36KR learned that Friend Machine Technology (Shanghai) Co., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as “Friend Machine Technology”) has recently completed A round of financing of nearly 100 million yuan. This round of financing is led by Yuan Jing Capital, Jinmafeng Investment, Buttonwood Capital and other institutions to follow the investment, the funds will be mainly used to further improve the core technology, the iterative upgrading of key products and the research and development of new products, so as to help the continuous high-quality development of precision manufacturing, and continue to promote the intelligent upgrading of the industry.

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In the field of high-end equipment manufacturing, CNC machine tool is one of its basic and core industries. Machine tools as an industrial basis, the development of a long history, and CNC machine tools as high-end manufacturing “industrial mother machine”, is the core machine for the production of high-end equipment. According to the “Made in China 2025” plan, China’s high-end CNC machine tools and basic manufacturing equipment domestic market share of more than 80% in 2025. China’s CNC machine tool industry is developing rapidly, and the scale of the industry is in the expansion stage.

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Founded in 2021, Youji Technology takes machine tool intelligence and process intelligence technology as its core business, combined with IOM workshop information software, tool management software and other functional modules, to provide users with efficient and reliable technical support in the process of automation, digitalization and intelligent upgrading and transformation, and to provide digital global solutions for factories.

As early as in 2012 before the formal establishment of Youji Technology, the international top industrial artificial intelligence algorithm scientists and precision machining experts within the team began core technology research and development. Today, the team size is about 150 people, accounting for 2/3 of the R & D personnel. Among them, Jiang Jinguen, founder and general manager of Youji Technology, has advanced experience in the application of intelligent machine tool technology, and has a deep understanding of various types of machine tools from design to application research and development; Zhao Ming, senior data scientist and chief scientist, is an associate professor and doctoral supervisor of Xi ‘an Jiaotong University, and has been selected as the world’s top 2% scientists for two consecutive years in 2020 and 2021.

Jiang Jingen told 36kR that the company’s annual research and development investment accounts for 60 to 70 percent of the total expenditure, and the team pays special attention to the exploratory research and development of cutting-edge technologies.

Up to now, UJ-PMS has launched four major products: UJ-PMS intelligent processing monitoring system, UJ-IPS intelligent adaptive control and protection system, UJ-CDS collision protection system, UJ-MCM equipment health status monitoring and predictive maintenance system.