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Thunder Software makes the hidden software that helps phones, cars, and gadgets run smoothly and connect to the internet.
Thunder Software Technology makes the invisible software that sits inside phones, cars, and other smart devices. When you tap your phone screen or ask your car's dashboard to play music, some of the code that translates those taps into action may come from this company. It sells to device makers — mostly smartphone and car manufacturers — who pay Thunder to build and license the software layers that make their hardware work smoothly. Its main products include operating system software for smart devices, tools for connecting gadgets to the internet, and a growing pile of software specifically for electric and smart cars. Roughly half its revenue comes from smart-car software, which is its fastest-growing piece, and much of the rest comes from phone and internet-of-things software. Annual revenue is around $700 million to $800 million, growing at a solid double-digit pace as cars become computers on wheels.
Think of Thunder Software as the plumber and electrician for smart devices. The phone or car maker builds the house, but Thunder wires the lights, connects the pipes, and makes sure the toilet flushes when you press the handle. Without its software, a fancy screen is just a shiny rectangle. Car companies especially need this because modern cars have dozens of computer chips talking to each other, and somebody has to make sure they all speak the same language. Thunder also helps device makers connect their products to the cloud, so a car can send data back to the factory or a smart speaker can understand your voice.
The company started in 2008 in Beijing and built its name by helping phone makers outside China customize Android, the free phone operating system made by Google. That business gave it deep relationships with chipmakers and manufacturers. It later jumped into cars, betting that software would become as important to vehicles as engines once were. Today it works with many Chinese car brands and has partnerships with big chip companies like Qualcomm and Nvidia. It reinvests most of its cash into research and hiring engineers rather than paying big dividends, because the race to build software for smart and electric cars is still early. For a curious reader, the simple takeaway is this: as more everyday objects get a brain, more of them will need a translator, and Thunder Software wants to be that translator.
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