SenseTime is a Shanghai AI company whose site now leads with SenseNova, a series of multimodal foundation models covering text and image generation, video creation and digital humans; the flagship named on the homepage is SenseNova U1 Pro for image generation, described as on par with leading models. SenseCore is its AI infrastructure layer, including the SenseScale compute platform and elastic container services, and SenseFoundry delivers vision AI for city and enterprise use. Consumer apps include Office Raccoon, SenseAvatar for digital-human marketing and the Kapi apps.
Access is through the SenseNova platform, enterprise contracts and SDK integrations; a Token Plan is referenced without prices on the page reviewed. The company’s history matters to buyers: SenseTime’s Beijing subsidiary was added to the US Entity List in October 2019 and the company was placed on the US Treasury’s investment blacklist in December 2021, in both cases over alleged involvement in surveillance of Uyghurs and other minorities in Xinjiang. The current homepage mentions neither. Organisations with export-control, procurement or reputational policies should check their own obligations before using or integrating its services.
The homepage claims ten consecutive years of market leadership in China’s vision AI sector. Model-quality claims such as parity with leading models are the vendor’s own and should be tested on your tasks. The company is headquartered in Shanghai, which affects data-residency and compliance decisions for some customers.
