AINNOVATION (02121) surged over 11% during intraday trading, last up 7.45% at HK$3.245 with turnover reaching HK$2.188 million.

According to the company's official WeChat account on September 14, AINNOVATION was selected for the "2026 China AI Large Model Industrial Application Excellence List" at the 2026 Global Industrial Internet Conference held on September 10, and was also included in the "AI + Manufacturing" industry map. The AInnoGC industrial large model that earned this recognition serves as the technological foundation of the company's "One Model, One Body, Two Wings" strategy, featuring three key characteristics: industry-specific, lightweight, and multimodal capabilities.

Notably, the company achieved its first positive adjusted net profit for a half-year period since listing in the first half of 2026. According to the interim results announcement, first-half revenue reached RMB 829 million, up 18.6% year-on-year; gross profit was RMB 294 million, up 20%; and the overall gross margin improved to 35.4%, up approximately 0.4 percentage points year-on-year, marking the sixth consecutive year of improvement.

Meanwhile, the revenue share from its "AI + Manufacturing" business further increased to 81.5%, with industrial large models, industrial intelligent agents, industrial software, and embodied intelligent robots accelerating their entry into real-world manufacturing scenarios.