NZ search engine Pingar secures major contract in China
Tech company Pingar has secured its first major contract in China after launching the Chinese-language version of its search platform.
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Tech company Pingar has secured its first major contract in China after launching the Chinese-language version of its search platform.
The Auckland and Tauranga based company, which developed the “intelligent” platform that generates dynamic formatted documents in response to natural language queries, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MU) with the East China Normal University (ECNU) in Shanghai today.
Pingar co-founder and managing director, Peter Wren-Hilton, said realising the Chinese Government prefers technology products that feature Chinese language versions, the firm saw a promising business opportunity and launched the new search platform in July.
Mr Wren-Hilton said the partnership with one of China’s largest tertiary institutions is only the beginning of the company’s penetration into its new market.
“Pingar’s launch…has led to interest from several of China’s leading universities who have expressed a desire to work collaboratively with us so that they can commercialise research outputs, he said.
“As Pingar increases its collaboration with Chinese partners like ECNU these relationships can only lead to bigger networks and expose us to new Chinese customers.”
The new venture also promises a close research and development collaboration between the two entities, which will help develop and grow the tech company’s core search platform.
“We are looking at new ways to enhance the Pingar search platform for the Chinese and global market, Mr Wren-Hilton said.
“This is an extremely important step forward for Pingar as we continue to build our business in China and show that our technology is truly competitive in global markets.”
Kristina Koveshnikova
Wed, 11 Jul 2018
Wed, 11 Jul 2018
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NZ search engine Pingar secures major contract in China
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