lip-syncing, realistic digital humans, AI short video production via Ronghuike AI (ronghuike.cn), global multi-language support, NexFusionAi platform, private domain operation systems, and AI-based marketing and customer acquisition—serving industries from e-commerce and finance to cultural tourism, under an “AI + industry” strategy with over 200 proprietary IP rights.
NexFusionAi is an internal product of Keyiyun Group, described as its “global AI short video platform” and positioned alongside tools like Ronghuike AI within the company’s AI marketing and content ecosystem. Aimed at global markets, it appears designed for multi-language, multi-scene short video production to support cross-border e-commerce, international marketing, and brand localization. While often mentioned with features such as voice cloning, image cloning, lip-syncing, AI editing, and automated subtitles, it has no standalone website or public app, and is likely accessible only to Keyiyun’s enterprise clients through the group’s main online portals.
("Kexiyun" is most likely a misspelling or mistransliteration of the correct name "Keyiyun" (Kayi Cloud), not an official variant.)
Kingsware is a Chinese artificial intelligence company founded in 2016 and headquartered in Zhuhai, Guangdong. It specializes in RPA (Robotic Process Automation) integrated with AI and big data, offering enterprise-grade digital workforce solutions. The company serves industries such as finance, government, and utilities, enabling automated business processes like HR management, document processing, and customer service through its RPA+AI platform. Kingsware has developed a range of products under the K-RPA suite, supporting large-scale deployments of digital employees, including at major banks like China Construction Bank and Air China. The company has also been recognized for its role in promoting enterprise digital transformation and participates in national initiatives like “Digital China.”
Kuaishou, a major Chinese short video and livestreaming platform, has developed a comprehensive ecosystem for digital humans, integrating them into its livestreaming, advertising, and social interaction services. Its 3D digital human livestream solution—supported by the Kuaishou Metaverse Interactive Platform and Kuaishou Virtual Studio (KVS)—enables realistic, automated hosts that can engage viewers, respond to audience emotions, and reduce operational costs for streamers. Key technologies include large language and image models (such as the “Kling” platform), the “Nuwa” digital human toolkit, and full-stack AI capabilities for real-time rendering, animation, and voice synthesis. These tools allow users to generate lifelike avatars, automate livestreams, and scale marketing efforts with AI-driven content. Kuaishou positions digital humans not just as avatars, but as productivity-enhancing virtual agents within its broader AIGC (AI-generated content) strategy.
Kuaishou’s StreamLake is the company’s video cloud and B2B technology brand that provides full-chain digital human and XR solutions for livestreaming, e-commerce, and brand marketing; it integrates AI video creation, content understanding, ultra-realistic avatar modeling, motion capture, and speech synthesis, enabling rapid, low-cost, and highly interactive 3D digital humans. StreamLake has partnered with major enterprises—including powering Mengniu’s virtual employee “Naisi”—and positions itself as a leading provider of scalable digital human livestream systems, blending cloud infrastructure, AI, and content platform advantages to expand digital human applications across industries.
Beijing Xiliuhu Technology Co., Ltd., established in 2019 and a subsidiary of Kuaishou, is the corporate entity behind the StreamLake brand, which provides enterprise-level audio-video and AI solutions. Led by legal representative Yu Bing, the company is registered in Beijing’s Haidian District with a capital of RMB 10 million and focuses on livestreaming cloud, on-demand cloud, video editing tools, AI algorithms, and digital human technologies. It holds multiple patents, software copyrights, and telecom licenses, and has been involved in projects such as developing the “Naisi” digital human for Mengniu. Functioning as Kuaishou’s vehicle for expanding into B2B services, Xiliuhu delivers full-chain intelligent video and AI platforms to clients across industries.