SHANGHAIApr. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — On April 22, the opening day of the 16th China International Road Traffic Safety Products Expo (hereinafter referred to as the “Traffic Expo”), Black Sesame Intelligent Technologies (Black Sesame) and Tianyi Transportation Technology Co., Ltd. (Tianyi Transportation) entered into a strategic cooperation and jointly launched the Qinghong series of integrated communication-sensing-computing devices. This collaboration marks another step by Black Sesame in deepening its pan-AI business layout, anchored in the vehicle-road-cloud integration framework.
Tianyi Transportation Executive Deputy General Manager Zhao Jianjun (first from left) and Black Sesame Intelligent Vice President Gao Wei (first from right) witness the signing ceremony. Tianyi Transportation Product R&D Center Hardware Team General Manager Ji Hongyan (second from left) and Black Sesame Intelligent Pan-AI Systems Department Head Zhou Jianyong (second from right) sign the agreement on-site.
Black Sesame specializes in AI computing platforms, possessing profound technical expertise, a comprehensive product portfolio, and mass production experience in the field of intelligent automotive computing chips. Currently, the company is proactively expanding into embodied intelligence and the broader pan-AI domain, accelerating the large-scale deployment of edge-side AI computing across a wider range of physical scenarios. Tianyi Transportation, jointly established by China Telecom and the local state-owned platform Xiandao Chantou, positions itself as an intelligent transportation operation and service provider for autonomous driving. It offers large-scale applications and scenario-based solutions such as vehicle-road-cloud integration, highway digitalization, L4 low-speed autonomous driving, and low-altitude detection to governments, automakers, and vertical industry clients.
Through this cooperation, the two parties will engage in strategic collaboration across industrial technological innovation, project cooperation, standard development, and market promotion. This includes jointly creating vehicle-road-cloud integrated demonstration projects, exploring applications for autonomous driving technology, and integrating R&D resources. Leveraging their respective strengths in industrial resources, advanced technology, demonstration applications, and commercial expansion, Black Sesame and Tianyi Transportation will focus on areas such as VLA (Vehicle Localization and Awareness) R&D for autonomous driving, integrated communication-sensing-computing device R&D, and MEC (Multi-access Edge Computing) R&D to promote the common development of the industrial ecosystem.
The newly launched Qinghong series of integrated communication-sensing-computing devices is built upon Black Sesame’s high-performance, low-power, and cost-effective automotive-grade chip platform. It supports pure vision or vision + 3D millimeter-wave radar fusion perception, can be flexibly extended with V2X/5G, and features easy deployment. It meets the perception needs of smart cities and vehicle-road coordination, applicable for traffic participant identification, traffic event recognition, and infrastructure anomaly detection. Specifically, the Qinghong QH001 model adopts a vision + 3D millimeter-wave radar fusion solution with a coverage distance of up to 380 meters; the Qinghong QH002 model uses a pure vision solution with a coverage distance reaching 500 meters.
Gao Wei, Vice President of Black Sesame Intelligent, stated: “Black Sesame Intelligent focuses on the R&D and innovation of AI computing platforms. Through this strategic cooperation with Tianyi Transportation, our chip platform provides a stable and efficient computational foundation for the Qinghong series of integrated communication-sensing-computing devices. We are delighted to join hands with Tianyi Transportation to jointly explore viable paths for smart transportation infrastructure, promote the deep integration of technology and scenarios, and contribute to the high-quality development of China’s smart transportation industry.”
Zhao Jianjun, Executive Deputy General Manager of Tianyi Transportation, stated: “Tianyi Transportation is continuously building a ‘1+3+N’ full-stack enabling product system for the vehicle-road-cloud-network ecosystem. The launch of the Qinghong series further expands our product portfolio. We are very pleased to become strategic partners with Black Sesame Intelligent, working together to implement the Chinese solution for vehicle-road-cloud integration and co-create a new era of smart transportation and mobility.”
This year’s Traffic Expo is themed “New Quality Productivity in Transportation, Four New Elements Building Safety.” The Qinghong series aligns with the overarching direction of using new technological equipment to enhance the industry’s new quality productive forces. China’s smart transportation industry is transitioning from single-point demonstration applications to large-scale, comprehensive deployment. The cooperation between Black Sesame and Tianyi Transportation represents a deep integration at the technology and product levels. Black Sesame will collaborate with more industry chain partners, using the positive cycle of technology and scenarios to propel the development process of smart transportation.