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| So I'm very optimistic about this -- the impact LLM will have on the -- our business going forward |
| These features are driving high user satisfaction and growth |
| We achieved the continuous quarter-over-quarter growth in every quarter in 2023 and net revenue were RMB 1.3 billion for the whole year and an increase of nearly 100% growth year-over-year |
| In addition, we think that's also the further opportunities for the plan for the strengthening basic academic discipline, [Foreign Language], they are sophisticated in this consultation services, and we think we have built a very strong reputations in domestic [indiscernible] and high school |
| So this is a very important win-win, both for kind of the unique value we can add to the course and also increase the productivity from the company's perspective |
| For the full year 2023, our key financial indicators improved significantly |
| Besides the AI capabilities, we have a deep understanding of client demand, effective utilization of the data and our strong focus on AD performance |
| We expect to maintain such good momentum for our operating cash flow in 2024 |
| The motivation is obviously one area that the human teacher is really, really good at to make the students more motivated, want more to learn |
| We continue to drive towards profitability and have already delivered two major versions of our large language models, a solid foundations for both 2024 and an AI-driven future |
| On a settlement basis, both the Learning services and Online Marketing services helped achieve positive operating cash inflow, which makes us more confident in the further improved operating cash flow in 2024 |
| So we think we have good opportunities on this front, yes |
| So first is consumer needs are quite strong in this area and we are improving the services to satisfy different user needs |
| We have several advantages in the serving game class including capabilities in AD material production, deep understanding of gaming and [indiscernible] in content marketing |
| Then it is a very good way to gain more market share and also monetize the technology |
| Momentum from our data content services is strong with net revenues of RMB 508.3 million, an increase of 13.4% year-over-year in Q4 |
| I believe the key to our past and future success in ads is our ability to combine strong business operations and deep advertisement technology |
| That's why our AI and large language model capability is a good fit for this |
| Operating cash flow is always treated as a key healthy indicator for our company, and we are pleased to note a remarkable improvement in our operating cash flow of 2023 compared with prior period |
| So a lot of ad companies on the market, they have a strong business ability, good sales and acquiring customers |
| The A6 Pro Dictionary Pen, the launch exceeded our expectations as we talked about with over 50,000 units sold in the first week |
| We had a solid financial performance in Q4, producing an all-time high income from operations and operating cash inflow |
| From this high-level view, we believe we are in a good position to lead in building a new generation of AI-powered, high-quality content-based learning and other experiences for people around the country and over the world |
| In terms of the product itself, the A6 Pro Pen has the best screen and best content within the price range and support high-quality off-line translation and AI features like grammar instruction and word instruction |
| First movers enjoy significant leverage and its impact on business shows in an accelerating fashion over time |
| So I believe AI and hardware features, unique hardware features provide a lot of opportunity for creating value for users for more premium products |
| Online marketing services have recorded over 50% year-over-year revenue growth for 5 consecutive quarters |
| In addition, as to the Smart Devices segment, improvements in product performance and the sales channel management are expected to boost the cash generation capability from this segment |
| Youdao is in a good position to capture this opportunity |
| At the same time, the overall financial health of this segment has improved on a quarter-over-quarter basis |
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| With regard to the Smart Devices segment, net revenues amounted to RMB 222.4 million, declining 45.3% year-over-year |
| Net revenue from our smart devices were RMB 222.4 million or USD 31.3 million, down 45.3% from the same period of 2022, primarily due to our continuous efforts to streamline marketing channel with low return on investment for the intelligence learning products in the first quarter of 2023 |
| We believe the headwinds of the Devices segment are temporary |
| Our efforts to optimize low return of investment sales channels continued to reduce overall channel inventory, impacting the fourth quarter revenue |
| Net revenue from our smart devices for 2023 down by 27.6% year-over-year to RMB 909.2 million or USD 128.1 million |
| In 2023, Smart Device business faced a challenge |
| Net revenue from our learning services were RMB 784 million or USD 110.4 million, representing a 2.8% decrease from the same period of 2022 |
| For the fourth quarter, our total gross profit was RMB 738.8 million or USD 104.1 million, representing a 4.6% decrease from the first quarter of 2022 |
| So we believe the most fundamental challenge in learning, apart from motivation |
| Some of these risks are beyond the company's control and could cause actual results to differ materially from those mentioned in today's press release and this discussion |
| A lot of -- on the other hand, a lot of ad tech teams do not really have strong business operations |
| Loss from operations was RMB 466.3 million, narrowed by 39.8% year-over-year |
| So we are not sacrificing margin for selling more units |
| So I think it is a profound idea, I would say |
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