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AI & Tech

Manus Seeks $4B Valuation in $500M Fundraise as It Resumes Ops

Chinese AI startup Manus is raising $500 million at a $4 billion valuation to regain independence after its proposed merger…

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AI & Tech

Z.ai Raises $5bn in Hong Kong With $3bn Zero-Interest Bonds

Z.ai secured approximately $5 billion through a hybrid financing strategy combining a $2 billion equity placement and $3 billion in…

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AI & Tech

China Profits Surge 25.7% as CSI 300, Star 50 Plunge

Chinese corporate earnings surged 25.7% in the second quarter, driven almost exclusively by AI-linked firms, yet major market indices like…

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AI & Tech

Clipto AI Valued at $250M After Scanning Terabytes of Video

Clipto secured $15 million in equity funding, achieving a post-money valuation of $250 million to support its mission of indexing…

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Artificial Intelligence

SoftBank Plans $6.3B Retail Bond Sale in Japan

SoftBank is issuing a historic ¥1 trillion retail bond to fund its $60 billion commitment to OpenAI, marking Japan’s largest…

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Artificial Intelligence

Alibaba Raises $10B, Launches 30-Second Wan3.0 Video Model

Alibaba has launched its new video generation model, Wan3.0, following a $10.2 billion capital raise dedicated to AI development, marking…

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Artificial Intelligence

Alibaba raises $10.2B, invests fully in AI

Alibaba is raising HK$80bn ($10.2bn) through new shares on the Hong Kong exchange, with 100% of proceeds earmarked for AI…

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Gadgets

We Bought a $500 Fake Rolex So Real That Rolex Was Fooled

A journalist visits Rolex's London flagship store with a counterfeit Oyster Perpetual watch, requesting a routine bracelet adjustment, and the…

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AI & Tech

Nvidia’s H200 Ships to China, but Maybe Not Mainland

Nvidia's H200 chips have begun shipping to Chinese firms like ByteDance and Tencent (~10,000 units each), but this is far…

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AI & Tech

Trump-backed crypto firm sells Chinese AI his admin blocks

A Trump-linked crypto venture, World Liberty Financial, backs Hong Kong-based WorldClaw, which resells AI models from Chinese companies blacklisted by…

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AI & Tech

Robinhood launches fund for Y Combinator startups – anyone can invest

Robinhood is launching Robinhood Ventures Fund II (ticker RVII), offering 7.6 million shares at $25 each on the NYSE, with…

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AI & Tech

Stellar Blade Dev Apologizes After AI Music Video Sparks Backlash

Shift Up faces backlash for releasing an AI-generated music video for its "Blood Rain" sequel, with fans criticizing the studio's…

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AI & Tech

Hermes AI agent automates attack on Thai Finance Ministry

A threat actor used the open-source Hermes AI agent in unattended "YOLO" mode to automate post-exploitation activities during an apparent…

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AI & Tech

China’s Psibot reaches $1.48bn value with ‘world models’ bet

Psibot, a Chinese startup founded last year, is raising nearly $100 million at a $1.48 billion valuation led by automaker…

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AI & Tech

01.AI shifts from AI models to enterprise data, eyes Hong Kong IPO

Kai-Fu Lee's 01.ai is raising a pre-IPO round and planning a Hong Kong listing in 2027, having pivoted from building…

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AI & Tech

Zhongji Innolight targets $8bn Hong Kong IPO

Zhongji Innolight, a Chinese manufacturer of high-speed optical transceivers essential for AI data centers, is preparing a Hong Kong IPO…

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Artificial Intelligence

Moonshot targets Hong Kong IPO within 6 months at $30B valuation

Moonshot AI plans to pursue a Hong Kong IPO within six months, targeting a valuation over $30 billion after reaching…

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AI & Tech

Eoptolink Files for $5 Billion Hong Kong AI Listing

Chinese optical transceiver manufacturer Eoptolink has applied for a secondary Hong Kong listing, aiming to raise up to $5 billion,exceeding…

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AI & Tech

LimX Dynamics hits $2.2B valuation in humanoid robotics

LimX Dynamics, a Chinese humanoid robotics startup, raised $200 million at a $2.21 billion valuation in a pre-IPO round led…

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AI & Tech

MiniMax secures $2bn as CEO works without pay until AGI

MiniMax’s founder Yan Junjie announced he will forgo his salary until AGI is achieved and will donate 5% of his…

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