External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

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Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

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<ul><li>SenseTime announced 1H23 financial results on 28 Aug: total revenue resumed positive YoY growth of 1% and reached RMB1.43bn; adjusted net loss narrowed by 7% YoY to RMB2.39bn, in line with our estimate.</li><li>SenseTime optimized its business strategy: reduce exposure to non-core Smart City business and focus on the development of its Generative AI business, revenue of which has already accounted for 20% of 1H23 total revenue.</li><li>We expect the adjustment will refuel total revenue to grow 18% YoY and unleash operating leverage in 2H23E. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

SenseTime announced 1H23 financial results on 28 Aug: total revenue resumed positive YoY growth of 1% and reached RMB1.43bn; adjusted net loss narrowed by 7% YoY to RMB2.39bn, in line with our estimate.SenseTime optimized its business strategy: reduce exposure to non-core Smart City business and focus on the development of its Generative AI business, revenue of which has already accounted for 20% of 1H23 total revenue.We expect the adjustment will refuel total revenue to grow 18% YoY and unleash operating leverage in 2H23E. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

SenseTime (20 HK) – Focus on Generative AI Business Development

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Shifara Samsudeen, ACMA, CGMA

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<li>AI software company SenseTime’s share price dropped more than 50% over the last one week with the expiry of lock-up period as pre-investors of the company took some profits.  </li>
<li>The company was placed in an investment blacklist by the US government prior to the IPO which forced to launch the IPO without investors from the US.</li>
<li>The company also priced the IPO at the bottom of the price range and despite all of this, shares quickly went up to HK$8.20 from IPO price of US$3.85.</li>
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AI software company SenseTime’s share price dropped more than 50% over the last one week with the expiry of lock-up period as pre-investors of the company took some profits.  
The company was placed in an investment blacklist by the US government prior to the IPO which forced to launch the IPO without investors from the US.
The company also priced the IPO at the bottom of the price range and despite all of this, shares quickly went up to HK$8.20 from IPO price of US$3.85.


SenseTime: Shares Fall with Lock-Up Expiry; Further Downside with More Selling at the Next Expiry

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sensetime-group-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34319:1" rel="noopener">SenseTime Group (20 HK)</a> currently has a float of 1.4%. That will increase to 46% at the end of June as pre-IPO and cornerstone investor lock-ups end.</li>
<li>The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hang-seng-tech-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31367:1" rel="noopener">Hang Seng Tech Index</a> FAF increase and potential inclusion in the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hang-seng-china-enterprises-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22900:1" rel="noopener">Hang Seng China Enterprises Index</a> will require passive trackers to buy 700m shares early September.</li>
<li>Economic stimulus in China, outlook for China tech, lock-up expiry, inclusion in Southbound Connect and flows from passive trackers will drive the stock for few months and provide trading opportunities.</li>
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SenseTime Group (20 HK) currently has a float of 1.4%. That will increase to 46% at the end of June as pre-IPO and cornerstone investor lock-ups end.
The Hang Seng Tech Index FAF increase and potential inclusion in the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index will require passive trackers to buy 700m shares early September.
Economic stimulus in China, outlook for China tech, lock-up expiry, inclusion in Southbound Connect and flows from passive trackers will drive the stock for few months and provide trading opportunities.


SenseTime (20 HK): Lock-Up Expiry Will Bring BIG Passive Flow

<ul><li>SenseTime hosted a Tech Day event on 10 Apr unveiling self-developed large model set SenseNova.</li><li>SenseNova consists of NLP, content generation, automated data annotation and custom model training capabilities.</li><li>In the event, SenseTime showed live demo of ChatGPT-like chatbot SenseChat that can write invitation, tell story, comprehend legal documents and Midjourney-like textto-image generator. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

SenseTime hosted a Tech Day event on 10 Apr unveiling self-developed large model set SenseNova.SenseNova consists of NLP, content generation, automated data annotation and custom model training capabilities.In the event, SenseTime showed live demo of ChatGPT-like chatbot SenseChat that can write invitation, tell story, comprehend legal documents and Midjourney-like textto-image generator. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

SenseTime (20 HK) – Unveiled large model SenseNova with live demo

<ul><li>SenseTime delivered weaker than expected FY22 results with revenue of RMB3.81bn (-19% YoY), mainly due to Smart City projects delay.</li><li>However, we are positive to see the ramp up of the recurring AIaaS business as the Company sells its SenseCore capabilities to external entities.</li><li>Eight key customers took up 7,000 GPUs related to the training of large AI models.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

SenseTime delivered weaker than expected FY22 results with revenue of RMB3.81bn (-19% YoY), mainly due to Smart City projects delay.However, we are positive to see the ramp up of the recurring AIaaS business as the Company sells its SenseCore capabilities to external entities.Eight key customers took up 7,000 GPUs related to the training of large AI models.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

SenseTime (20 HK) – Leading in the China large AI model race

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SenseTime Group Inc. offers information technology services. The Company develops artificial intelligence software products, computer vision software products, and other products. SenseTime Group provides its services throughout China.

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SenseTime Group (20 HK)

SenseTime (20 HK) – Focus on Generative AI Business Development

SenseTime announced 1H23 financial results on 28 Aug: total revenue resumed positive YoY growth of 1% and reached RMB1.43bn; adjusted net loss...

CMB International

SenseTime: Shares Fall with Lock-Up Expiry; Further Downside with More Selling at the Next Expiry

SenseTime’s share price dropped more than 50% over the last one week with the expiry of lock-up period. Some shareholders have agreed to extend...

Shifara Samsudeen, ACMA, CGMA

SenseTime (20 HK): Lock-Up Expiry Will Bring BIG Passive Flow

SenseTime rallied post listing and has since dropped. Lock-up expiry in June could lead to short-term weakness but that will bring in large passive...

Brian Freitas

SenseTime (20 HK) – Unveiled large model SenseNova with live demo

SenseTime showed live demo of ChatGPT-like chatbot SenseChat that can write invitation, tell story, comprehend legal documents and Midjourney-like...

CMB International

SenseTime (20 HK) – Leading in the China large AI model race

SenseTime delivered weaker than expected FY22 results with revenue of RMB3.81bn (-19% YoY), mainly due to Smart City projects delay.

CMB International

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