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General-purpose robotics company Sharpa raises over 4.5 billion yuan in funding, backed by Alibaba, Tencent, and others.
According to LatePost, general-purpose robotics company Sharpa has raised over 4.5 billion yuan in funding. Investors include corporate backers such as Alibaba, Meituan, Tencent, and JD.com, as well as investment firms like Sequoia China, Qiming Venture Partners, and Meituan Dragon Fund, bringing its post-money valuation to 22 billion yuan. This marks the first time Sharpa has publicly disclosed a financing round since its founding.
Jack Ma Increases Stake in Alibaba's Hong Kong-Listed Shares by Over HK$600 Million; US-Listed Stock Rises Approximately 2% in Pre-Market Trading
According to The Securities Times citing sources, as Alibaba launched a placement to raise capital, founder Jack Ma has purchased additional shares of the company's Hong Kong-listed stock over consecutive days, with a total value exceeding HK$600 million. According to Bitget market data, possibly influenced by this news, Alibaba's US-listed stock (BABA.N) rose approximately 2% in pre-market trading, following an earlier drop of more than 1%.
XPeng Robotics Subsidiary Plans to Raise Over $900 Million, Post-Money Valuation Exceeds $6.3 Billion
XPeng (NYSE: XPEV)'s robot subsidiary has signed a stock purchase agreement with investors, planning to raise over $900 million at a post-money valuation exceeding $6.3 billion. XPeng stated that this is the largest single funding round for a Chinese company in the robotics sector to date. IDG Capital led the round, with Tencent and Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) participating as strategic investors.
Alibaba-backed robotics company LimX reportedly plans a Hong Kong IPO, aiming to raise up to $300 million.
According to Bloomberg, people familiar with the matter said that Shenzhen-based robotics company LimX Dynamics has confidentially filed for a Hong Kong initial public offering, planning to raise up to $300 million. The company is working with CITIC Securities to advance the transaction. This move comes as several Chinese robotics companies prepare to go public.
Ant International announced it has completed approximately $1.2 billion in Series A financing, with Ant Group, Alibaba, and others participating in the investment.
According to The Paper, Ant International announced that it has completed its Series A funding round. Ant Group, along with some existing shareholders including Alibaba and multiple well-known international investment institutions, participated in this round. It is reported that the funding amount is approximately $1.2 billion, which will be used to expand global business, accelerate investment in frontier technologies such as AI, broaden inclusive fintech services such as cross-border payments and global accounts, and help global merchants achieve growth.
AI Giants Shake Up Capital Markets: SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic Could Create the Biggest Exit Wave in US VC History
the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and PitchBook recently released the "Venture Monitor" report, noting that after SpaceX's listing and the potential IPOs of Anthropic and OpenAI, the combined value generated by these three companies will reach an unprecedented level. The report states: "With SpaceX going public, combined with the future exits of these companies, the value created will surpass the total exit value of all US VC-backed companies since 2000." The core factor lies in the extremely high valuation expectations of these three companies.SpaceX is currently valued at approximately $1.77 trillion, while Anthropic and OpenAI are also moving towards multi-trillion-dollar enterprise valuations. The market estimates that the combined valuation of the three companies could exceed $4 trillion. This scale far surpasses past large-scale tech IPOs. Data from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shows that total US IPO fundraising last year was about $70 billion, whereas SpaceX's single-company valuation has already reached a level that traditional large-scale IPOs find hard to match. As a once-highly-watched tech IPO case, Uber was valued at around $84 billion when it went public in 2019, which is less than 5% of SpaceX's current valuation.However, the comparison by NVCA and PitchBook is based on "enterprise value created," not the actual cash-out amounts for investors. Additionally, the analysis does not include non-US companies like Alibaba. Furthermore, the value created by already-public companies such as Apple, Google Android, YouTube, and Instagram is not counted in the VC exit statistics.The report points out that over the past 25 years, the US tech market has seen several historic IPOs, including Google in 2004, Tesla in 2010, and Meta in 2012. These companies have since become some of the world's most valuable enterprises. Additionally, companies like LinkedIn, Slack, and WhatsApp were acquired for over $20 billion.The NVCA believes that the current IPO cycle driven by artificial intelligence (AI) could further break these records. The analysis suggests two main reasons driving this trend:First, tech companies are staying private for longer periods than in the past, accumulating higher valuations through prolonged financing and business expansion. If today's Google were in its early stages, it might also choose to go public later to achieve a higher market valuation.Second, the AI industry is highly capital-intensive. Training large AI models requires massive investment, pushing AI companies to continuously raise substantial funds and driving rapid valuation growth.Industry insiders believe that the potential scale of IPOs by SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI will test the capacity of the US capital market. As AI companies transition from the private financing stage to the public market, how trillions of dollars in tech assets flow into the stock market will become a focus for investors. (DigitalToday)
US Agencies Accuse Multiple Chinese AI Companies of Obtaining US Firms' Model Information Through "Distillation"
Bloomberg reported that the U.S. National Security Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency alleged in a joint statement that Chinese artificial intelligence companies, including DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, Alibaba, MiniMax, StepFun, and Zhongai Think Tank, have been using model “distillation” technology on an “industrial scale” to extract proprietary information from U.S. AI models and apply it to train their own systems since at least 2024. The U.S. agencies simultaneously warned Silicon Valley developers to strengthen protections for related outputs.
AMD middle managers accused of diverting multiple engineers to ATOM inference engine project with almost no customers
Odaily News: SemiAnalysis posted on X that AMD middle managers are spending the time of more than 20 engineers trying to expand their sphere of influence and secure promotions through a useless side project called the "ATOM Inference Engine," rather than allocating those resources to inference engines actually being used by real customers like Meta and xAI, such as SGLang and vLLM.SemiAnalysis said that dozens of AMD engineers, including principal engineers and AMD Fellows, have privately contacted the firm, stating that due to internal office politics at AMD and support from some middle managers, they are unable to discuss their concerns internally. Middle managers are consuming the time of more than 20 full-time engineers to develop this side project with almost no customers, and the engineers involved are all "10x engineers" who should have been dedicated to developing customer-facing inference engines like vLLM and SGLang.SemiAnalysis said that middle managers will likely respond by pointing to the only customer using the project in a production environment—Alibaba, based on Qwen—but further investigation shows that this is merely a limited deployment of ATOM by Alibaba's enterprise business unit, not the main business unit behind Qwen.SemiAnalysis stated that AMD management has diverted resources and limited internal GPU R&D clusters away from engineers supporting production-grade inference engines such as vLLM and SGLang, instead using them to expand their own influence and engage in office politics, showing a profound lack of respect for AMD engineers.
Polymarket new: "Will the US government revoke public access to another major AI model?"
The PPP Prediction Market tool monitors that Polymarket has listed a new event: "Will the US government revoke public access to another major AI model?" The current probability is reported at 33%.The settlement rules state: If the US federal government, by the end of 2026, passes relevant legislation, issues an executive order, implements export controls, or takes any other action that substantially restricts US public access to a major AI model, the market outcome will be "Yes." Otherwise, the outcome will be "No." A "qualifying action" refers to a formal measure taken by the US government, the effect of which is equivalent to completely prohibiting the public from accessing a specific AI model within the United States. Furthermore, the settlement rules emphasize that regardless of the action's true purpose or nominal goal; if the action effectively results in the public being unable to access the model within the US—for example, prohibiting the model from being provided to foreign citizens or governments, as long as the general public cannot access the model through conventional channels within the US—it meets the qualification requirements. Merely excluding access to the model from a single channel is insufficient. Removals of public access that are not caused by any formal action of the US government are not eligible."Mainstream AI model" refers to the flagship, general-purpose large language model or multimodal foundation model developed by one of the following companies: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google (including Google DeepMind), Meta, xAI, Microsoft, Amazon, Mistral AI, DeepSeek, Alibaba, ByteDance, Moonshot AI, and Zhipu AI (Z.ai). Models designed for specific tasks, or those that are outdated, used solely for research or preview purposes, do not meet this criterion.The action can target a single model or a group of models, as long as at least one major AI model becomes inaccessible to the public within the US as a result. A temporary suspension of public access to a model meets this condition. However, if an action has been implemented or a related resolution has been issued, but the public can still access the model before the resolution takes effect, that action does not meet the condition.The information sources for this market are official announcements and information from the US government and the relevant AI companies. However, reliable media reports may also be referenced to form a consensus.The Odaily Seer Channel continues to monitor prediction markets, observing changes before prices are set.
U.S. Approves Sale of NVIDIA H200 Chips to 10 Chinese Companies
According to a Reuters report, the U.S. has approved the sale of NVIDIA H200 AI chips to 10 Chinese companies, including Alibaba, Tencent, and ByteDance; however, no chips have been delivered yet, and related transactions have stalled. The report notes that NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang joined the U.S. delegation during President Donald Trump’s visit to China in an effort to advance H200 chip sales in China. The U.S. Department of Commerce has also authorized certain distributors—including Lenovo and Foxconn—to directly procure and resell the chips. Yet, due to stringent U.S. restrictions on H200 exports—including security, end-use, revenue-sharing, and legal requirements—these conditions conflict with China’s supply-chain security policies, resulting in increasingly strict order approvals.
The United States has approved about 10 Chinese companies to purchase H200 chips, with each company capped at 75,000 units
, May 14 - Currently, around 10 Chinese companies have been granted permission to purchase H200 chips. The buyers include Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance, and JD.com, while Lenovo and Foxconn have been approved as distributors. According to the U.S. license, each customer can purchase up to 75,000 H200 chips, but no shipments have yet been made. China has rejected the Trump administration's mandatory requirement for chips to transit through the U.S. and a 25% fee, and has instructed companies to halt purchases. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang temporarily accepted an invitation from Trump to join the White House delegation to China and participate in high-level meetings this week. (Reuters)
AMD middle managers accused of diverting multiple engineers to ATOM inference engine project with almost no customers
Odaily News: SemiAnalysis posted on X that AMD middle managers are spending the time of more than 20 engineers trying to expand their sphere of influence and secure promotions through a useless side project called the "ATOM Inference Engine," rather than allocating those resources to inference engines actually being used by real customers like Meta and xAI, such as SGLang and vLLM.SemiAnalysis said that dozens of AMD engineers, including principal engineers and AMD Fellows, have privately contacted the firm, stating that due to internal office politics at AMD and support from some middle managers, they are unable to discuss their concerns internally. Middle managers are consuming the time of more than 20 full-time engineers to develop this side project with almost no customers, and the engineers involved are all "10x engineers" who should have been dedicated to developing customer-facing inference engines like vLLM and SGLang.SemiAnalysis said that middle managers will likely respond by pointing to the only customer using the project in a production environment—Alibaba, based on Qwen—but further investigation shows that this is merely a limited deployment of ATOM by Alibaba's enterprise business unit, not the main business unit behind Qwen.SemiAnalysis stated that AMD management has diverted resources and limited internal GPU R&D clusters away from engineers supporting production-grade inference engines such as vLLM and SGLang, instead using them to expand their own influence and engage in office politics, showing a profound lack of respect for AMD engineers.
Alibaba-backed robotics company LimX reportedly plans a Hong Kong IPO, aiming to raise up to $300 million.
According to Bloomberg, people familiar with the matter said that Shenzhen-based robotics company LimX Dynamics has confidentially filed for a Hong Kong initial public offering, planning to raise up to $300 million. The company is working with CITIC Securities to advance the transaction. This move comes as several Chinese robotics companies prepare to go public.
Hugging Face Report: GGUF Repository Growth Rate Reaches 464%, Community Converted Version Count 527 Times Official
According to Forbes, Hugging Face released the 2026 Summer Open Source Model Ecosystem Report, revealing that a widely overlooked community distribution layer is expanding rapidly. The report shows that in the first seven months of 2026, model repositories on the Hub grew by 21.5%, while GGUF format repositories grew by as much as 464%, more than 20 times the growth rate of the model layer. Taking the Alibaba Qwen model as an example, there are a total of 28,531 GGUF converted versions on the Hub, while Qwen officially released only 54, with the number of community-produced artifacts far exceeding the official versions. The report also points out that the third largest source of derived models is not frontier labs, but rather the downstream quantization publisher Unsloth. In response to this, the report recommends enterprises adopt a "Software Bill of Materials" approach to record model upstream repository versions, conversion recipes, publisher information, and artifact hash values, rather than relying solely on model names for management; and calls on major labs to also provide signed official GGUF converted versions while releasing weights, to bridge the gap between test versions and actual deployment versions.
Alibaba AI Music Model "Happy Xiami" 1.0 Launches, Supports Full-song Generation
Alibaba AI Music Model "HappyShrimp" 1.0 Launches, Supports Full Song Generation Alibaba announced today the official launch of the AI music model HappyShrimp 1.0 (Chinese name "Happy Shrimp"), supporting end-to-end full song generation. The model can accurately understand natural language, transforming emotions, stories, or memories into complete music. Addressing pain points such as mechanical vocals and lyrics-melody misalignment, the model achieves breakthroughs in sound details and musicality, and can understand professional expressions such as "Lo-fi R&B" as well as emotions, scenes, and narratives. Effective immediately, the model is available simultaneously on the PC web platform domestically and overseas.
Alibaba’s Qwen Model Surpasses 3 Billion Downloads, Tops Global Open-Source AI Models
Odaily News Alibaba Group's open-source large model family Qwen has surpassed 3 billion cumulative global downloads over the past six months, exceeding competitors including Meta and Alphabet to become the most-downloaded open-source AI model to date. Alibaba stated that the Qwen series has open-sourced over 460 models, with more than 300,000 derivative models in the ecosystem. According to Hugging Face's "State of Open Models" report, Google models recorded approximately 418 million downloads in 2026, while Meta saw around 227 million. The report noted that Qwen has become one of the "default workflows" for developers when fine-tuning and deploying models, positioning Alibaba as a key foundation in the open AI ecosystem. (Bloomberg)
AMD Announces "Day 0" Support for Alibaba's Qwen3.8 27B Model
Odaily News - AMD has announced "Day 0" support for Qwen3.8 27B, the latest-generation model from Alibaba's Tongyi Qianwen (Qwen) series, enabling developers to run this large-scale open-source AI model locally on AMD hardware on the very day of its release.AMD stated that Qwen3.8 27B is a 27B-parameter intensive model suited for local AI development, continuing the Qwen series' optimization focus on code generation, practical work tasks, scientific research, and long-context AI applications. The model can run via the open-source inference framework llama.cpp on AI PCs and workstations powered by AMD processors, or on a single AMD 32GB graphics card, while also supporting AMD hardware platforms with over 24GB of variable graphics memory (VGM) or VRAM capacity.AMD's preliminary tests show that Qwen3.8 27B delivers strong local inference performance on AMD platforms: up to 24.5 tokens/second on the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor, and up to 51.8 tokens/second on a single Radeon AI PRO R9700 GPU. The tests were conducted on Windows systems using the llama.cpp Vulkan backend with multi-token prediction (MTP) optimization enabled. AMD noted that actual performance still has room for improvement as further software and model optimizations are rolled out.
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US Agencies Accuse Multiple Chinese AI Companies of Obtaining US Firms' Model Information Through "Distillation"
Bloomberg reported that the U.S. National Security Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency alleged in a joint statement that Chinese artificial intelligence companies, including DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, Alibaba, MiniMax, StepFun, and Zhongai Think Tank, have been using model “distillation” technology on an “industrial scale” to extract proprietary information from U.S. AI models and apply it to train their own systems since at least 2024. The U.S. agencies simultaneously warned Silicon Valley developers to strengthen protections for related outputs.
Major U.S. Stock Indices Close Lower, Tesla Rises Over 5%
On Monday, the three major US stock indexes all closed lower: the Dow Jones fell 0.7%, the S&P 500 index dropped 0.33%, and the Nasdaq declined 0.12%. Tesla rose 5.5%, the Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index fell 2.18%, and Alibaba dropped 4%.
General-purpose robotics company Sharpa raises over 4.5 billion yuan in funding, backed by Alibaba, Tencent, and others.
According to LatePost, general-purpose robotics company Sharpa has raised over 4.5 billion yuan in funding. Investors include corporate backers such as Alibaba, Meituan, Tencent, and JD.com, as well as investment firms like Sequoia China, Qiming Venture Partners, and Meituan Dragon Fund, bringing its post-money valuation to 22 billion yuan. This marks the first time Sharpa has publicly disclosed a financing round since its founding.
Polymarket shows probability of Moonshot ranking second among Chinese AI companies by end of August rises to 91%, up 72% in 24 hours
Odaily News: On Polymarket, the probability of Moonshot ranking second on Arena.ai by the end of August is currently 91%, up 72% in 24 hours. The probability of Z.ai ranking second on Arena.ai is currently 5%, down 70% in 24 hours.Checkout Arena.ai's Text Arena Overall leaderboard at 00:00 Beijing time on September 1 (12:00 ET on August 31), turn off Style Control, and sort by Labs.Only AI companies primarily belonging to China's tech ecosystem are counted, such as Alibaba, Moonshot AI, Baidu, Zhipu AI, Xiaomi, DeepSeek, ByteDance, MiniMax, Meituan, Tencent, StepFun, and others.The company with the second-highest Lab Rank among these Chinese AI companies will be the settlement result for this market. If Lab Rank cannot clearly determine the result, compare the highest-ranked model from each company; in case of a tie, compare Arena Score, and if still tied, decide alphabetically by company name.
AMD middle managers accused of diverting multiple engineers to ATOM inference engine project with almost no customers
Odaily News: SemiAnalysis posted on X that AMD middle managers are spending the time of more than 20 engineers trying to expand their sphere of influence and secure promotions through a useless side project called the "ATOM Inference Engine," rather than allocating those resources to inference engines actually being used by real customers like Meta and xAI, such as SGLang and vLLM.SemiAnalysis said that dozens of AMD engineers, including principal engineers and AMD Fellows, have privately contacted the firm, stating that due to internal office politics at AMD and support from some middle managers, they are unable to discuss their concerns internally. Middle managers are consuming the time of more than 20 full-time engineers to develop this side project with almost no customers, and the engineers involved are all "10x engineers" who should have been dedicated to developing customer-facing inference engines like vLLM and SGLang.SemiAnalysis said that middle managers will likely respond by pointing to the only customer using the project in a production environment—Alibaba, based on Qwen—but further investigation shows that this is merely a limited deployment of ATOM by Alibaba's enterprise business unit, not the main business unit behind Qwen.SemiAnalysis stated that AMD management has diverted resources and limited internal GPU R&D clusters away from engineers supporting production-grade inference engines such as vLLM and SGLang, instead using them to expand their own influence and engage in office politics, showing a profound lack of respect for AMD engineers.
Alibaba: Completed placement of a total of 710 million new shares at HK$112.070 per share.
Alibaba (09988.HK) announced that all conditions set out in the placement agreement for the previously disclosed proposed placement of new shares under general mandate have been fulfilled, and the placement was completed on August 26, 2026. The company placed 710 million placement shares at HK$112.7 per share to no less than six placees, representing approximately 3.57% of the total issued shares upon completion; gross proceeds amounted to approximately HK$80 billion, with net proceeds of approximately HK$79.7 billion.