Insta360 held the 2026 Bold Maker Smart Imaging Challenge in Nanjing, where over 220 young makers developed prototypes in four days and three nights, and 15 teams advanced to the finals competing for 300,000 RMB in cash and 200,000 RMB in prizes. Entries covered assistive travel for the visually impaired, pet oral imaging, sign language recognition, and underwater panoramic capture. During the event, Insta360's chief AI officer Qi Lu introduced the company's AI roadmap dividing smart imaging into select, shoot, edit, and share stages, and publicly revealed the Mobile Photographer initiative for the first time.