Case Study: Perspicace Intelligence Technology achieves smarter, safer smart homes with Microsoft Corporation Azure AI

Chinese startup uses cloud-based AI to turn houses into smart dream homes

Perspicace Intelligence Technology, a Chinese smart-home startup, wanted to redefine the connected home with AI-powered solutions that predict resident needs and improve safety and comfort. Its challenge was to build a reliable, privacy-conscious platform for home automation and activity detection while also reaching new customers beyond its local market. The company used Microsoft Corporation’s Azure cloud and related AI services, including Azure Machine Learning and Microsoft Cognitive Services, as part of its solution.

Microsoft Corporation helped Perspicace implement a cloud-based AI platform that combines a virtual assistant with Wi‑Fi bio-detectors to sense human activity and support functions like appliance control and fall detection. As a result, Perspicace launched commercial sales, attributed about 20% of its initial deals to Microsoft for Startups, and expected up to 50% of future Wi‑Fi sensor business to come from customers Microsoft connects them with.

Perspicace Intelligence Technology

Ken Yip

Founder and Chief Executive Officer