- CEO
- Xin Hong Wu
- Full Time Employees
- 2,103
- Sector
- Technology services
- Industry
- Packaged software
- Address
- Meitu Tower, Building 2, Xiamen FU China 100102
- IPO Date
- Dec 15, 2016
- Business
- Meitu, Inc. Meitu Inc. (1357.HK) operates as an investment holding company that develops and provides AI-powered imaging products and services, focusing on photo, video, and design creation tools with a core emphasis on beauty and visual content simplification; its primary offerings include the Meitu app for portrait and creative editing, BeautyCam for professional portrait photography, Wink as an AI video enhancement suite, DesignKit for e-commerce design professionals, Kaipai for AI-generated talking videos, WHEE, MeituYunxiu, and MOKI; ecosystem products encompass ZCOOL creative community platforms such as ZCOOL HelloRF, ZCOOL Education, ZCOOL Design Service, and the AI visual design agent RoboNeo, alongside MiracleVision and other solutions for advertising, subscriptions, influencer marketing, and beauty industry SaaS including cosmetics sales and smart hardware. The company serves consumer and enterprise customers through its Photo, Video and Design Products, Advertising, and Solutions for Beauty Industry segments, targeting markets in Mainland China and internationally with 280 million global monthly active users as of June 2025, including 98 million outside China. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Xiamen, Fujian Province, China, Meitu listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2016 and maintains operations across Hong Kong, Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Taiwan, Singapore, and other global locations including Brazil, India, Japan, Indonesia, and the United States. In a major recent development, Meitu entered a strategic partnership with Alibaba Group in May 2025, securing a US$250 million convertible bond investment to collaborate on e-commerce platforms, AI technology, and cloud computing, with Meitu committing to at least 560 million yuan in Alibaba cloud services over three years; this deal positions Alibaba as a potential third-largest shareholder with nearly 7% ownership. The company has also advanced its global strategy with generative AI integrations, achieving top 10 App Store rankings in multiple countries, transitioning its core model from advertising to subscriptions, acquiring ZCOOL, and launching RoboNeo as part of ongoing expansions in AI visual design.