CAOCAO INC's stock price soared 6.15% during intraday trading on Friday, continuing a strong upward trend driven by significant artificial intelligence initiatives.

The surge follows the company's recent announcement to establish an independent AI division and recruit a Chief AI Officer with a total compensation package exceeding RMB 10 million. This move signals a comprehensive strategic transformation towards becoming an AI-native company.

Further momentum is attributed to the integration of its services with ByteDance's Doubao ecosystem, officially launching an AI ride-hailing beta feature. This partnership allows users expressing travel intent within the Doubao app to be seamlessly connected to CAOCAO INC's platform for route planning and ride-hailing, potentially opening a vast new customer channel given Doubao's over 300 million monthly active users. The company's recent inclusion in the HKEX Tech 100 Index and a management-led share buyback have also bolstered investor confidence.