Giftpack, Inc.

Giftpack, Inc.., a Silicon Valley based cross-border AI (artificial intelligence) startup, founded by Archer Chiang in June, 2016. Giftpack, Inc. was officially launched in June, 2017. It aims to overturn the traditional way of gifting service. The gifting platform combines design, service, big data, artificial intelligence, and the concept sharing economy as to subvert the mode of cross-border business and logistics. Giftpack, Inc. devotes itself into AI technology by using big data to target corporate employees and clients for precise gifting strategies, in order to meet the high demands of gifting from international businesses
== History ==
Archer Chiang, one of the founders of Giftpack, Inc., recognized that in every long-distance relationship, differences in time and distance are two major problems most of the people need to deal with. Therefore, Giftpack, Inc. has its mission, providing cross-borders, cross-cities, cross-areas real-time gifting service as a solution for people in long-distance relationships. In May, 2016, before its foundation, Archer Chiang conducted the first product testing in San Francisco, USA. He used a cup of coffee as a gesture of caring as a starting point, successfully sold the idea and profited. In June, 2017, after one year of foundation, the product was officially launched. Giftpack, Inc. became the first cross-borders real-time gifting company in the world.
== Overview ==
=== Company Culture ===
Since the foundation of Giftpack, Inc., it has a culture of remote-working. One of the reasons was because of the educational background of Archer Chiang. Having the background of engineering and design, he believes everyone has the best time framework that works the best for each person, being restricted or interrupted is the major reason to poor working efficiency.
=== Business to Customer (B2C)：Giftpack.io ===
On B2C side, Giftpack.io provides global real-time gifting service. In cooperation with deliver (Packer), the gifting can be done in 3 hours at the fastest.
==== Internship ====
Giftpack, Inc. recruited the first year of internship program in February, 2017. The name of interns is "Giftern", which is the combination of "Giftpack" and "Intern". The interns are responsible for a big portion of company's operation, and they come from different countries around the world with diverse cultural background.
==== Delivery ====
Packer are the delivers who deliver gifts on B2C side. Giftpack, Inc. provides global real-time gifting service in many countries in the world. This allows people who are in long-distance relationships can break the limitations of space and time, and send heart-warming messages and gifts to the other person in another country in 3 hours. Giftpack, Inc. uses integration of technology and O2O business mode, and collaborate with Packers in different cities to make this happen.
=== Business to Business (B2B)：Giftpack.ai ===
On B2B side, Giftpack.ai is a AI-powered gifting platform for corporates.
The way it functions is to use keywords provided by senders, analyze with social media accounts and other information to pick the most suitable gifts for each person, and deliver the gift by cross-borders logistics services.
== Awards & Prizes ==
Giftpack, Inc. was graduated from Open Network Lab Accelerator in Tokyo, Japan in 2018, attended Forbes 30 Under 30 at annual stage in Boston, U.S.A, and joined one of the biggest technology seminar in Asia, RISE 2018. It was awarded with "Leaders of Innovation Award" in Hong Kong, 2019, reported by KOTRA Korea to be the "Annual Trending Service" in 2020, and won "Connecting the World" award in "Glowing, Global, Go (G Camp)" in Taiwan. The headquarter is now located in Manhattan New York City, U.S.A, can owns offices in Taipei, Taiwan, Tokyo, Japan, and San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A, providing service in 22 cities, in 6 countries around the world.
Giftpack, Inc. Awards & Prizes Timeline
Year	Month 	Name of Events 	Location 	Awards / Prizes
2018	June 	Open Network Lab Accelerator	Tokyo, Japan 	Graduated
2018	June 	Plug and Play 	U.S.A 	-
2018	July 	RISE Conference 	Hong Kong 	Invited
2018	September	Frobes Under 30 Summit 	Boston, U.S.A 	Invited
2018	December 	Leaders of Innovation Award 	Hong Kong 	Best Innovative Service in 2019
2019	September	Techcrunch SF Disrupt 	San Francisco, U.S.A	Attended
2019	October 	KOTRA 	Korea 	Annual Trending Service
2020	August 	G Camp 	Taiwan 	Connecting the World
2020	September	K-Startup Grand Challenge 	Korea 	In progress (last updated: 09/20/2020)
== Service Areas ==
Giftpack, Inc. provides two types of service: B2C and B2B. B2B is in service worldwide in collaboration with global cross-borders logistics service. Below is a list of service areas on the B2C side.
Giftpack (B2C) Service Areas
Country / Area	City 	Service Condition	Note
U.S.A 	San Francisco 	Temporary Closed 	Due to COVID-19
U.S.A 	New York 	Temporary Closed 	Due to COVID-19
Taiwan 	Taipei 	Available 	-
Taiwan 	New Taipei City	Available 	-
Taiwan 	Taichung 	Available 	-
Taiwan 	Kaohsiung 	Available 	-
Taiwan 	Keelung 	Available 	-
Taiwan 	Hisnchu 	Available 	-
Taiwan 	Taoyuan 	Available 	-
Taiwan 	Tainan 	Available 	-
Taiwan 	Miaoli 	Available 	-
Taiwan 	Nantou 	Available 	-
Taiwan 	Changhua 	Available 	-
Taiwan 	Chiayi 	Available 	-
Taiwan 	Yunlin 	Available 	-
Taiwan 	Pingtung 	Available 	-
Japan 	Tokyo 	Available 	-
Japan 	Osaka 	Available 	-
Japan 	Yokohama 	Available 	-
Singapore 	Singapore City 	Temporary Cloed 	Due to COVID-19
Australia 	Sydney 	Available 	
Hong Kong 	Hong Kong 	Temporary Cloed 	Due to COVID-19
China 	Beijing 	Opening Soon 	
France 	Paris 	Opening Soon 	
Thailand 	Bangkok 	Opening Soon 	
Malaysia 	Kuala Lumpur 	Opening Soon 	
== COVID-19 Responses ==
Giftpack, Inc. provided tutorials for Packers, including demanding delivers to self-test health, wear masks, and bring disinfection necessities while delivering.
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Category:AI-powered gifting platform