In this Research Note, we examine the Chinese AI company, SenseTime, in the context of the smart buildings sector. We assess the group’s strategic pivot away from smart city business towards generative AI and digital transformation initiatives before highlighting 2024 results by business segment, based on 2023 and 2024 annual report announcements and investor presentations. SenseTime Restructuring & Strategic Realignment Following an IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in December 2021, organizational restructuring and layoffs have been initiated by SenseTime over the past three years, as the company tackles its widening losses. The group has also realigned its strategic focus on generative AI. Strategic Reduction in Smart City Business In a business reorganization in 2023, SenseTime grouped its non-generative AI businesses of Smart City, Smart Business, and Smart Life into the Traditional AI segment. Given the rapid growth of the Generative AI business, combined with the strategic pivot towards other segments, the share of […]