DeepSeek is a Chinese-developed AI platform that integrates with digital human technologies across various sectors, including livestreaming, education, government services, e-commerce, and entertainment. It enables users to create, animate, and deploy AI digital humans for personalized content production, such as voiceovers, short videos, customer service, and virtual teaching. DeepSeek supports functions like natural language generation, emotional expression, lip-syncing, and facial animation, and is used in conjunction with platforms like YouYan (youyan3d.com), JiMeng (jimeng.jianying.com), and MiAi apps to reduce production costs and lower technical barriers. Chinese institutions and local governments have implemented DeepSeek-powered digital humans in smart city initiatives, administrative assistance, public service delivery, and interactive exhibitions. Commercial applications include 24/7 AI livestream hosts and brand avatars, while educational and civic deployments showcase its adaptability to custom training, consultation, and engagement tasks.
Digital Domain, a visual effects studio founded by James Cameron in 1993, is a global leader in the development of hyper-realistic digital humans for film, virtual production, and interactive applications. The company’s proprietary technologies, including its Masquerade facial capture system and AI-driven tools, allow for real-time rendering and lifelike animation of digital humans. Digital Domain has created notable virtual performances, including resurrecting historical figures like Teresa Teng, and has collaborated with major studios and platforms worldwide. Its work spans various sectors such as entertainment, advertising, education, and AI-powered digital assistants, positioning it at the forefront of the virtual human industry. The company operates internationally, with offices in Los Angeles, Vancouver, Beijing, Shanghai, and other major cities.
Dingjie Digital Intelligence (digiwin.com) positions its digital human technologies as a core component of its AI-driven transformation strategy. Its Athena platform emphasizes a dual model of data autonomy and intelligent generation, enabling seamless interaction between people, digital humans, and intelligent devices. At major industry exhibitions, the company has presented immersive applications such as ChatFile digital human dialogues and interactive showcases where digital humans act as assistants and guides. Company leadership highlights AI digital humans as tools that can transcend time and space boundaries, reshape business models, and enhance productivity. These digital humans are promoted not only as mascots but as intelligent agents designed to boost organizational efficiency, support industrial operations, and drive enterprise-level digitalization across manufacturing and service sectors.
Athena is the company’s core digital intelligence platform that integrates AI, data autonomy, and intelligent generation to enable seamless interaction between people, digital humans, and smart devices. It is positioned as a “native digital intelligence” system that supports enterprise transformation by embedding AI-driven digital humans into business workflows. These digital humans are presented not only as interactive tools—such as assistants in ChatFile dialogues or immersive exhibition guides—but also as intelligent agents that enhance organizational efficiency, reshape business models, and facilitate new modes of work. Digiwin emphasizes Athena as both a technological foundation and a strategic product, designed to combine industrial know-how with cutting-edge AI to drive productivity and digital industrial innovation.
ChatFile is an enterprise knowledge robot developed by Digiwin that debuted at the 2023 China International Industry Fair. It integrates with Digiwin’s Athena platform and enables interactive digital human dialogues for business applications such as knowledge retrieval, consultation, and immersive customer engagement. The system supports long-text processing, question answering, and interactive scenarios, effectively turning documents into live, conversational knowledge. In parallel, Baidu has advanced the “Chatfile Plus” framework as part of its Wenxin large model ecosystem, embedding it in its Cangzhou OS to handle multimodal content (text, voice, video) and enhance AI digital human performance in applications like e-commerce livestreaming. Together, these developments reflect how ChatFile is positioned both as a practical enterprise tool and as a core component in China’s broader AI digital human innovation.
DYXnet (dyxnet.com) has developed a suite of AI-powered digital human solutions under its "Xianling" platform, which use advanced AI to quickly generate lifelike virtual avatars with lip-synced speech for applications in news, marketing, education, customer service, and corporate communications. The company offers products such as the Digital Human Platform for creating realistic AI video presenters, Digital Human Business Cards that replicate real human appearances with automatically updated info, and DYXnet ChatV, a generative AI tool for enterprise use in customer service, content creation, and workflow automation. In 2024, DYXnet became the first Hong Kong partner of Tencent’s ZhiYing unit, co-launching AI digital human solutions supporting Mandarin, Cantonese, and English, capable of generating long-format videos for corporate clients.
E-Home Household Service Holdings Limited is a publicly traded company based in China, operating under the website ej111.com and listed on the NASDAQ under the symbol EJH. Founded in 2014, the company provides a wide range of integrated household services including cleaning, elderly care, childcare, appliance installation and repair, and postpartum nursing. These services are delivered through its online platforms such as a website, app, and WeChat mini-programs. The company has also launched AI-powered initiatives, including robotic cleaning and its Digital Human-as-a-Service (DHaaS) platform, aimed at enhancing service efficiency and customer experience. E-Home is led by CEO Wenshan Xie and employs over 500 people. It positions itself as a benchmark enterprise in China's household service industry, combining traditional service models with AI and digital transformation.
Emotibot, founded in 2015 and headquartered in Shanghai, is an AI company specializing in emotional computing and multimodal human-computer interaction. Its core product line includes “multimodal emotional digital humans” that integrate natural language processing, image recognition, and speech emotion detection to create lifelike digital employees and virtual assistants. Emotibot offers solutions for intelligent customer service, digital human avatars, and conversational AI across industries like finance, healthcare, and retail. The company has developed platforms like Emoti Avatar and Emotibot Cloud, enabling enterprises to deploy low-code AI tools and emotional digital interfaces. Emotibot has completed several funding rounds, been repeatedly recognized by Gartner, and collaborated with partners including Sanofi on digital healthcare initiatives. It positions itself as a pioneer in combining affective computing with practical enterprise AI deployment in China.
Extreme Vision Technology Co., Ltd. (extremevision.com.cn), founded in June 2015, is a Chinese AI company specializing in computer vision algorithms and intelligent visual platforms. It has developed technologies related to digital humans, including the "Large Avatar Model" for generating realistic 3D interactive avatars from a single image, and is active in enterprise-level multimodal AI agent development. The company operates an AI developer ecosystem called "Extreme Mart" and collaborates with major institutions and partners such as Tsinghua University, Intel, and NVIDIA. It has completed multiple rounds of financing, including a Series C round, and has been recognized for its contributions to edge AI, virtual digital humans, and smart city applications. Its digital human solutions are applied in marketing, education, livestreaming, and public service communication.
FACEGOOD, also known as Quantum Dynamics, is a Chinese technology company specializing in ultra-realistic digital human development. Established in 2015 and based in Shenzhen, FACEGOOD focuses on facial animation, AI-driven interaction, and full-stack virtual human systems. It has gained recognition for its proprietary real-time voice-to-facial animation technologies, such as Audio2Face and Voice2Face, which have been open-sourced to lower development barriers for AI digital humans. These technologies enable high-precision facial motion capture and real-time emotional expression from voice input. FACEGOOD's tools, including the AVATARY and Avatar Studio software suites, support end-to-end digital human creation workflows. The company collaborates with academic institutions and industry partners like Tsinghua University, Baidu, Tencent, and NVIDIA, and its technologies have been applied in broadcasting, education, entertainment, and virtual livestreaming. FACEGOOD also contributed to the development of notable AI characters such as the virtual director Lu Chuan and the virtual idol Zishumei. The company is a key member of the Metaverse Standards Forum and plays a prominent role in shaping China’s digital human ecosystem.
FaceUnity, founded in 2016 in Hangzhou, is a Chinese technology company specializing in AI-powered “digital humans”, offering a full-stack platform for the development, customization, and deployment of virtual avatars across sectors like live e-commerce, short video, education, and the metaverse. Their digital human solutions include cartoon-style, hyper-realistic, video-based, and interactive avatars, supported by proprietary technologies such as a 3D face engine, real-time motion capture, facial animation, and rendering systems. FaceUnity markets products such as AI digital human livestream hosts, SDKs for beauty filters and AR video effects, and the AvatarX platform for multi-modal interaction. Their tools have been integrated into thousands of domestic and international enterprises, and the company has secured multiple funding rounds—including a ¥70 million CNY investment—to enhance its virtual human engine and ultra-realistic digital object platform. Recognized as one of China’s top AI digital human technology providers, FaceUnity positions itself as a “metaverse builder” aiming to create more realistic digital worlds.
Far Light Software (ygsoft.com) is a Chinese enterprise software company recognized for its virtual digital human creation platform, which integrates AI, blockchain, modeling, rendering, and streaming technologies. Its digital human products are compatible with mobile, large screens, and XR (extended reality) devices, enabling deployment in scenarios such as corporate marketing, training, virtual exhibitions, and intelligent broadcasting. The platform has received awards, including recognition at the 2024 China International Digital Economy Expo for its innovation and versatility. Far Light Software's metaverse solutions also support interaction through AI glasses and mobile terminals, positioning the company as a key player in enterprise-level virtual human applications.