Qianxun SI
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company does
Qianxun Spatial Intelligence (千寻位置, also known as Qianxun SI / Qianxun Weizhi), founded in August 2015 in Shanghai, is a world-leading high-precision positioning service provider for government, enterprise and consumer markets. It offers dynamic centimeter-level and static millimeter-level positioning, powering applications in autonomous driving, drones and IoT. It raised a Series A of RMB 1 billion (~$200M-scale funding) and was valued over $1.4 billion in 2019. Crunchbase lists it as Active.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
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- Founded
Qianxun Spatial Intelligence founded in August 2015 in Shanghai as a high-precision positioning provider.
- Series A
Raised a RMB 1 billion Series A, valuing the company over $1.4 billion.
- Status
Crunchbase lists the company as Active; independent assessments described it as reportedly operationally profitable. No confirmed failure event in 2025 was found.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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Overall assessment: Not completed
05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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