- CEO
- Ji Zhang Shan
- Full Time Employees
- 1,037
- Sector
- Electronic technology
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Address
- No.580, Dongfanghong Middle Road Wuhan Hunan Province China 410205
- IPO Date
- Aug 8, 2024
- Business
- Black Sesame International Holding Limited is a semiconductor and technology company principally engaged in the design, manufacture, and provision of automotive-grade computing System-on-Chips (SoCs) and SoC-based intelligent vehicle solutions. Its core product offerings include the Huashan Series automotive-grade high computing power autonomous driving chips and the Wudang Series cross-domain computing platforms for intelligent vehicles, which support advanced driving assistance systems, smart cockpit applications, advanced imaging, and vehicle interconnection. The company also develops and provides associated software products such as Operating System Support, the Hanhai Autonomous Driving Solution Platform (ADSP) Middleware, and Perception Algorithms, enabling comprehensive autonomous driving and intelligent vehicle functionalities.
Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Wuhan, China, Black Sesame primarily operates within the domestic Chinese market and has expanded its presence through collaborations with leading automotive OEMs such as BYD, Dongfeng, and Geely. It also targets commercial vehicles and special-purpose vehicles, including engineering sanitation vehicles and heavy-duty trucks, focusing on scenarios like highway trunk lines and unmanned logistics in factory environments. Additionally, the company leverages its strengths in intelligent imaging and vehicle-road-cloud integration to diversify business models and accelerate commercialization.
Recent major developments include a strategic cooperation agreement with Jiangsu Zhichi Zhiyuan Holding Co., Ltd. to advance optical communication technology for automotive and smart terminal applications, supporting accelerated commercialization and expansion into assisted driving and industrial solutions sectors. Black Sesame plans to acquire a majority stake in Zhuhai Eeasy Technology Co., Ltd. with a transaction expected to complete by Q1 2026, which will further bolster its technology portfolio and market reach. The company continues to pursue global market expansion, targeting overseas markets such as the United States and Europe through partnerships with automakers and Tier 1 suppliers.
Black Sesame is known for its continuous breakthroughs in mass production of autonomous driving chips and solutions, including rapid iterations of the Navigate on Autopilot (NoA) functionality. It supports vehicle models with integrated cockpit-driving projects for highway NoA and has upgraded its adaptive safety systems, striving for economies of scale and broad applications across intelligent connectivity, L4-below autonomous vehicles, intelligent imaging, and AI algorithms.
The company employs approximately 973 staff and is publicly traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under ticker 2533.HK, with its corporate structure registered in the Cayman Islands. Its comprehensive offerings, strategic partnerships, and expansion plans position Black Sesame as a significant player in the automotive semiconductor and intelligent vehicle solutions industry, particularly within the high-growth new energy and autonomous vehicle segments.