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When the Phone Won't Stop: One AI Platform's Fight to Stay Relevant

Z.ai found itself scrambling after falling behind in the enterprise AI race - then a new model release changed everything in a single weekend.

By Wei Zhang·Sep 2, 2026·4 min read
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Bolt Founder Stakes $5 Million on His Own Rescue Plan

Ryan Breslow is back at the helm of his once-$11 billion checkout startup, now raising up to $27 million in a bridge round with punitive ter

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
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Foreign Capital Flows Back to Chinese Equities on AI and Green-Tech Bets

Global fund managers increased yuan-denominated stock positions by 87 percent in Q2, signaling renewed confidence in mainland hardware and e

Wei Zhang ·   · 5m
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Andreessen Horowitz Adds $1.75B to Growth Fund, Bringing Total to $8.5B

The expansion comes less than a week after the firm raised $1.1 billion for its Machine Age Fund, signaling aggressive positioning in an AI-

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 4m
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Clipto Reaches $250M Valuation With Local-First AI Search for Video Libraries

The San Francisco and Asia-based startup indexes terabytes of user content locally, betting that media search can remain a standalone produc

Mei-Lin Tan ·   · 5m
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UBTech Sells 921 Full-Size Humanoids in Six Months as Robot Revenue Surges

The Hong Kong-listed robotics firm flipped its revenue mix toward industrial humanoids, with embodied AI products now driving nearly half of

Wei Zhang ·   · 5m
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Stripe Walks Away from PayPal Deal After Stock Rally

Rising valuations and financing pressures kill what could have been one of the largest leveraged buyouts in fintech history.

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 4m
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Auto Giants Pour Billions Into Humanoid Robots as EV Margins Collapse

Chinese carmakers are racing to replicate Tesla's robotics pivot, betting that machines can deliver the profits that vehicles no longer can.

Wei Zhang ·   · 5m
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China's Capacitor Makers See Revenue Surge on AI Server Demand

Manufacturers of multilayer ceramic capacitors report sharp first-half gains as artificial intelligence hardware drives unprecedented compon

Wei Zhang ·   · 4m
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Retro Closes Series A Above $21 Million as Subscriptions Surge

The private photo-sharing platform built by ex-Instagram engineers is betting users will pay to avoid algorithms and ads.

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
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The Missing Layer in Embodied AI: Why JD.com Is Building Infrastructure for Robots

China's e-commerce giant is betting that the robotics industry's bottleneck isn't hardware or models - it's the foundational systems that co

Wei Zhang ·   · 6m
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Stockholm's Founder Culture Shift Fuels New Wave of European Tech

Sweden's startup ecosystem is on track for $5 billion in funding this year as entrepreneurship becomes a top career choice and American capi

Marcus Halloran ·   · 5m
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OpenAI Lands Meta's India and Southeast Asia Chief Amid Regulatory Turbulence

Sandhya Devanathan's move to Singapore reflects OpenAI's aggressive Asia expansion while Meta navigates content moderation controversies acr

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
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CXMT Revenue Climbs 873% as China's DRAM Champion Scales Production

Hefei chipmaker's first earnings since Shanghai debut reveal the rewards and risks of racing to break foreign memory dominance

Wei Zhang ·   · 4m
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Noah Medical Prepares Hong Kong IPO to Unlock China's Surgical Robotics Market

The SoftBank-backed firm is targeting over $100 million in a listing that reflects deepening capital flows between US innovation hubs and As

Mei-Lin Tan ·   · 5m
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Why Cash-Rich Companies Still Need to Go Public

Shein's Hong Kong listing reveals that IPOs serve purposes beyond simply raising capital, from resolving balance-sheet complexity to settlin

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
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Meituan Returns to Profit as China's Food Delivery Price War Cools

The Beijing on-demand giant posted $372 million in adjusted profit for Q2, but faces mounting competition from ByteDance's Douyin as subsidi

Wei Zhang ·   · 4m
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Barret Zoph Lands at Google After Brief OpenAI Return and Thinking Machines Exit

The researcher's third move in eight months underscores the extraordinary fluidity - and instability - reshaping AI leadership across Silico

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 7m
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Unitree's Post-IPO Slide Exposes Cracks in China's Humanoid Robot Rally

The robotics company's shares have fallen 48% from their debut peak, prompting investors to question whether enthusiasm for humanoid platfor

Wei Zhang ·   · 5m
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A 23-Year-Old Founder Just Raised $350 Million for an AI Assistant You Probably Can't Use Yet

Instinct's meteoric rise to a $2.5 billion valuation highlights investor appetite for agent-based AI, even as privacy questions swirl around

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
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Bengaluru's Runable Raises $21M to Turn AI Agents Into Growth Engines

The Indian startup is moving beyond website and app creation to help small businesses find customers, run campaigns, and scale with minimal

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 4m
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Middle-Mile Autonomy Attracts $200M as Gatik Proves Commercial Viability

The box-truck specialist now runs dozens of driverless vehicles across multiple U.S. markets, with $600 million in contracted revenue and ba

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
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Voice AI Startup Ringg Adds $10M to Push Beyond Simple Phone Calls

The Bengaluru company is moving from high-volume outbound calling to complex enterprise workflows like KYC and appointment booking, now hand

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
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DeepSeek Lines Up Pre-IPO Round at $74 Billion Valuation Ahead of Shanghai Listing

The Chinese AI startup is raising up to 50 billion yuan as it prepares for a 2027 public market debut on the Star Market

Wei Zhang ·   · 4m
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Japanese Financial Giant Links Up with Australian VC for Quantum and AI Fund

Daiwa Corporate Investment targets $143 million raise to back growth-stage companies in quantum navigation, food tech, and deep tech sectors

Mei-Lin Tan ·   · 4m