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Breaking: OpenAI Chip Veteran Joins Anthropic

Breaking News: OpenAI Chip Veteran Joins Anthropic Clive Chan, a key early member of OpenAI's in-house chip development team, has announced his departure from OpenAI to join rival AI company Anthropic. In his statement, Chan highlighted his experience as the second hire on OpenAI's hardware team, praising its exceptional talent density but expressing a desire to "climb a new mountain from the base." He cited Anthropic's talent, values, and ambitious pace as key reasons for his move. Chan also referenced OpenAI's disclosed partnership with Broadcom, aimed at deploying a 10GW AI accelerator system starting in the second half of 2026. His career includes roles at Tesla, Google, and SpaceX, focusing on AI infrastructure and hardware. This move continues a notable trend of talent flow from OpenAI to Anthropic, following other high-profile departures like researcher Andrej Karpathy. With Anthropic's recent $65 billion funding round valuing it near $1 trillion, the competition for top AI talent between these leading firms remains intense.

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Breaking: OpenAI Chip Veteran Joins Anthropic

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Exclusive from Yingke | Tang Wenbin's 'Yuanli Lingji' Merges with Logistics Robotics Company, and Secures Investment from Zhipu, SenseTime, Jieyue, and Others

Exclusive report: Embodied AI company "Yuanli Lingji" recently completed a new round of financing from major AI model firms including Zhipu AI, Stepfun, and SenseTime, alongside continued investments from industrial backers like Huaqin and SAIC Hengxu. Founded in March 2025 by Tang Wenbin, former co-founder and CTO of Megvii, Yuanli Lingji is a general-purpose embodied AI model company. In a notable move, the company has merged with logistics robotics firm "Atomix" (formerly known as Yuanli Juhe) through a share acquisition. Atomix, which originated from Megvii's logistics robotics business led by Tang in 2016 and was spun off in July 2024, has grown to become the world's second-largest supplier of pallet shuttle robots, with annual revenue nearing 1 billion RMB and over 500 projects globally for clients like Uniqlo and CATL. This merger aims to break the industry's "data deadlock" by combining Atomix's extensive real-world operational data from more than 20 countries with Yuanli Lingji's model training capabilities. The company's embodied AI model "DM0" utilizes a cross-domain training approach, integrating internet semantics, autonomous driving rules, and robotics data to achieve hardware-agnostic, precise manipulation even with a compact 2.4B parameter size. The collective investment from key AI players and the strategic merger signal a shift in the competitive landscape, as major model companies pivot from language tokens to physical actions ("from Token to Action"). The industry is entering a consolidation phase where hardware, AI models, data, and application scenarios converge to scale embodied intelligence, a trend mirrored by recent moves from giants like ByteDance and Skild AI.

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Exclusive from Yingke | Tang Wenbin's 'Yuanli Lingji' Merges with Logistics Robotics Company, and Secures Investment from Zhipu, SenseTime, Jieyue, and Others

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Coinbase Founder Is Now Researching Immortality

Coinbase Founder Invests in the "Fountain of Youth": NewLimit's $435M Funding to Reverse Aging Brian Armstrong, co-founder and CEO of Coinbase, is now targeting a new frontier: human longevity. His biotech startup, NewLimit, has just raised $435 million in a Series C round led by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, valuing the company at $3.1 billion. The funding will advance its mission to develop therapies that slow or even reverse cellular aging, with its first drug targeting alcohol-related liver disease set to enter clinical trials next year. Founded in 2021 by Armstrong, former GV partner Blake Byers, and stem cell biologist Jacob Kimmel, NewLimit builds on Nobel Prize-winning research by Shinya Yamanaka, who discovered that adult cells can be reprogrammed to a younger state. NewLimit’s approach focuses on identifying specific gene combinations to reset the "epigenetic age" of cells, aiming first to treat diseases viewed as accelerated aging before broadening its applications. The company joins a growing field of longevity startups backed by tech billionaires, including Sam Altman’s investment in Retro Biosciences and Jeff Bezos’s support for Altos Labs. For these ultra-wealthy backers, conquering aging represents the ultimate investment—extending the one resource even immense wealth cannot buy: time.

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Coinbase Founder Is Now Researching Immortality

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The Death of the Three-Act Play: AI Ushers Enterprise Software Startups into the ‘Speedrun Era’

The Death of the Three-Act Play: How AI is Ushering in a 'Speedrun Era' for Enterprise Software Startups The traditional three-act play for building an enterprise software company—first, a niche wedge product; second, an expanded suite; third, a dominant platform—is becoming obsolete in the AI era. Previously, startups would spend 3-5 years perfecting a single-point solution to reach tens of millions in ARR (Act 1: The Wedge). Then, over another few years, they'd build adjacent products to form a suite and cross the $100M ARR threshold (Act 2: The Suite). Finally, with scale and user engagement, they could aim to become a foundational platform themselves (Act 3: The Platform). This model assumed a timeline measured in years. However, AI-driven tools have dramatically compressed software development costs and timelines. Companies like Cursor, Clay, and Harvey have scaled from near zero to approaching or surpassing $100M ARR in remarkably short periods, demonstrating a new competitive pace. The core argument is that in this rapidly changing market, relying on a small, "safe" wedge as a protective harbor may now be a conservative, even risky, strategy. The plummeting cost of building software means the time required for Acts 1 and 2 is approaching zero. Consequently, rational strategy now favors planning to build the entire vision from the outset. This shift changes the calculus for early-stage investment. The emphasis is moving from finding a defensible niche to backing founders with "unreasonable, relentless ambition" to reimagine entire workflows or replace incumbent platforms from day one. The age of gradual expansion is giving way to an era of immediate, full-scale ambition.

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The Death of the Three-Act Play: AI Ushers Enterprise Software Startups into the ‘Speedrun Era’

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Unitree Passes the Hearing, Hangzhou Reaps the Rewards

Unitree Technology, a leading company in Hangzhou's tech scene known as one of the "Hangzhou Six Dragons," has officially passed the review for listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's STAR Market (科创板). It plans to raise 4.202 billion yuan for the research and development of intelligent robot models and robot hardware. This milestone will make Unitree the "first humanoid robotics stock." Founded in 2016 by Wang Xingxing, the company started humbly in a small office in Hangzhou's Binjiang district. Initially, the robotics sector was not viewed favorably by the market, with Unitree's products often labeled as "toys" and struggling to secure funding. At its most critical point, with only around 100,000 yuan left, Wang stopped his own salary to keep the company afloat. A crucial turning point came in 2018 when Hangzhou's state-owned capital system provided timely support. A financial platform under the city's state-owned assets completed due diligence in three days and granted a 20-million-yuan loan within a week. This "patient capital" infusion stabilized Unitree, enabling its transition from prototype development to mass production and commercial viability. Subsequently, Hangzhou Capital, through its two major 100-billion-yuan mother funds—the Hangzhou Science and Technology Innovation Fund and the Hangzhou Innovation Fund—participated in four of Unitree's financing rounds (B2, B3, C, and C+). This continuous backing helped the company grow, attract top-tier industrial investors like China Mobile, Tencent, Alibaba, and Geely, and solidify its position as a global leader in legged robotics. By 2025, Unitree achieved significant scale, with revenue reaching 16.99 billion yuan, net profit of 5.91 billion yuan, global leadership in humanoid robot shipments, and over 33,000 quadruped robots sold worldwide. Unitree's journey exemplifies Hangzhou's strategy of nurturing hard-tech startups from "seedlings" to industry leaders. Beyond Unitree, Hangzhou's capital ecosystem has supported other "Six Dragons" like Cloudwalk, BrainCo, and DeepSeek. The city has established a 500-billion-yuan "3+N" industrial fund cluster and specialized early-stage funds like the "Runmiao Fund" with a 20-year term to fill funding gaps for very early-stage projects. This robust "capital + talent" model, coupled with an influx of over 430,000 young professionals in 2025 alone, has fostered a vibrant innovation ecosystem. Hangzhou is now home to 48 unicorns and 413 potential unicorns, building comprehensive industrial chains in AI, robotics, brain-computer interfaces, and more. As Hangzhou experiences a wave of IPOs, it is solidifying its reputation as an ideal city for entrepreneurs.

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Unitree Passes the Hearing, Hangzhou Reaps the Rewards

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$26 Billion: An 'All-Chinese Team' Backs the World's Highest-Valued AI Programming Company

Cognition AI, the company behind the AI programmer "Devin," has raised over $1 billion in new funding at a valuation of $26 billion, just eight months after reaching a $10.2 billion valuation. The round was led by Lux Capital, General Catalyst, and 8VC. Founded by three young Chinese entrepreneurs with strong competitive programming backgrounds, Cognition initially gained fame with Devin, marketed as the world's first AI software engineer capable of handling tasks from start to finish. While its early demos were impressive, real-world usage revealed reliability and cost-effectiveness issues, leading to a significant price cut for Devin in 2025. A pivotal moment came when Cognition acquired the assets of AI IDE company Windsurf after a failed acquisition by OpenAI. This move gave Cognition a crucial developer-facing tool, allowing it to pursue a two-pronged strategy: Devin for autonomous task execution and Windsurf for integrated, collaborative coding within an IDE. This shift helped the company move away from the controversial "AI replacement" narrative towards a model of augmenting human engineers, particularly for repetitive or maintenance tasks. This strategic pivot is backed by strong commercial metrics. The company reports a 10x increase in enterprise usage this year, with an annual revenue run-rate of $492 million and a 50% month-over-month growth in enterprise Devin usage over the past six months. Its client list now includes major corporations like Goldman Sachs and Mercedes-Benz, as well as government agencies like NASA and the U.S. Army. Investors are betting on Cognition becoming a foundational piece of next-generation software engineering infrastructure, positioning it at the center of a hybrid future where AI agents and human developers work in tandem.

marsbit05/31 10:22

$26 Billion: An 'All-Chinese Team' Backs the World's Highest-Valued AI Programming Company

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Li Kaifu and Wang Xiaochuan Pivot: The First Half of the Large Model Entrepreneurship Era Ends

Li Kaifu and Wang Xiaochuan, leading figures in China's AI industry, are signaling a strategic shift, marking the end of the first phase of the large language model (LLM) startup boom. Li's 01.AI, once seen as a potential "Chinese OpenAI," is now pivoting towards enterprise applications and Agent technology, explicitly modeling itself after the低调但 profitable Palantir with a goal of profitability by 2026. Wang's Baichuan Intelligence is fully转战ing the vertical field of healthcare, launching a medical LLM and AI doctor product. This reflects a broader industry清醒. The initial狂热 of 2023, with its focus on chasing参数, benchmarks, and the "Chinese OpenAI" narrative, has collided with the harsh reality of an AI "heavy industry" war dominated by immense capital expenditure from US tech giants (微软, Google, etc.) and Chinese互联网大厂. The cost of competing in foundational模型 has become prohibitively high for most startups. The paths of the original "Six Tigers" have diverged: some like智谱 and MiniMax achieved high valuations via IPOs, effectively closing the capital window for new通用模型 players. Others, like 01.AI and Baichuan, are retreating from the通用模型 race to focus on商业化 and垂直场景. The deeper change is China's AI sector accepting that its comparative advantage may not lie in foundational model突破 but in applications, engineering, commercialization speed, and integrating AI into real-world industrial and user scenarios—turning AI into a viable industry. Li and Wang, veterans from the互联网 era, represent a generation that entered with理想主义 but is now pragmatically adjusting to reality. Their strategic转身 signifies a交棒 from the狂热造神 phase to a more mature stage focused on sustainable business,合同, and现金流. This isn't a story of failure, but a体面告别 to unrealistic expectations, with the long-term battle ahead passed to a new generation of AI-native builders.

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Li Kaifu and Wang Xiaochuan Pivot: The First Half of the Large Model Entrepreneurship Era Ends

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The Wind of 'Proactive' AI Blows into Silicon Valley: Hark Secures $700 Million in Funding

Hark, an AI startup founded in late 2025, has raised $700 million in Series A funding at a $6 billion valuation. Led by Parkway Venture Capital with participation from NVIDIA, AMD Ventures, Intel Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, and Salesforce Ventures, the company aims to develop next-generation human-computer interfaces using a combination of proprietary foundational models and custom-built AI-native hardware. Founded by serial entrepreneur Brett Adcock, Hark envisions a system of multimodal devices equipped with agentic capabilities, end-to-end voice models, and personalized memory. This "active" AI approach seeks to move beyond passive chatbots, creating collaborative companions that anticipate needs and interact naturally within the real world. Adcock's experience with Figure, a humanoid robotics company, informs this hardware-focused venture. The article argues that while current AI is powerful, it remains confined to screens and traditional interfaces like chat. The next paradigm shift requires dedicated hardware that is always-on, possesses persistent memory, and enables intuitive interaction, potentially rivaling the impact of the iPhone. Hark is assembling a team with talent from Apple, Meta, Google, and Tesla to tackle this complex engineering challenge across models, hardware, and interaction design. Finally, the piece suggests Chinese startups may have an advantage in this "active" AI hardware space due to strong manufacturing ecosystems, a vast domestic market, and supportive government policies, framing the competition as one that requires integrated progress in models, operating systems, and devices.

marsbit05/28 10:22

The Wind of 'Proactive' AI Blows into Silicon Valley: Hark Secures $700 Million in Funding

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Competitors Going Public, Kimi Can't Sit Still

Competitors Go Public, Kimi Feels the Pressure Yue Zhi An Mian (Moonshot AI), the company behind the AI assistant Kimi, has begun dismantling its VIE and red-chip structure, clearing a key obstacle for a potential Hong Kong IPO. This marks a significant shift from six months ago when founder Yang Zhilin stated the company was in "no hurry" to list. The move comes as rivals like Zhipu AI and MiniMax have successfully listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in early 2026, experiencing massive surges in market value. This has reset valuation logic for AI companies, turning "going public" from an end goal into a competitive necessity. Analysts suggest Kimi is both seizing a favorable market window and responding to competitive pressure. Kimi's valuation has skyrocketed from around $3 billion at its 2023 founding to over $20 billion by May 2026. Capital is betting on its potential as a future AI platform and gateway, though some caution this "emotional valuation" depends on sustained technological leadership and successful commercialization. Traditionally focused on core model R&D over user growth, Kimi has recently pivoted strategy. While its monthly active users declined through 2025, it shifted focus to Agent development and reducing marketing spend. The release of its K2.5 model in early 2026 reportedly generated substantial revenue, with annual recurring revenue reaching $200 million by April, driven by subscriptions and API services. A $2 billion D-round financing in May signaled investor approval of this commercial shift. However, listing will bring new pressures. Experts predict a listed Kimi would face stricter scrutiny on financial controls, compliance, and R&D efficiency. The narrative must evolve from pure technological breakthroughs to demonstrating clear commercialization paths, sustainable income, and a defensible valuation, balancing model superiority with business performance.

marsbit05/28 10:02

Competitors Going Public, Kimi Can't Sit Still

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Investors Frantically Snap Up AI Firms with 'No Profits': A High-Stakes Gamble on 'the Right to Define the Future'

"Investors are pouring billions into Chinese AI startups with no profits, betting on the future of the industry. A state-backed fund is reportedly in talks to lead DeepSeek's funding at a $45B valuation, just weeks after it was valued at $10B. Along with companies like Zhipu AI, MiniMax, and Kimi (backed by Meituan and Alibaba), their combined valuation exceeds $140B. This isn't a typical venture capital play. Investors are paying for 'future definition rights'—a chance to set the standards for the next tech era. Morgan Stanley notes a 6-12 month window for this scarcity premium before more AI companies go public. Despite massive losses, these companies show strong growth. Zhipu AI's API revenue grew 60x, Kimi's annual recurring revenue doubled to $200M in a month, and MiniMax turned its gross margin positive, with over 70% of revenue from overseas. Their valuations vastly exceed profitable firms like iFlytek. Crucially, technical progress underpins this growth. DeepSeek's latest model boasts costs just 1% of a leading competitor's, while Zhipu AI has raised API prices due to high demand. However, gaps with top global models remain. Tech giants like Tencent and Alibaba, investing heavily while describing their own AI efforts as 'leaky boats,' are also investing in these startups as a hedge. Key risks loom: the closing scarcity window, computing power bottlenecks limiting growth, and the sustainability of DeepSeek's cost-advantage model. With state capital now a major player, the success of these companies has become a strategic national concern. The next year will test if their soaring valuations can be justified by future profits."

marsbit05/26 02:06

Investors Frantically Snap Up AI Firms with 'No Profits': A High-Stakes Gamble on 'the Right to Define the Future'

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