The co-founder of China’s bike sharing pioneer Mobike applies the same business model to his Langogo AI translators

Zhang’s test bed for the sharing model will be Japan, already the biggest market for the one-year-old startup with 10,000 devices shipped since its launch there in January. — SCMP

China’s once-hot sharing economy may have fallen well short of its promise to revolutionise how people use bikes, umbrellas and even toilet paper, but Shenzhen-based startup Langogo still believes the model works well for its artificial intelligence-powered translation devices.

The latest venture of Zhang Yan, one of the co-founders of China’s bike-sharing pioneer Mobike, Langogo is planning to deploy its AI translators at airports and hotels where travellers can rent one by scanning a code with their smartphones.