Ayla Networks, the California-headquartered internet-of-things solution provider, announced today that Jeff Xiong, former co-CTO at Tencent, has joined the company’s advisory board. Ayla Networks creates Ayla-enabled chipsets, mobile app development and Cloud-based services to connect any device to the internet. Ayla China has had several Chinese clients such as Yifang and Devotion Boilers, and is working on a WeChat hardware platform. Jeff Xiong believes Ayla Networks’ technologies and experience are three years ahead of the standard in China. He said that 7 Seas Ventures would possibly join Ayla Networks’s next fund-raising round.