Mexico’s Yalo Chat, which builds chatbots for companies like Facebook, has expanded to China with the launch of an office in Shanghai.

The expansion into China is predicted to help the company increase its revenue by five times, with the technology startup expected to post US$10 million in revenue for 2017, according to Mexican media.

The company has agreed to build chatbots for WeChat, China’s most popular social media app with more than 1 billion users. It is not yet clear how many people Yalo Chat will hire for its offices in China to support this.

Although only a few Latin American firms have been successful in China, Yalo Chat is expected to make huge inroads into the local technology market thanks to its sophisticated know-how of chatbots and artificial intelligence.

Jointly founded by Javier Mata, César García, Fred Allen, and Sebastián Godoy, Yalo has been a runaway success, becoming one of the first firms to build chatbots for social media giant Facebook.

Among its other existing clients are Walmart, Motorola, Lenovo, Nike, Volkswagen, and Aeromexico.

Messaging platforms are very popular in China and they have have created immense potential for chatbots. Analysts say bots will soon assume many diverse roles, with uses ranging from personal assistants, entertainment, news, travel, customer service agents, and promotions, among others.

AI-powered bots will not only help in measuring customer satisfaction and improve quality of service, they will also enhance cost-effectiveness as a result.

Over the past few years, many Mexican companies have opened up offices in China, including breadmaker Bimbo and Sukarne, the country’s largest beef exporter.