History

HISTORY

History

• 2026

  Chairman Li Changtai was named on the 2026 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Sci-Tech Entrepreneurs TOP 100 list.

  Raised a B+ round of tens of millions of RMB from Dongguan Sci-tech Venture Capital and Lingyi Venture Capital.

  Haytham Technology’s Dongguan and Quanzhou subsidiaries were established.

  Selected for the Greater Bay Area Qingteng TECH 300 list.

  Shortlisted for the national Top 80 of China Media Group’s China AI Entrepreneurs Conference and Season 2 of “Win in AI+”.

• 2025

  Named one of the Forbes China 2025 Top 100 Startups with Investment Value.

  Won the 2025 Outstanding Growth Value Award at the 14th China Finance Summit.

  Founder Li Changtai was named a 2025 Sci-Tech Innovation Influential Figure at the 14th China Finance Summit.

  Won Second Prize in the 5th “Chuang Qingchun” Shenzhen Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition.

  Co-built the Urban Public Safety Early Warning and Emergency Response Application Innovation Laboratory with the National Ultra-HD Video Innovation Center.

  Signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Institute of Intelligent Optical Measurement, Shenzhen University.

  The “Life-cycle Data Monitoring and State-Aware Safety Alarm System”, co-developed by founder Li Changtai, won the Silver Medal at the 2024 International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva.

  The company’s project “Damage Degradation Mechanisms and Non-destructive Monitoring Technologies of Concrete Structures in Complex Coastal Environments” won the Second Prize of the 2024 Qingdao Science and Technology Award.

  Recognized as a 2024 Shenzhen Seed Unicorn Enterprise.

  Won First Prize in the 2025 “Feifeng Cup” High-Level Talent Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition.

  Won the Gold Award in the 12th China Youth Chuang Qingchun Competition (Sci-Tech Innovation Special).

  Won the Excellence Award in the Intelligent Robot Tournament of the 2025 National Disruptive Innovation Competition.

  Rated as a “Seed Unicorn Enterprise” by the Shenzhen Gazelle and Unicorn Enterprise Evaluation Committee.

  Won Third Prize in the Global Final of the Entrepreneur Star 2025 Million-Prize Global Challenge (Shenzhen Nanshan) and First Prize in the AI track.

  Named on the 2025 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Sci-Tech SRDI Benchmark Enterprises TOP 100 list.

  Founder Li Changtai was named on the 2025 Greater Bay Area Sci-Tech Figures TOP 30 list.

• 2024

  Haytham Technology’s monocular 3D video extensometer passed the Science and Technology Achievement Evaluation and was rated as “domestically leading”.

  Named on the Touzijia.com 2024 Greater Bay Area New Quality Productive Forces Value and Innovation Enterprise List.

  Raised a B round of tens of millions of RMB from Cornerstone Capital.

  Won Third Prize in the Final of the 16th China Shenzhen Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition (Nanshan Preliminary) and the Innovation Nanshan 2024 “Entrepreneur Star” Competition, and Second Prize in the AI Challenge.

  Established joint laboratories with Qingdao University of Technology and Southwest Petroleum University.

  Founder Li Changtai received the Second Prize of the National Commercial Science and Technology Progress Award under the Science and Technology Award of the China General Chamber of Commerce.
  

  Founder Li Changtai was recognized as a Nanshan District “Pilot Talent” of Shenzhen.
  

  Haytham Technology’s Sichuan subsidiary was established.

  Won the 2024 AILE Award - Best AI Application Practice Award from the Shenzhen Federation of Industrial Economy.

  Named on the Touzijia.com 2024 TOP 100 Most Investment-Worthy Enterprises list.

  Recognized as a 2024 Shenzhen “Specialized and Sophisticated” (SRDI) SME.

  Founder Li Changtai won the “Golden Collar Award” 2024 Outstanding Young Innovation Leader of the Year.

• 2023

  Released the standardized visual strain gauge product series.

  Released the pattern-free measurement module for the video extensometer.

  Released the fully automated measurement module for the video extensometer.

  Launched the Haytham Cloud Platform.

  Raised an A round of tens of millions of RMB from Taiya Investment, Nanshan Strategic Emerging Investment, Lingyi Venture Capital, and Shenzhen Hi-tech Investment.

  Won Second Prize in the Industry Final of the 15th China Shenzhen Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition (Nanshan Preliminary) and the Innovation Nanshan 2023 “Entrepreneur Star” Competition.

  Named one of the Top 50 Shenzhen Future Industry Leaders 2023.

  Recognized as an Innovative SME.

  Named an Outstanding Enterprise of the 12th China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition.

  Named one of the Top 100 High-Growth Enterprises in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area 2023.

  Selected as one of the 50 Hard-Tech Innovators to Watch in 2023.

  Selected for the 2023 Venture50 (Sprout List) Top 50.

• 2022

  Released the boundary measurement module and rebar measurement module for the video extensometer.

  Released the strain gauge measurement module for the visual strain gauge.

  Released the visual microscopic strain measurement system.

  Released the visual tracker.

  Raised a Pre-A round of tens of millions of RMB from SME Guarantee Venture Capital and TusStar.

  Recognized as a National High-Tech Enterprise.

  Recognized as a Science and Technology-based SME.

  Named a 2022 China Sci-Tech Good Company.

  Founder Li Changtai won the 2021 Shenzhen Robot Rising Star of the Year Award.

  Established joint laboratories with Beihang University, Ocean University of China, Dongguan University of Technology, and the School of Energy, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

  Grew rapidly, with revenue up more than 300%.

• 2021

  Launched the monocular 3D visual extensometer and monocular 3D visual strain gauge products.

  Secured an angel round of several million RMB from Weiyi Capital.

  Won First Prize in the Advanced Manufacturing Session of the “Aerospace Cup” Tsinghua Alumni Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, Second Prize in the Advanced Manufacturing Final of the 6th Tsinghua Alumni Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition (Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei-Shandong and North America divisions), Second Prize (Startup Group) in the Final of the 2021 Beihang Global Science and Technology Innovation Competition, and Second Prize (Startup Financing) in the 2021 Shenzhen “Sci-Tech Innovation Cup” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition.

• 2020

  Founded in Shenzhen, Haytham pioneered monocular 3D DIC technology worldwide and is dedicated to delivering innovative mechanical performance measurement solutions through machine vision technology.

  Won First Prize in the Final of the 2nd HIT (Harbin Institute of Technology) Global Alumni Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, and Third Prize in the Enterprise Group of the 2nd Shenzhen Virtual University Park Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition.