The Historical Development of the DaVinci Ai platform

1. Platform Overview

  • The DaVinci Ai platform is a highly integrated and scalable open platform dedicated to providing innovative AI assistants and plugin solutions for various industries, aiming to enhance overall efficiency and value across sectors.

 

 

2. Early Development and Internal Application

  1. 　AI Development Journey
    。2014: MediaTek Group Chairman Ming-Kai Tsai initiated AI research and planning.
    。The Chairman raised a key question: “How can MediaTek utilize AI technologies to create truly meaningful experiences for users, so that the general public can benefit from AI in everyday life?”
  2. 　The Rise of Generative AI
    。With the emergence of generative AI, the company saw an increase in internal demands for large language model (LLM) operations.
    。Since June 2022, Chairman Ming-Kai Tsai has promoted the introduction of generative AI, recognizing it as an essential technology for the future.
  3. 　Early Applications of the DaVinci Platform
    。DaVinci was initially designed as an internal generative AI tool for MediaTek, focusing on data security and productivity enhancement.
    。Usage: 97% of employees use DaVinci Ai platform, supporting more than 50 cross-departmental projects.
    。Impact: 88% of users believe the DaVinci Ai platform has significantly improved their work productivity and optimized PPA metrics.

 

 

3. From Internal Tool to External Platform

  • MediaTek observed a growing market demand for generative AI service platforms and decided to open up DaVinci, providing services to external enterprises.
  • Objective: To accelerate AI development in the industry and enhance MediaTek’s market competitiveness.

 

 

4. Key Milestones and Partnerships

  • 2022/06: MediaTek began internal promotion of generative AI.
  • 2024/02/24: Launched the second round of public testing for DaVinci.
  • 2024/04/09: Officially launched DaVinci and unveiled the MR BreeXe traditional Chinese large language model.
  • 2024/07/10: Partnered with Microsoft Taiwan to launch the “Microsoft x MediaTek DaVinci Education Cloud” initiative.
  • 2024/08/15: Advantech fully adopted the DaVinci Ai platform to boost employee productivity.
  • 2024/08/27: Announced integration with NVIDIA NIM inference microservices, expanding enterprise AI application scenarios.
  • 2024/09/27: MediaTek donated the DaVinci Ai platform to National Taiwan University to build an AI Smart Campus.
  • 2024/12/05: Huijia Health joined hands with MediaTek and Microsoft to promote generative AI healthcare.
  • 2024/12/06: Nenghuo Animation’s 3D virtual character technology reached the international stage, partnering with MediaTek’s DaVinci Ai platform to create a new smart retail experience.
  • 2024/12/09: The MediaTek Education Foundation introduced the DaVinci Ai platform, partnering with hundreds of teachers to revolutionize campus teaching models.
  • 2024/12/17: Fubon Financial Holdings collaborated with the MediaTek DaVinci Ai platform to host the first generative AI hackathon competition.
  • 2025/03: MediaTek empowers Cyberon to continue developing DaVinci AI Platform technologies and services, working together with partners to accelerate the adoption of enterprise AI applications.
  • 2025/04/17: Wenzao Ursuline University adopts the DaVinci AI Platform to cultivate interdisciplinary international talent with AI.
  • 2025/05/22:China Airlines implements the DaVinci AI Platform, launching an upgraded generative AI customer service and becoming a global pioneer in airline AI applications.

 

5. Platform Features and Ecosystem

  1.  Language Model Support
    Supports proprietary, open-source, and self-fine-tuned models.
    Supports inference models and multimodal capabilities.
  2. Intelligent Assistants and Plugins
    Provides plugin tools for AI invocation.
    Allows customization of intelligent assistants for specific scenarios.
    SAaaS cloud solution: offers Smart Assistants as a Service (SAaaS).
    Supports embedding intelligent assistant features into various applications to accomplish more complex tasks.
  3. Ecosystem Development
    Dozens of enterprises and academic institutions have already joined.

 

 

DaVinci AI Platform, as an open, secure, and Traditional Chinese-optimized AI platform, is helping enterprises and academic institutions accelerate the adoption of AI applications and drive digital transformation in Taiwan’s industry and education sectors.