Chinese AI startup SenseTime resumes push for $2bn Hong Kong IPO

Despite US blacklisting, company eyes market debut by fourth quarter

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SenseTime specializes in AI software for facial recognition, tracking, object detection, image and video processing and data analysis. (Photo by Cheng Ting-Fang)

NARAYANAN SOMASUNDARAM, Nikkei Asia chief banking and financial correspondent

HONG KONG -- Chinese artificial intelligence startup SenseTime has revived plans for an initial public offering in Hong Kong that could raise as much as $2 billion, two people familiar with the matter say.

SenseTime is working with advisers to finalize a listing application with the Hong Kong stock exchange, the sources said. Approval is required, and listing typically occurs three to six months after the application is filed.

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