Welcome to our April Newsletter
Hi everyone,
We’re really excited this month because Espressif has just started the process of offering its shares to the public for the first time (IPO), through the Shanghai Stock Exchange. We are hopeful that this process will come to fruition by the end of the year and that Espressif will be listed on the new Science and Technology Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The Science and Technology Innovation Board, which aspires to become the Chinese version of Nasdaq, is designed to help technology-oriented enterprises grow their finances and drive innovation.
Espressif has gone from strength to strength over the last few years. Our achievements include prestigious collaborations, awards and investments, while also providing evidence that our business cycle has significantly expanded both in China and abroad. Submitting, then, our IPO application to the Shanghai Stock Exchange was the next step in our path to driving technological innovation in China and beyond.
Other news you can read in this month’s newsletter include:
- Jumpstart, Espressif’s new reference guide which aims to
- help developers convert their ideas into actual products in the least possible amount of time;
- Embedding voice into ESP32 devices using Google’s Dialogflow, which provides developers with a hassle-free way of building their own conversational platforms for their own products;
- ESP-EYE being featured on WeChat, which is China’s biggest social media platform, with more than a billion monthly active users; and last, but not least,
- “Kevin”, who is your new ESP32-based virtual housemate. Built by Mitipi, a Swiss startup, Kevin seems “determined” to deter any burglars from breaking into your house.
Hope you enjoy reading this month’s newsletter. Keep sending us your messages and requests on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube. We respond to all of your messages as quickly as possible!
Best wishes, John Lee. Senior Customer Support Officer
ESP-Jumpstart: Building ESP32 Products Fast#
Espressif has once again responded to the need of IoT makers for quick product development. ESP-Jumpstart is Espressif’s new reference guide which aims to help developers convert their ideas into actual products in the least possible amount of time. It provides users with a complete guide for product development.
Google Dialogflow: Embedding Voice into Devices with ESP32#
Dialogflow is a Google service that runs on the Google Cloud Platform, allowing users to build engaging AI-powered conversational interfaces on their products. ESP32 now supports Dialogflow with Espressif’s Voice-Assistant SDK, enabling IoT developers to embed natural-language processing in their devices.
ESP EYE on WeChat#
To people living outside China, Tencent’s ubiquitous messaging application, WeChat, might be relatively unknown. But to everyone in China, WeChat is much more than just a smartphone app. With more than a billion monthly active users, WeChat is also a powerful marketing tool. Espressif, as a top social-media influencer in the Chinese AIoT industry, has developed its own WeChat mini program (an app within WeChat) that will enhance the use of ESP-EYE, Espressif’s brand new AI development board.
ESP32-based Protection Against Burglars#
Everyone can agree that even the idea of getting back home and finding it robbed can give you the shivers. Mitipi is a Swiss company that has built “Kevin”, an ESP32-based virtual housemate who will deter any burglars from breaking into your house. Kevin will make any burglars lurking around your neighborhood think that you are still at home when you are actually away.
Originally published at mailchi.mp.