Zhang’s test bed for the sharing model will be Japan, already the biggest market for the one-year-old startup with 10,000 devices shipped since its launch there in January. — SCMP
China’s once-hot sharing economy may have fallen well short of its promise to revolutionise how people use bikes, umbrellas and even toilet paper, but Shenzhen-based startup Langogo still believes the model works well for its artificial intelligence-powered translation devices.
The latest venture of Zhang Yan, one of the co-founders of China’s bike-sharing pioneer Mobike, Langogo is planning to deploy its AI translators at airports and hotels where travellers can rent one by scanning a code with their smartphones.
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