Where the name Tishi comes from
The company name is made of two Chinese characters and is pronounced like the Chinese word for “prompt”. This post explains what it means and how it is written in English.
Our company name in Chinese is 提市. Chinese readers often take it for a misspelling of 提示, the word for “prompt”. This post explains the name.
Meaning
- 提 means to lift or raise.
- 市 means a marketplace. The Book of Changes describes an early market: “At noon a market was held. It gathered the people and the goods of the world. They traded, went home, and each found what they needed.”
Together the two characters express the company's goal: to bring the capability of AI to more people, so that each can get from it what they need.
The same sound as “prompt”
提市 is pronounced tí shì, the same as 提示, “prompt” — the instruction a user gives an AI. We kept the similarity because our products are designed around the path from a single instruction to a completed piece of work.
English name
In English we use the pinyin, Tishi, pronounced roughly “tee-shee”.