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Youdao achieved significant financial milestones in Q4 2024 and full-year 2024, marking its first year of profitability. The company reported a 4.4% YoY increase in net revenue to RMB 5.63 billion for 2024, with Q4 operating profit reaching RMB 84.2 million, up 10.3% YoY.

Key financial highlights include:

• Annual operating profit of RMB 150 million
• 84.5% reduction in net operating cash outflow
• Q4 net cash inflow of RMB 160 million

The company's turnaround was primarily driven by a 19.6% reduction in operating expenses. Revenue streams showed mixed performance: learning services declined 12.7% to RMB 2.7 billion, while online marketing services grew 48.3% to RMB 2 billion. AI subscription sales exceeded RMB 200 million, showing 130% YoY growth. The company's AI-native strategy, supported by DeepSeek-R1 integration and the launch of Ziyue-01 inference model, positions it for continued innovation in AI-driven education services.

EngageLab, a customer engagement platform, has announced its specialized email solutions for global B2B e-commerce platforms. The company offers key advantages including global infrastructure with strategically distributed servers, a 99.97% inbox placement rate, and an Omnichannel Automation Platform integrating email, SMS, AppPush, and WebPush capabilities.

A notable case study highlights EngageLab's success with a 17-year-old global B2B e-commerce platform operating in 223 countries. Through domain preheating strategies, the client achieved:

• Over 90% email deliverability
• 99% inbox placement rate
• 40% email open rate
• 16% increase in order volume
• 40% higher repurchase rates

The implementation included advanced user segmentation and tagging capabilities, enabling personalized marketing campaigns and improved customer engagement across multiple channels.

DeepSeek-R1, a new AI model released in January 2025, is transforming China's education sector with OpenAI-level performance at one-tenth of the training cost. Major education companies including Xueersi, Youdao, Offcn Education, and Seewo are rapidly integrating this technology.

DeepSeek's advantages include its deep thinking mode for visible reasoning processes, enhanced logical reasoning capabilities, multimodal features, and cost-efficient open-source nature. Two major implementations showcase its impact:

• Xueersi integrated DeepSeek with their MathGPT, upgrading AI learning machines and launching 'Ask Me Anytime' app
• Youdao incorporated DeepSeek across their product ecosystem, including XiaoP, Hi Echo, Dictionary, and launched the AI-native SpaceOne Dictionary Pen

The integration is driving innovation in smart educational hardware and software, potentially reshaping the competitive landscape by enabling smaller educational institutions to deploy advanced AI solutions with lower entry barriers.

Ne Zha 2 has achieved remarkable box office success during the 2024 Chinese Spring Festival, grossing RMB 4.839 billion during the holiday period and exceeding RMB 12 billion total by February 17, ranking among the top 9 highest-grossing films worldwide.

The film's success extends beyond box office revenues, triggering a consumption frenzy in the ACG 'Goods' community through merchandise and social engagement. The 2025 Spring Festival movie season generated RMB 9.51 billion in total box office revenue, an 18.6% increase from 2024, with Ne Zha 2 contributing over 50%.

The film's success demonstrates a shift in China's film industry towards an 'IP ecosystem' model, combining high-quality production with extensive merchandise offerings. Pop Mart's collaboration with Ne Zha 2 through the 'Born Bonded' blind box series saw remarkable success, with their mini-program's daily active users reaching 770,000, marking a fivefold year-over-year increase.

Aurora Mobile (NASDAQ: JG) announced that its push notification solution, JPush, has partnered with Bandao News App from Shandong Dazhong Newspaper Group to enhance news delivery experiences.

The partnership leverages JPush's technology to provide:

• Millisecond-level delivery of breaking news and critical information
• Multi-channel support across Android, iOS, HarmonyOS, QuickApp, and Web platforms
• Personalized content recommendations based on user profiles and preferences
• High push notification success rates even in weak network conditions

The integration enables Bandao News App to deliver real-time alerts, maintain stable message delivery across various operating systems, and create personalized content distribution through AI-driven user profiling, significantly improving user engagement and reading time.

Aurora Mobile (NASDAQ: JG) announced that its enterprise AI agent platform, GPTBots.ai, is strengthening its collaboration with Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP) to advance AI innovation in the Middle East. The partnership highlights the recent integration of DeepSeek, an AI model, into GPTBots.ai's platform.

The collaboration features key benefits including:

• Lower development costs for broader AI adoption
• Tailored solutions for Arabic and Gulf dialects
• Rapid deployment across government services, healthcare, and finance sectors

The partnership builds on previous successful initiatives, such as collaboration with QSTP-incubated startup sKora Tech in developing AI applications for the sports industry. The strengthened alliance aims to position the Middle East as a global hub for technological innovation while addressing regional challenges.

Aurora Mobile (NASDAQ: JG), a leading provider of customer engagement and marketing technology services in China, has announced it will release its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. The results will be published before U.S. markets open on March 13, 2025.

The company will host an earnings conference call on March 13, 2025, at 7:30 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time (7:30 p.m. Beijing time). Participants must register in advance to join the conference, and are advised to dial in 15 minutes before the scheduled start. A live and archived webcast will be available on Aurora Mobile's Investor Relations website.

Aurora Mobile (NASDAQ: JG) has released a comprehensive AI Industry Report through its data insight brand, MoonFox Data, in collaboration with CEIBS AIMI Research Center. The report highlights that the global AI market is projected to grow at an average annual rate of 19.1% over the next decade.

Key findings include: recovery in AI investment activities to early 2022 levels in Q3 2024; U.S. leadership in AI financing and applications, with China advancing in large language model development; high consumer acceptance of AI applications in Southeast Asia with usage rates near 80%; and expanding AI applications across healthcare, education, and enterprise services.

The report details advancements in large language models (LLMs), emerging trends in embodied intelligence and humanoid robots, and provides insights for Chinese AI companies expanding internationally. MoonFox Data leverages its decade-long expertise in mobile development and big data to provide actionable insights for businesses navigating the AI landscape.

Aurora Mobile (NASDAQ: JG) has announced the integration of DeepSeek, an advanced large language model (LLM), into its Adpub platform to enhance app monetization capabilities. The integration aims to revolutionize app monetization through DeepSeek's lightweight architecture and domain-specific optimizations.

Adpub, which aggregates SDKs from over ten major advertising platforms, currently boosts overall revenue by an average of 20% through its real-time bidding system. The DeepSeek integration brings enhanced ad targeting, improved efficiency through reduced computational overhead, and scalable monetization across diverse app categories.

The platform's features include head bidding, waterfall ad layering, traffic segmentation, and A/B testing, all accessible via a unified dashboard. DeepSeek's natural language processing and data analysis capabilities enable better understanding of user behavior and preferences, leading to improved click-through rates (CTR) and ad performance.