Acadine Technologies
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| Private | |
| Founded | May 2015 |
| Headquarters | Hong Kong |
Key people |
Li Gong (Chairman and CEO) |
| Products | H5OS |
Number of employees | 120+ (December 2015)[1] |
| Website |
www |
Acadine Technologies is a systems software company specializing in mobile operating systems for mobile, wearable, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Its core product is H5OS, a web-centric operating system that is primarily based on the open web standard HTML5. It is derived from Firefox OS, whose development company founder Li Gong had overseen as president of Mozilla Corporation.[1][2]
Acadine Technologies was established in May, 2015, based in Hong Kong with operations in Beijing, Taipei, Palo Alto, and London. Initially started under the name "Gone Fishing",[2] the startup recruited various other staff from Mozilla apart from Gong, including Mozilla CTO Andreas Gal[1] and employees of Mozilla Taiwan.[3] When Mozilla announced in December 2015 that it would cease its efforts to partner with mobile carriers to use Firefox OS on smartphones, it was reported that Acadine would take over this mission with H5OS.[1] It released the first version of H5OS on 17th Feb 2016.[4]
It was announced on July 15, 2015 that Acadine Technologies received $100M of first-round funding from Tsinghua Unigroup International,[5] a Hong Kong entity controlled by Tsinghua University and the Chinese government.[1] In the same year, Li Gong stated that the company was already seeking a second round of funding from international investors, a main rationale being "to dispel very early the incorrect perception that we are somehow a China-backed company. We are really a pure Silicon Valley-style startup".[1]
On April 27, 2016, it was reported that the funds from Tsinghua Unigroup were not being transferred. The company started a reorganization.[6][7]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Shankland, Stephen (2015-12-10). "Startup picks up the torch for troubled Firefox OS". CNET. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- 1 2 Horwitz, Josh (2015-07-16). "Ex-Mozilla employees are teaming up with the Chinese government to kill Android". Quartz. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ "China Poaches Top Talent from Mozilla Taiwan for IoT Projects". TechNews. 2015-06-13. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ "ACADINE Technologies Releases First Version of H5OS". (Acadine press release, February 17, 2016)
- ↑ "Mobile OS Company Acadine Technologies Receives $100M First-Round Funding from Tsinghua Unigroup International".
- ↑ 鄒昀倢 (2016-04-27). "快搶人才！被「中國紫光」投資放鳥的「明辨科技」傳大裁員". 科技爆橘. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
- ↑ 詹子嫻 (2016-04-27). "紫光抽手投資，明辨科技組織重整". 數位時代. Retrieved 2016-04-27.