Qi An Xin upgrades Security Maker Summit to AI Maker Summit
Qi An Xin announced during the 2026 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit that it is officially upgrading the Security Maker Summit, which has been held for eleven editions, into the "AI Maker Summit," expanding its track from cybersecurity to AI innovation and application fields. Of the first ten editions, all 130 teams that reached the finals received multiple rounds of financing after the events, with total financing exceeding 6.5 billion yuan. The new platform will continue the original selection mechanism and venture capital ecosystem, focusing on cross-sector innovation between AI and various industries.
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On November 3, during the 2026 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit, Qi An Xin announced that Security Maker Exchange, one of the most influential professional venture capital platforms in China's cybersecurity field, is officially upgrading to "AI Maker Exchange" as of today. The new platform will carry on the rigorous selection mechanism and venture capital ecosystem of the past, while its track boundaries will be completely opened up—expanding from a focus on cybersecurity to the broader field of AI innovation and application, aiming to discover and unearth the "innovative dark horses" riding the AI wave.
Currently, artificial intelligence is accelerating the reshaping of all industries with disruptive force, bringing profound changes to social production and daily life. AI+government makes urban governance smarter and more efficient, AI+finance drives the reconstruction of risk control and service models, AI+healthcare accelerates precision diagnosis and treatment and new drug development, AI+transportation empowers autonomous driving and smart logistics, and AI+education makes personalized learning possible... Application scenarios springing up like bamboo shoots after rain are giving rise to a hundred flowers of innovators and entrepreneurs.
You cannot find a new continent by following an old map. The brand-new AI Maker Exchange will break the boundaries of traditional cybersecurity, fix its gaze on cross-domain innovation at the intersection of AI and various fields, and seek innovative pioneers who can penetrate deep into the heart of business, solve industry pain points, stay close to user needs, and possess sustained security assurance capabilities. Qi An Xin will join hands with multiple authoritative institutions, industry leaders, and academic luminaries to jointly unearth those seed players capable of reshaping productivity in various segmented scenarios. What we seek is not only technological breakthrough-makers, but also pioneers who put applications into practice.
The rapid development of AI cannot be separated from the escort of security. Development and security have always been two sides of the same coin, complementing and depending on each other. When agent loss of control moves from theoretical assumption to reality, incidents of autonomous privilege escalation, deceiving humans, and intruding into systems have occurred one after another; when AI forgery and fraud become increasingly rampant, with face-swapping bypassing biometric identification and deepfake videos swindling huge sums of money, the cornerstone of social trust is being severely shaken; when every line of code generated by AI and every segment of voice synthesized by AI may become an attack vector, the boundary of security has shifted forward from "remediation after the fact" to "source prevention and control"... All of these convey a clear signal: without security, even the most powerful model cannot get a seat at the table; without security, even the broadest application scenarios are nothing but castles in the air.
In the era of AI running wild, security is no longer merely an accessory but a cornerstone with "veto power," and the value of its "entry ticket" is soaring. It is precisely against such a backdrop that Security Maker Exchange is upgrading to AI Maker Exchange, deeply planting the genes of security into the entire life cycle of AI development, so that AI can release its true transformative power on a secure and controllable track.
"Looking back on the journey, Security Maker Exchange set sail in 2016 and has been successfully held for eleven consecutive editions," said Chen Huaping, director of the Security Maker Exchange judging committee and vice president of Qi An Xin Group. As China's first professional venture capital competition focused on the cybersecurity field, it has always played the dual role of "weather vane" and "incubator." In the first ten editions, more than 100 top enterprises were attracted to compete on the same stage, and all 130 elite teams shortlisted for the finals received several rounds of financing after the competition, with total financing exceeding 6.5 billion yuan. Yigeyun, the champion of the entrepreneurial elite track at the most recent Security Maker Exchange, announced the completion of nearly 100 million yuan in Series B+ financing just three months later.
Image: On the left is Qi Xiangdong, chairman of Qi An Xin Group; on the right is Chen Huaping, vice president of Qi An Xin Group.
Behind this weighty report card is the rise of batch after batch of industry leaders. From Xindun Times, the track champion in the identity authentication field, to Quanzhi Technology, a segmented giant in data security, to Weichen Xin'an, a leader in intelligent vehicle cybersecurity, as well as "AI+security" rising stars such as Wuzhi Intelligence and Jinjing Yunhua, Security Maker Exchange not only provided them with a stage for display but also offered timely help at the most difficult moments for startup teams. By linking top VC/PE firms, Fortune 500 CSOs, and government resources, the platform has built an innovation ecosystem featuring government-enterprise collaboration and industry-university-research linkage, bringing the dreams of countless geeks into reality.
After eleven years of deep cultivation, Security Maker Exchange has accumulated mature and rich experience in event operation and ecosystem empowerment, forming a complete chain from project screening and review coaching to capital matching and brand communication. This proven successful paradigm will undoubtedly provide solid support for AI Maker Exchange and help it achieve greater success on a broader stage.
Call for Entries: Who Will Define the Next Era?
From 2016 to 2026, Security Maker Exchange spent eleven years answering one question: how to find the best security innovators in China. Today, AI Maker Exchange is to answer a bigger question: who are the AI innovators of this era with the greatest disruptive power and a balance between development and security.
From guarding cyberspace to empowering the intelligent era, the stage of AI Maker Exchange is already set, and the spotlight is quietly awaiting its protagonists. We sincerely invite entrepreneurial projects or teams in the AI field to join AI Maker Exchange! Let us witness together on the stage of the 2027 Beijing Cyber Security Conference (BCS 2027) the rise of AI innovation dark horses, and let the genes of security and the wisdom of AI collide to create the most dazzling sparks.