2026 / 06PRODUCT
X-Iching Aura Ring enters mass production
Continuous-sensing hardware moves from prototype validation into delivery as a close-to-body signal interface for the world model.
07NEWS & MILESTONES
Recording every stepfrom concept to reality
From company formation and model iteration to product delivery, industry collaboration and international recognition, East Mind keeps Eastern culture, world models and the real market on one development path.
Every milestone should explain what we understood, which reality we entered and what we made happen.
24key milestones
2024—26development timeline
5types of real progress
07.012026 / FROM MODEL TO REALITY
Models, hardware and industry impact enter reality together.
In 2026, the focus shifts from proving the direction to delivering products, validating models and bringing Eastern culture plus AI into a wider public field.
2026 / 05RECOGNITION
Selected for the 2026 Global AI 100
Fortune Insight lists East Mind alongside Zhipu, MiniMax, Kimi and other AI pioneers in its annual global review.
2026 / 04EXHIBITION
Exhibited at Global Sources Electronics Hong Kong
AI wellness and cultural products entered the Physical.ai Lab and joined the Spirit in the Shell roundtable.
2026 / 04PARTNERSHIP
Co-building Qianyi AI
East Mind works with Jinan tourism, Shandong University and partners to deepen AI tourism and AI education.
2026 / 03MEDIA
Featured on CCTV’s Winning in AI+
More than four million online viewers saw AI and Eastern culture enter a national public-media context.
2026 / 03MARKET
Nearly 40 tourism partnership intentions
AI tourism and cultural products connect attractions, cultural institutions and artist collaborations through ongoing interaction.
2026 / 01MODEL
Xunling receives national model registration
East Mind joins the first registered group of 2026, receiving authoritative validation of model safety, compliance and innovation.
2026 / 01ECOSYSTEM
Ecosystem agreement signed with Lenovo
The Daosheng Wanxiang platform begins ecosystem collaboration across enterprise contexts and industry partners.
07.022025 / VALIDATION & GROWTH
From model iteration to technical, market and ecosystem validation.
In 2025, East Mind advanced models, agents, hardware prototypes and industry ecosystems while receiving external recognition from Intel, CAAI, Google Cloud and others.
2025 / 12AWARD
Intel AI+ Growth Program Outstanding Enterprise
East Mind receives recognition for technology, business model and market progress, plus an innovation award at the program roadshow.
2025 / 10AWARD
AI AGENT Global Competition Best Heritage Award
The CAAI-hosted competition recognizes Xunling’s combination of AI technology and Eastern cultural continuity.
2025 / 10RECOGNITION
First-wave recommended AI AGENT project
East Mind enters the first official recommendation list, drawing attention to both agent technology and cultural expression.
2025 / 09HARDWARE
First wearable-hardware prototype completed
The world model gains a physical sensing interface, laying groundwork for Aura Ring and companion-wearable products.
2025 / 08ACCELERATOR
Selected for Intel AI+ Enterprise Growth Program
East Mind gains chip optimization, technical training and market support, and wins the business-decision simulation challenge.
2025 / 08AGENT
Xunling multimodal agent enters internal testing
Xunling moves beyond text Q&A toward multimodal understanding and general-agent foundations.
2025 / 06MODEL
Xunling Houyi 3.5 development completed
Building on Houyi 2.5 multimodality, the model further improves reasoning and complex-problem handling.
2025 / 05MODEL
Xunling Chinese–English version launched
The model expands from Chinese scenarios into bilingual interaction, supporting international research and cross-border work.
2025 / 05TECH PARTNERSHIP
Agreement signed with Alibaba DAMO Academy
Integration with Tongyi Qianwen expands the technical foundation for model research, products and industry partnerships.
2025 / 04ECOSYSTEM
Joined Google Cloud Startup Success Program
Higher-tier cloud infrastructure, AI services and technical advisory support accelerate product engineering.
2025 / 03ECOSYSTEM
Entered global technology startup ecosystems
East Mind joins AWS, Google Cloud, NVIDIA Inception and Shenzhen’s large-model ecosystem community.
2025 / 01MODEL RELEASE
Xunling 1.0 Houyi released
The early model advances from rapid Q&A into deeper reasoning and complex-problem solving.
07.032024 / ORIGIN
From company formation to a first model: the initial zero to one.
In 2024, East Mind established its domestic and overseas entities, connected to technology ecosystems and released the earliest Xunling model.
2024 / 12MODEL RELEASE
Xunling 1.0 Xingchen released
The first commercial language model enters rapid Q&A with multi-turn dialogue and contextual understanding.
2024 / 12ECOSYSTEM
Joined five technology startup ecosystems
East Mind enters startup-support programs from Google, Amazon, Volcano Engine, NVIDIA and Intel.
2024 / 09COMPANY
Hong Kong East Mind established
The overseas founding entity creates a base for international business, collaboration and cross-border operations.
2024 / 08COMPANY
Shenzhen East Mind established
The domestic founding entity is registered, marking the starting point for AI model research and productization.