The domestically pioneered patent for non-destructive repeated compression is released, cracking the problem of reducing enterprise storage costs in a "zero-competition" stance.
In the current era of rapid development of the digital economy, low-redundancy data such as financial transaction records, government archives, and e-commerce orders have witnessed continuous explosive growth. As a result, the storage and transmission costs of enterprises have been rising year by year. Traditional compression tools (such as ZIP and 7Z) rely on the core logic of "finding duplicate content." When dealing with this type of data, the compression ratio is generally less than 5%. Secondary compression may even cause file expansion, which has become a structural pain point that has long troubled the industry.
Recently, a domestic first-of-its-kind "lossless repeated compression patent technology" has officially come into the public eye. The technology claims to achieve effective compression of low-redundancy data through an algorithm logic completely different from traditional ideas and supports infinite repeated compression without loss of efficiency. Currently, the technology team said that it has entered the seed-round financing stage and plans to accelerate the development of the demonstration version and pilot projects with benchmark customers.
Technological Innovation: Breaking Through Traditional Compression Logic and Building Three Layers of Competitive Barriers
The core breakthrough of this technology lies in abandoning the conventional path of "finding duplicate segments + symbol substitution" in traditional compression and instead adopting a new logic of "data arrangement reconstruction + dynamic coding matching", aiming to fundamentally improve the compression efficiency of low-redundancy data. The technology team revealed that the first version of the algorithm has been granted an invention patent by the National Intellectual Property Administration (Patent No.: ZL 2023 1 0887083.X). The review period reached 26 months, and no review comments were received, which to some extent reflects its innovation and technological maturity.
In terms of performance, this technology mainly emphasizes two major breakthroughs:
Support for infinite repeated compression: Traditional compression usually can only perform effective compression 1 - 2 times, while this technology claims to support multiple consecutive compressions and keep the file size continuously decreasing. The more the compression times, the more obvious the cost-saving effect;
Dual-mode dynamic adaptation: Two compression modes are provided for different scenarios. In the civilian mode, tests show that 68-byte data can be compressed to 26 bytes, with a compression ratio of over 60%, suitable for scenarios such as video streams and game resources with relatively loose requirements for integrity; in the enterprise mode, a multi-verification mechanism is used to ensure 100% data losslessness. After compression, the data size stabilizes at 40 bytes, targeting high-security scenarios such as finance and government affairs.
In addition, the team emphasizes that it has built three layers of barriers of "patent protection + technical confidentiality + exclusive performance", forming a certain market competitive advantage: The first version of the algorithm is publicly available with the patent and has legal protection; the prototype development of the advanced version has been completed, and the compression speed has been increased by 30% compared with the first version. The core details are not disclosed, reducing the risk of imitation; the combined features of "infinite repeated compression + dual-mode + full-format compatibility" have not been found in the market with similar technologies.
This technology also emphasizes compatibility with the existing enterprise storage architecture and claims that it can be connected within 7 days, which is beneficial to reducing the deployment threshold.
Market Prospect: There is a Demand Gap in the Hundred-Billion-Level Storage Market, and Policy and Cost Pressures Jointly Promote Commercialization
According to the "2025 China Enterprise-Level Storage Market Report" released by IDC, the scale of the China enterprise-level storage market has exceeded 50 billion yuan in 2025 and is expected to reach 120 billion yuan in 2028, with an annual compound growth rate of over 25%. Among them, the four major fields of finance, e-commerce, government affairs, and civilian entertainment account for more than 80%. In these fields, scenarios where traditional compression technologies are ineffective account for more than 40%, indicating a considerable market gap.
The industry pain points are obvious, and there is a lack of efficient solutions: Financial institutions need to back up transaction record data for a long time, resulting in high storage and operation and maintenance costs; government archives require permanent storage and high security, and traditional tools have insufficient compatibility and reliability; e-commerce experiences a surge in data during major promotions, and the compressed data cannot be compressed again, driving up bandwidth and storage costs; the video and game industries need to reduce storage and transmission costs while ensuring the user experience.
At the policy level, the "14th Five-Year Plan for Digital Economy Development" clearly puts forward the requirements of improving data storage efficiency and reducing operation and maintenance costs. Local governments and financial institutions have also included data compression in their assessment indicators, further strengthening the market demand for efficient compression technologies.
According to the team's preliminary calculations, only in the financial and civilian entertainment fields, the annual storage cost-saving potential of this technology can reach 8 billion yuan. Since there is no similar technical solution in the market at present, the team believes that it is expected to establish a first-mover advantage in this niche market.
Financing and Advancement Path: Seed Round to Support Technology Verification and Target Pilot Projects with Benchmark Customers
The technology team plans to achieve commercialization through "patent licensing + technical services + customized solutions," among which patent licensing is expected to become the main source of income. Currently, the verification of the first version of the algorithm has been completed, the prototype development of the advanced algorithm has been finished, and the demonstration version (DEMO) is being optimized.
The team is currently conducting seed-round financing, and the funds will be mainly used for: completing the real-scenario data testing and compatibility optimization of the demonstration version; connecting with benchmark customers in the finance and government affairs sectors and launching small-scale pilot projects; expanding the technical and business teams.
According to the plan, after the financing is in place: Within 6 months: Complete the actual tests in scenarios such as bank transaction records and government archives, and reach pilot agreements with 2 - 3 regional banks or government data centers; Within 1 year: Implement the pilot projects with customers and form replicable industry cases; Within 2 years: Expand to fields such as e-commerce and civilian entertainment through benchmark cases, achieve large-scale patent licensing, and expect the annual revenue to exceed 20 million yuan; Within 3 years: Strive to become an important solution provider in the field of enterprise-level data compression and storage.
The emergence of this lossless repeated compression technology aims to solve the efficiency bottleneck of traditional compression tools in low-redundancy data scenarios. Its features such as "infinite compression" and "dual-mode adaptation" theoretically provide new ideas for enterprises to reduce storage costs. Driven by policies and enterprises' cost-saving needs, this technology is expected to fill the market gap and achieve large-scale implementation. With the injection of seed-round funds, its subsequent development deserves the attention of the industry.