Team Introduction

  • ZHEQINGSONG

    CTO
    Master of Computer Graphics, formerly served as an Algorithm Engineer and Technical Director at the Computer Key Laboratory, Rib Group, Gosuncn Group, and Up Investment since 2006.

  • ZONGXINGLI

    CEO

    Formerly held positions at Tencent Music Group, Tencent AI Department, Huya Live, Alibaba Entertainment, and Renwantang, serving as Project Lead, Senior Operations Manager, and Project Engineer.

  • Packy

    CMO

    Founder of TikTok MCN Pingtouge Culture, Operations Director of Yongsheng Animation, and Head of Ymeta Business Division.

  • ZEGAO

    TECHNICAL ADVISOR

     Ze's academic research has been published in leading venues and top journals, such as ACM SIGGRAPH Asia, ACM CHI, ACM Ubicomp, ACM TEI, ACM DIS, IEEE VR, and ISEA. His interdisciplinary art projects have been showcased at top-tier computer science conferences, international art galleries, and prestigious competitions. Highlights include features at SIGGRAPH Asia, CVPR, NeurIPS, DIS, ISEA, ARTeFACTo, ICACHI and China VISAP, as well as accolades such as the Red Dot Design Award, the Lumen Prize, and NTU-GDAP.

  • ZIWEIZHU

    TECHNICAL ADVISOR

    Bachelor's degree from Beijing Institute of Technology

    Bachelor's degree in Game Art and Master's degree in Game Design from Forsyth University, USA

    Co-founder of VRplay, a Chinese virtual reality developer community

    Technical Gold Award at the SVVR Silicon Valley Virtual Reality Awards

    Member of the Expert Group of the National Vocational Skills Competition

Development History

  • [June 2019]: Project initiation of CYANPUPPETS predecessor.
  • [October 2019]: CYANPUPPETS completes seed round financing.
  • [December 2021]: CYANPUPPETS completes framework design.
  • [May 2022]: CYANPUPPETS releases first version of DEMO.
  • [August 2022]: CYANPUPPETS completes angel round financing.
  • [April 2023]: NVIDIA INCEPTION releases "NVIDIA Empowers Cyanpuppets to Create Real-Time 2D Video to 3D Skeleton AI Conversion Model".
  • [April 2023]: CYANPUPPETS, as a member of the NVIDIA Startup Accelerator Program, showcases its DEMO at the 3rd China International Consumer Products Expo.
  • [May 2023]: CYANPUPPETS appears at the Chongqing Science and Technology Film Exhibition, receiving coverage from Chongqing International TV.
  • [June 2023]: Unity OPEN DAY releases "CYAN.AI: Proprietary AI Model for Real-Time Generation of 3D Movements from 2D Videos".
  • [July 2023]: CYANPUPPETS partners with Tencent, Bilibili, Mango TV, SMT Oriental TV, and Southern University of Science and Technology.
  • [July 2023]: CYANPUPPETS participates in the Global Game AIGC Conference.
  • [July 2023]: CYANPUPPETS and Mobile Sky debut at CHINAJOY.
  • [August 2023]: CYANPUPPETS shares AI accelerated retargeting process in Unity's official livestream.
  • [September 2023]: CYANPUPPETS wins the NVIDIA Global Startup Accelerator Program Shenzhen Station SHOWCASE Award.
  • [September 2023]: CYANPUPPETS collaborates with WHISPER GAMES at the TOKYO GAME SHOW.
  • [September 2023]: CYANPUPPETS partners with Tsinghua University, Peking University, and Communication University of China.
  • [November 2023]: CYANPUPPETS receives over 100 enterprise customer orders from more than 20 countries, including Japan, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Saudi Arabia.
  • [December 2023]: CYANPUPPETS invited to join the UMSA Association in the United States.
  • [January 2024]: CYANPUPPETS, together with partners such as Dawa Technology, Oriental TV, and Maitawang, releases user stories.
  • [March 2024]: CYANPUPPETS and STYLE3D participate in the GDC Conference in San Francisco, USA.
  • [April 2024]: CYANPUPPETS invited to the Beijing International Film Festival, covered by CCTV6 China Movie Channel.
  • [April 2024]: CYANPUPPETS and Tencent share insights on AI accelerating the 3D industry at Shenzhen University.
  • [May 2024]: CYANPUPPETS, as an NVIDIA INCEPTION member, participates in the BEYOND EXPO in Macau.
  • [May 2024]: CYANPUPPETS supports 37 Interactive Entertainment and Hunan TV in participating in the Shenzhen International Cultural Industries Fair.
  • [June 2024]: CYANPUPPETS, together with Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Harbin Institute of Technology, publishes a paper at Creativity & Cognition 2024 in Chicago, USA.
  • [June 2024]: CYANPUPPETS participates in the Chongqing Science and Technology Film Week, receiving coverage from CCTV6 National Film Channel.
  • [June 2024]: CYANPUPPETS, together with Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Harbin Institute of Technology, publishes a paper at Creativity & Cognition 2024 in Chicago, USA.
  • [June 2024]: CYANPUPPETS participates in the Chongqing Science and Technology Film Week, receiving coverage from CCTV6 National Film Channel.
  • [July 2024]:SIGGRAPH 204 with partner STYLE3D in Denver, U.S.A.
  • [August 2024]:Participated in the NVIDIA INCEPTION Hong Kong SHOWCASE, and provided key technology collaboration between Sanqi Games and Aofei Entertainment.
  • [September 2024]:As an NVIDIA INCEPTION key enterprise, at the Tencent Digital Ecology Conference, displaying the latest achievements at the NVIDIA booth, and obtaining coverage on the NVIDIA official website.
  • [October 2024]:AI Motion Capture for Huawei at China Mobile's Global Eco Conference
  • [November 2024]: Attend Intel New Quality Productivity Conference 2024 as an Intel Partner.
  • [December 2024]:Join Unity's global eco-partners and be featured on Unity's website!
  • [December 2024]:Tencent Technology Becomes CYANPUPPETS Key Distributor
  • [January 2025]:Delivered the latest CYANPUPPETS 1.62 motion capture system to NVIDIA China team.
  • [February 2025]:Paper #4407, “Cyankitten,” co-authored by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Harbin Institute of Technology, CYANPUPPETS, and the University of Illinois, has been accepted to CHI 2025, one of the top three conferences in the field of human-computer interaction.
  • [March 2025]: Artificial Intelligence Scientist, PhD, Professor ZEGAO Joins CYANPUPPETS as Technical Advisor.

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