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The July 22, 2026 brief

  1. Huawei Moves to Build Its Own DRAM — Joining Samsung as Only Full-Stack Chip Firm

    Huawei Technologies is reportedly taking a massive step toward complete semiconductor self-sufficiency by building and operating its own Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) fabrication plants in mainland China.

  2. Z.AI Opens 1-Gigawatt AI Data Center Built on Chinese Chips

    In a powerful demonstration of China’s growing self-sufficiency in artificial intelligence infrastructure, Beijing-based developer Z.ai has completed the construction of a massive 1-gigawatt AI data center built entirely using domestically produced chips.

  3. NYT: US and China Are Both Building Walls Around AI

    The global artificial intelligence landscape is rapidly fracturing, as both the United States and China increasingly view AI access through the lens of national security and geopolitical competition.

  4. BrainCo Showcases Thought-Controlled Robots at WAIC

    The intersection of neuroscience and artificial intelligence took center stage at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, where Hangzhou-based startup BrainCo demonstrated a groundbreaking brain-controlled robot platform.

  5. XPENG Releases TuringViT for Smart Driving and Humanoid Robots

    XPENG, the Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer that has increasingly positioned itself as an artificial intelligence company, has released a new vision encoder named TuringViT. The model is designed to serve as the visual processing foundation for both vision-language models (VLM) and vision-language-action models (VLA), bridging the gap between digital AI and physical applications.

  6. Moore Threads Packs 256 GPUs Into Its MTT C256 System

    In a significant development for China’s domestic semiconductor industry, Beijing-based GPU developer Moore Threads has unveiled the MTT C256, a massive computing system that links 256 graphics processing units into a single data-center-scale unit.

  7. China’s AI IPO Wave: Six Model Startups, Chip Makers, Robot Firms Race to List

    China’s artificial intelligence sector is gearing up for a massive wave of initial public offerings, as companies rush to secure capital in an increasingly capital-intensive and geopolitically constrained industry.

  8. GigaAI Eyes Hong Kong IPO at $3 Billion Valuation — World Model Startups Race to List

    Jijia Vision, a Beijing-based artificial intelligence startup operating under the name GigaAI, is in discussions to hold an initial public offering on the Hong Kong stock exchange as early as this year.

  9. Scientists Say Kimi K3 Signals China Has Closed the AI Frontier Gap — Nature Weighs In

    The release of Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 model has prompted a reassessment of the global artificial intelligence landscape, with a new analysis in the scientific journal Nature concluding that China has effectively closed the capability gap with top-tier American systems.

  10. China Weighs Export Controls on Its Own AI Models and Chips in Mirror of US Restrictions

    China’s Ministry of Commerce is reportedly consulting with major technology firms about restricting overseas access to the country’s most advanced artificial intelligence models and domestically produced chips.