Tencent, GAC Group enhance strategic partnership for next-gen cloud innovations

Beijing (Gasgoo)- On June 13, Tencent and GAC Group announced a comprehensive upgrade to their strategic partnership. Moving forward, both companies will collaborate to develop next-generation hybrid cloud infrastructure to bolster GAC Group’s advancements in intelligent driving, smart cockpits, enterprise digitalization, and global market expansion.

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Leveraging Tencent's cloud computing and lightweight mapping capabilities, they aim to create an integrated terminal-cloud autonomous driving map solution, exploring innovative vehicle-map-cloud integration models. Additionally, they will jointly establish a foundational model for GAC Group, developing an enterprise-level AI development platform to support the implementation of large-scale model technology in intelligent marketing, smart cockpits, intelligent customer service, and autonomous driving.

Capitalizing on Tencent's global ecosystem and unified cloud architecture, the partnership will help GAC Group develop intelligent products and services that better understand overseas consumers and accelerate the automaker’s global deployment. The cooperation will also deepen in areas such as smart cockpits and the mobility service platform "OnTime."

Tencent and GAC Group have been partnering for seven years. Recently, ride-share platform OnTime, jointly invested by GAC, Tencent, and others, launched Robotaxi hybrid operations in Shenzhen. As a "digital assistant" and "ecosystem co-builder" in the automotive mobility industry, Tencent has collaborated with over 100 automakers and mobility tech companies, continually enhancing the smart, user-friendly mobility experience for a broader audience.