Established in 2009, Shanghai PATEO Network Technology Service Co., Ltd. pioneered China’s IoV (Internet of Vehicles) industry, hence its founder Zhenkai Ying (Ken Ying) has been hailed as the “Steve Jobs of the Automotive Sector”. It’s one of the few enterprises in China that boast the capabilities in hardware, software and cloud platform, conduct mature end-to-end businesses with luxury / JV / self-owned brands, and adhere to original innovation.
PATEO is currently one of the leading IoV companies in Asia, and one of the few integrated IoV service providers in the industry with offerings ranging from active safety systems, automotive electronics, low-level automotive software, intelligent operating system (OS), application software, domestic & international Internet automobile ecosystem, mobile phone connectivity, communications operation, TSP platform development & operation services, cloud computing, big data, content services integration & operation, map engine software & cloud architecture, embedded voice & cloud platform solutions, to AI (Artificial Intelligence).
Up to now, PATEO has applied for a cumulative total of more than 5,700 patents, of which more than 80% are invention patents. As a representative of Shanghai private high-tech & manufacturing enterprises, a leading enterprise during the construction of Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Center, “Shanghai Enterprise Technology Center”, one of the Shanghai Enterprises with Intellectual Property Advantage, an enterprise with a “specialized, refined, characteristic & novel” business model in Shanghai, and one of the first batch of enterprise cooperative partners for serving “3+6” key industries of Shanghai Municipality, it has actively participated in the establishment of China's IoV standards, and serves as Head of IoV Standard Working Group.
PATEO is headquartered in Shanghai, and has established six R&D centers in Nanjing, Dalian, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Wuhan, and Changchun. While owning a galaxy of professional talents, PATEO has also been continuously cultivating numerous management and research & technical talents for Internet and automotive companies.
PATEO has the capabilities of integrating intelligent operating systems, applications, maps & cloud platforms and comprehensive OTA updates. Therefore, compared with many enterprises that provide development or operation services based on international platforms, PATEO is more committed to innovative ideas, forward-looking research and development, and integration, to achieve a breakthrough user experience based on its hardware, software and cloud platform offerings. Compared with other companies, PATEO attaches greater importance to user operations and user iteration, providing a new iteration every three weeks; making friends with the user is a subconscious job for every engineer, as we believe that only by starting from the user's perspective, listening to them, and being with them can we continuously produce polished products that they love.