Acadine Technologies
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software |
| Founded | March 25, 2015 |
| Founder | Li Gong |
| Headquarters | Hong Kong , Hong Kong |
Area served | Global |
Key people | Li Gong (Chairman and CEO), Andreas Gal (former CTO) |
| Products | H5OS |
| Website | acadine |
Acadine Technologies Holdings Limited was a privately held software firm established on March 25, 2015, with a focus on developing mobile operating systems tailored for smartphones, wearable technology, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Its flagship offering, H5OS, was a web-oriented operating system built upon the open web standard HTML5 and originated as a derivative of Firefox OS. The company was headed by Chairman and CEO Li Gong, who had previously managed Firefox OS development during his tenure as president of Mozilla Corporation.
The company’s headquarters were located in Hong Kong, with additional offices in Beijing, Taipei, Palo Alto, and London. Acadine attracted significant expertise from Mozilla, including former CTO Andreas Gal and several staff members from Mozilla Taiwan. Following Mozilla’s discontinuation of its Firefox OS smartphone project in December 2015, Acadine sought to advance this vision through H5OS, unveiling its initial release on February 17, 2016.
On July 15, 2015, Acadine obtained $100 million in Series A funding from Tsinghua Unigroup International, an organization based in Hong Kong and affiliated with Tsinghua University and the Chinese government. Despite this financial support, Li Gong highlighted the company’s Silicon Valley startup ethos and actively pursued further global investors to dispel notions of exclusive Chinese government backing.
By April 2016, it was reported that Tsinghua Unigroup had not fulfilled its funding commitment, which led Acadine to initiate internal restructuring efforts. Ultimately, H5OS was discontinued in May 2016 without a public launch.