2023年6月30日 – 全球出行科技公司亿咖通科技控股（纳斯达克股票代码：ECX）（下称“亿咖通科技”或“公司”）今日宣布了对吉咖智能机器人有限公司（下称“吉咖智能”）增加投资并取得控股股东地位的计划。吉咖智能是一家专注于智能驾驶产品的科技企业。该轮增资将令亿咖通科技凭借新产品矩阵进一步强化面向吉利生态体系及产业内其他客户群体的渗透率，加速亿咖通科技的整体营收增长。
吉咖智能在自动驾驶技术方面拥有全栈研发能力，覆盖智能座舱、智能驾驶、周边配套产品、感知传感器、决策算法、整车控制策略、底层系统、硬件开发、测试验证等技术的端到端开发实力。
该轮增资为亿咖通科技和吉咖智能描绘了清晰的战略路径，令两家公司在加强合作的同时专注于各自的核心能力与使命。亿咖通科技将在吉利生态体系之外，继续拓展多元化的客户群，而吉咖智能将继续为吉利汽车的旗舰车型开发智能产品并提供服务。交易协议已于2023年6月30日签署，根据该协议，亿咖通科技所持吉咖智能股权将从50%增至70%。
对于亿咖通科技而言，此次的投资逻辑包括：
关于亿咖通科技
亿咖通科技（纳斯达克股票代码：ECX）作为全球出行科技企业，始终秉持“加速汽车智能化，创建人车新关系”的发展使命，持续与全球汽车制造商深度合作，共同重塑汽车行业向全面电动化发展的未来格局。在全球汽车制造商不断推出全新的车载平台的同时，亿咖通科技正在研发包括中央计算机平台、芯片模组（SoCs）及软件的全栈式解决方案，以协助客户不断提升车内用户体验。其技术已成功被搭载于全球500多万辆车型产品之上。
亿咖通科技成立于2017 年，现已拥有近 1,500 位团队成员。公司由两位汽车企业家联合创立。创始人之一的沈子瑜先生现担任董事长兼首席执行官，另一位创始人李书福 （Eric Li）先生则是世界上最大的汽车集团之一浙江吉利控股集团（“吉利”）的创始人和董事长，该集团持有股份及投资的国际品牌包括路特斯（Lotus）、领克（Lynk & Co）、极星（Polestar）、智马达（smart）和沃尔沃汽车（Volvo Cars）等。
关于吉咖智能
吉咖智能是亿咖通科技与吉利汽车集团于2021年合资成立的一家科技公司，致力于研发成本效益高的高端智能产品，覆盖智能座舱、智能驾驶，周边配套产品以及域控制器。目前，吉咖智能拥有一支超过400人的团队，总部位于苏州，并于上海及杭州设有研发中心。
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