Liao Bing, founder of GAC Aion: Building a "meme team" and firmly following the path of "meme-based development" to maximize user value

On September 16, GAC Aion held a Smart Travel Ecosystem Summit with the theme of "Memes" in Beijing. At the meeting, GAC Aion, together with high-tech company Peking University Jinqiu, leading automotive AI chip company Horizon Robotics, autonomous driving technology leader WeRide, one-stop travel platform eHi Car Rental, and industry-leading partners such as Xinding Capital and Forward Capital, officially debuted the "Meme Team", marking that the "GAC Aion Model", that is, building the first integrated hardware and software smart travel ecosystem closed-loop system, has made substantial progress.

At the summit, GAC Aion announced that it would jointly launch the GAC Aion Smart Travel Ecosystem Fund with Xinding Capital. The initial fund size will be as high as US$1 billion, which will continue to provide financial and cooperative resource support for the smart travel ecosystem. At the same time, GAC Aion plans to jointly establish the Smart Car Research Institute with Peking University Jinqiu New Technology Company, which is committed to providing forward-looking trend research for the smart travel ecosystem. In the future, GAC Aion's "Meme Team", Smart Travel Ecosystem Fund and Smart Car Research Institute will work together to accelerate the implementation of the integrated hardware and software smart travel ecosystem, and will also actively promote industrial transformation and explore new paths for industrial development.

Liao Bing, founder of GAC Aion, said: "A group of unique people come together to see what we can achieve. When people need us, we can win battles that they cannot win. Therefore, the 'Meme Team' will unswervingly build a smart travel ecosystem that integrates software and hardware, actively explore a unique development path belonging to GAC Aion, promote the development of China's smart car industry, bring users the ultimate travel experience, and maximize user value."

GAC Aion's "Meme Team" officially debuts, and the "Hardware + AI OS + Ecosystem Service Membership" business model is accelerating its implementation

The word "meme" comes from the theory of evolution, and its characteristics are self-selection and autonomous evolution. GAC Aion defines its development direction as memetic development. That is, high-quality hardware as the carrier, intelligent AI OS as the soul, and rich ecological services that meet the scenario as the core value. The three constitute GAC Aion's memetic smart travel ecology. Through this ecosystem, the connection between people, cars, and scenes will be realized, forming a multi-scenario, personalized smart living space, bringing users the ultimate travel experience.

At the same time, Liao Bing also admitted that as a technology startup, GAC Aion cannot complete the construction of the entire ecological service alone. To this end, GAC Aion has joined forces with partners with strong meme characteristics in the fields of autonomous driving technology, automotive AI chips, industry forward-looking trend research, and travel scenario landing platforms to form a "meme team" to jointly promote the implementation of the "GAC Aion Model".

It is understood that the first batch of members of the "Meme Team" will reach 7. In addition to GAC Aion, the "Meme Team" will include Peking University Jinqiu New Technology Company, which will provide industry trend forward-looking research for the smart travel ecosystem, Horizon Robotics' automotive chips will provide computing power support, WeRide's autonomous driving will provide users with innovative experience, eHi Car Rental will provide scenario-based implementation, data collection and integration, and Xinding Capital and Forward Capital will provide capital and cooperation resource support.

In the future, GAC Aion's "Meme Team" will break down industry barriers through openness, integration, and sharing, build the first integrated hardware and software smart travel ecosystem, create new value for users in the travel field, and bring more attempts and explorations to the industry on the road of ecological service innovation.

The first phase of the fund of US$1 billion was launched, and GAC Aion's smart travel ecosystem services received capital support

A forward-looking development model will inevitably be favored by capital. At the summit, GAC Aion announced that it would jointly launch a smart travel ecosystem fund with Xinding Capital, with the initial fund size reaching US$1 billion. Zhang Chi, chairman of Xinding Capital, said: The establishment of the smart travel ecosystem fund is only the first step. In the future, more resource support will be provided in the field of smart travel, and together with GAC Aion, it will lead the industry in the right direction.

The support of capital will undoubtedly provide more ammunition for the development of GAC Aion's smart travel. It will not only help promote the rapid development of GAC Aion's "hardware + AI OS + ecological membership" service system, but will also promote industry changes and drive all industry participants to join the smart travel ecosystem.

In addition, GAC Aion also plans to establish an intelligent vehicle research institute with Peking University Jinqiu New Technology Co., Ltd. Professor Yang Yibo, senior vice president of Peking University Jinqiu New Technology Co., Ltd., said: Peking University Jinqiu will give full play to its academic advantages and provide GAC Aion with forward-looking research and strategic support in intelligent travel through professional research and demonstration.

There is no doubt that with the support of the Smart Travel Ecosystem Fund and the strategic support of the Intelligent Automobile Research Institute, GAC Aion's integrated hardware and software smart travel ecosystem will be implemented more quickly, and the future is promising.

Unwaveringly adhere to the "Guangwei Model" and take the road of integrated hardware and software smart travel ecological services to maximize user value

As we all know, the automotive industry is in the midst of a huge change. Software has become the core driving factor for realizing technological innovations such as automotive networking, intelligence, electrification, and sharing. The value of vehicle software and the value of the content it provides have exceeded the value of vehicle hardware, and the core of the car is undergoing earth-shaking changes. Based on this judgment, GAC Aion proposed the "GAC Aion Model", establishing a development path for the integrated hardware and software smart travel ecosystem service, thereby promoting the development of the automotive industry, bringing users the ultimate experience, and maximizing user value.

The implementation of the "Guangwei Model" is inseparable from the sincere cooperation of the "Meme Team" and the vast number of users. GAC Aion has always believed that users are the source of all development, and user needs are driving the development of the smart car industry. Under the guidance of this idea, GAC Aion actively communicates with users in depth and obtains effective user feedback.

It is reported that GAC Aion has created a community with user services as the core and enriched the user service system. At the same time, offline activities are held in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other places to face users directly, use the most sincere actions, listen to the most authentic voices, and let user feedback drive GAC Aion's continuous growth and evolution. About a month ago, GAC Aion also launched the world's first automotive ecological membership service system, including Smart members, Ultra members and Value members. In less than a month, the purchase ratio of member users reached 40%. These considerable number of users have voted in favor of GAC Aion's smart travel ecological services with practical actions.

Recently, there has been a lot of discussion about electric vehicles. Does the market really need so many auto companies? Where will the future auto market go? Although there are no definite answers to these questions, auto companies like GAC Aion that are brave enough to explore, actively innovate, promote industrial changes, and always take user needs as their starting point are undoubtedly needed by the industry.

The "Guangwei Model" also provides us with a new perspective and path. Even if we encounter some difficulties and face some doubts in the process, it is worth the effort and the attempt. As Liao Bing said: "We are walking a path that no one in the industry has walked. There is no right or wrong in the dispute of opinions on the road of innovation. Time will prove everything."

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.