
SiliconFlow raises 2 billion yuan in latest funding round to target AI middleware market
By Hu Minghe AI startup SiliconFlow has raised more than 2 billion yuan ($294 million) in a new…

Tencent’s AI chief pushes back against ‘laggard’ criticisms, says group is playing the long game
By Lian Ran Tencent’s chief AI scientist has pushed back against criticism that the company has…

Li Kaifu’s Zero One targets IPO after strategic pivot from frontier AI models to enterprise applications
By Song Sihang Inside the Beijing headquarters of Chinese AI startup Zero One, also known as 01.AI, the…

Top AI researchers command celebrity-level pay as China’s talent war intensifies
By Chen Jiahui and Zhao Lei China’s race to dominate artificial intelligence is driving researcher pay…

ByteDance’s bold bet: can its Doubao AI champion make subscriptions work in China
By Lian Ran ByteDance’s AI assistant Doubao is preparing to charge users — a move that…

DeepSeek’s deep silence: longest blackout since launch fuels speculation of a radical shift
By Brent Li When DeepSeek’s AI assistant went down on March 29 at around 10 p.m. Beijing time,…

Xiaomi releases MiMo-V2 models to challenge top-tier AI players, power smartphone agents
By Brent Li Chinese technology group Xiaomi launched its three latest large language models (LLMs) on March 19.…

How China’s consumer gala exposed the AI black market poisoning the internet
By Da Cheung March 15 is world consumer rights day and in China that involves exposing…




