Founder’s HK$600 million personal investment comes as Alibaba chairman and CEO also purchased shares after company’s first issuance since 2019.
The Chinese division is betting on a high-stakes, home-grown supply chain pivot to bypass suspended European wafer shipments.
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The personal investments from Joe Tsai and Eddie Wu follow firm’s 710 million share sale, one of China’s largest AI fundraising efforts.
After losing top founders in artificial intelligence to rivals, the southern province aims to better attract, retain talent.
Disrupted supply chains could complicate efforts of Chinese firms to expand globally in the fast-growing drone industry, while raising costs for American buyers.
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Guangdong province deepens ties with China tech giant to boost digital innovation by focusing on AI, semiconductors and smart services.
The Chinese AI chip developer plans a listing in Hong Kong to deepen its ‘international strategic footprint’.
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Amid lower domestic fuel prices and weak domestic demand, the national consumer price index rose 0.5 per cent last month.
Unicorn dismantles offshore structure to pave way for potential listing as investor appetite surges after release of Kimi K3 model.
The start-up joins a growing list of domestic robot makers in China raising capital.
Spirit AI’s Spirit v1.6 briefly dethroned Nvidia on the RoboArena robotics benchmark, but the model was then removed following a methodology overhaul.
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China’s tech giants are luring fresh AI graduates by offering salaries that are 16 times the national average.
In July alone, Situational Awareness, which bet heavily on the AI supply chain, reportedly saw its portfolio value plummet 67 per cent.
Company’s projected annual AI revenue is the largest known to the public among Chinese rivals, but still far behind US AI firms.
Chinese open-weight models are gaining wider adoption overseas, raising concerns in Washington over China’s accelerating AI progress.
Tech founders are not known for ‘restraint’. But a transcript shows Liang Wenfeng is chasing an ultimate goal in AI, not short-term gains.
Leading robot maker plans a Hong Kong IPO with Citic, CICC, and Morgan Stanley as sponsors.
Existing backers Ant Group and Alibaba Group Holding join the equity financing round alongside undisclosed institutional investors.
Market regulator expected to close investigation into top online travel service provider, with potential fines running into billions of yuan.
Preview reflects the latest phase in China’s AI push, as domestic labs chase parity with US heavyweights.
Regulatory headwinds, alongside prolonged IPO delays, have severely dented the unicorn’s valuation.
The US$737 million yuan fund for semiconductor investment to support chip firms with ‘substantial technical know-how and resources’.
Beijing clears the online retail giant to seek an initial public offering in Hong Kong, after its plans to float in London and New York hit a dead end.
Beijing aims to ‘temporarily ease the training bottleneck’ in China’s AI industry, but it remains focused on tech self-sufficiency, analysts say.
UBS and Jefferies project the firm’s revenue to accelerate to 9% in June quarter, well above the 3% recorded in the previous quarter.
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The pace is the fastest since 2021 though momentum for some start-ups remains uncertain, according to a new report.
Like maritime trade centuries ago, the space economy is built on high-risk, high-value journeys. Hong Kong wants to be its insurance hub.
Shanghai-based Fysics AI says Fysiverse is a ‘new-generation physics-based world model that adheres to real-world physical laws’.
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Chinese media investigation alleges Meituan paid merchants to expose rival practices while facing similar complaints itself.
New model ranks second globally on Code Arena list for front-end web development tasks, trailing only Anthropic flagship Claude Fable 5.