ByteDance released Seedance 2.5, its latest video-generation model, which can generate a 30-second high-quality video clip in a single run and supports multi-turn extension for longer sequences. The m…
China's securities regulator approved Unitree Robotics' registration application on July 1, moving the Hangzhou-based quadruped and humanoid robot maker closer to an IPO on Shanghai's STAR Market. The…
Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 is now available through Fireworks AI on Microsoft's Foundry platform, giving Azure customers a managed route to run the model via OpenAI-compatible APIs. Fireworks lists Kimi am…
Zhongji Innolight raised HK$53.41 billion ($6.81 billion) in its Hong Kong H-share IPO, pricing shares at HK$980 each, with trading set to begin July 30. The retail tranche was 9.17 times oversubscrib…
Coolpad plans to expand into AI infrastructure in 2026, covering AI computing devices, intelligent storage systems and integrated solutions, according to a Hong Kong Stock Exchange filing. The company…
Moonshot AI has closed a $3.5 billion funding round at a $35 billion valuation, according to Bloomberg. The Beijing-based company's annual recurring revenue rose from $100 million in March to $300 mil…
ByteDance restructured its AI business by merging the Feishu product team with the Doubao product team to form a new Doubao product organization, while Feishu's GTM team will integrate with Volcano En…
Samsung Electronics is reportedly considering using cost-competitive Chinese-made DRAM chips to strengthen its position in China's entry- and mid-level smartphone market, according to South Korean med…
InfiMaker, a startup founded in 2024, launched the K1, a desktop 5-axis CNC platform that uses AI to simplify industrial-grade precision machining for individual users. Founder and CEO Bowen Xie said …
Tencent on Monday announced the return of its classic virtual pet service, QQ Pet, redesigned with 3D character models and powered by Tencent's in-house Hunyuan Hy3 large language model, which support…
Chinese humanoid robot maker AgiBot has initiated the process for a Hong Kong IPO, according to reports. The Shanghai-based company, founded in 2023, develops humanoid robots and embodied AI systems f…
Moonshot AI will release the model weights for Kimi K3 on July 27, enabling developers to download, modify, and host the 2.8-trillion-parameter model independently. The Beijing-based company positions…
Chinese autonomous driving company Momenta has launched its Robovan autonomous freight business, with vehicles already operating in Suzhou's Xiangcheng district for express and overnight delivery usin…
Tencent's workplace communication platform Enterprise WeChat has opened beta testing of an AI assistant named Dayuan, which users can activate by swiping left from any interface to access documents, s…
Chinese AI models cost roughly one-tenth as much to train as comparable overseas systems and have API prices at 10% to 20% of foreign alternatives, according to UBS estimates. This cost advantage, bui…
Intel and AMD are signing longer-term purchase commitments with Chinese server customers for data-center processors as prices rise, with some agreements covering about one year and discussions of two …
Alibaba is internally testing a standalone workplace AI product called Qwen Office, separate from its Tongyi Qianwen assistant, focusing on intelligent collaboration for office workflows. The company …
Microsoft is internally testing Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 and evaluating whether to move some Copilot inference requests from OpenAI and Anthropic models to Kimi K3, The Information reported. Microsoft es…
IQIYI has launched *Qitan: Paper Blade Across the Wasteland*, the first AIGC online story film in China to receive a Network Drama/Film Distribution License. The 60-minute film, co-produced with DaMen…
DeepSeek, the Chinese AI developer behind the open-source R1 reasoning model, is prioritizing artificial general intelligence (AGI) research over building a consumer platform or maximizing near-term r…