FaceUnity (杭州相芯科技有限公司), founded in 2016 in Hangzhou, is a Chinese technology company specializing in AI-powered “digital humans”, offering a full-stack platform for the development, customization, and deployment of virtual avatars across sectors like live e-commerce, short video, education, and the metaverse. Their digital human solutions include cartoon-style, hyper-realistic, video-based, and interactive avatars, supported by proprietary technologies such as a 3D face engine, real-time motion capture, facial animation, and rendering systems. FaceUnity markets products such as AI digital human livestream hosts, SDKs for beauty filters and AR video effects, and the AvatarX platform for multi-modal interaction. Their tools have been integrated into thousands of domestic and international enterprises, and the company has secured multiple funding rounds—including a ¥70 million CNY investment—to enhance its virtual human engine and ultra-realistic digital object platform. Recognized as one of China’s top AI digital human technology providers, FaceUnity positions itself as a “metaverse builder” aiming to create more realistic digital worlds.
(“FaceUnity” is the company’s outward-facing brand name, while “Xiangxin Technology” is simply the English rendering of its Chinese name “相芯科技,” and “杭州相芯科技有限公司” is the full registered legal entity name that adds the location (Hangzhou) and corporate form (“Co., Ltd.”).)