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Friday, May 22, 2026

  1. Manus Founders Seek $1 Billion to Buy Back AI Startup from Meta

    The co-founders of the Chinese AI startup Manus are reportedly exploring a bold and complex financial maneuver: raising approximately $1 billion from external investors to buy their company back from Meta Platforms.

  2. Trump Postpones AI Executive Order, Citing Need to Stay Ahead of China

    President Donald Trump abruptly postponed the signing of a highly anticipated executive order on artificial intelligence on Thursday, stating that he does not want to implement any measures that might slow down American technological dominance over China.

Thursday, May 21, 2026

  1. China’s Humanoid Robot Industry Reaches Commercialization Inflection Point

    From Stumbling Marathons to 50-Minute Finishes: China’s Humanoid Robots Hit Their Stride Just last year, robots in Beijing stumbled through a half-marathon, with only six crossing the finish line, in what observers described as an almost comedic performance.

  2. Nvidia Posts 85% Revenue Jump and $58.3 Billion Profit in Q1 FY2027, Despite China Challenges

    Nvidia Reports $81.6 Billion Revenue in Q1 FY2027, Up 85% Year-on-Year Nvidia Corporation has once again shattered Wall Street expectations, reporting unprecedented financial results for the first quarter of its fiscal year 2027.

  3. Tiny Capacitors: the Hottest AI-Driven Investment in China’s Component Supply Chain

    The Hidden Bottleneck in the AI Hardware Supply Chain While the global artificial intelligence narrative is dominated by the race to develop the most powerful graphics processing units (GPUs) and the largest foundational models, a quieter, yet equally critical, boom is occurring deeper within the hardware supply chain.

  4. Uisee Technologies Debuts on HKEX with HK$9 Billion Market Cap, Becoming China’s Newest Autonomous Driving IPO

    Uisee Lists on HKEX at HK$56 Per Share with HK$9.09 Billion Market Cap Uisee Technologies, a prominent Chinese developer of autonomous driving solutions, has successfully completed its initial public offering (IPO) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX).

  5. China’s Robotics Industry Attracts Record $3.3 Billion in Q1 2026 as Embodied AI Fuels Unicorn Growth

    China’s Robotics Sector Raises $3.3 Billion in Q1 2026, Matching 2021 Peak The Chinese robotics industry is experiencing an unprecedented influx of venture capital, driven by rapid advancements in artificial intelligence and a fundamental shift in how physical machines are programmed and deployed.

  6. China’s Private Equity Activity Rebounds as Investors Pile Into AI and Tech Opportunities

    Global PE Investors Return to China with Targeted AI and Deep-Tech Bets After a prolonged period of caution and capital flight, global private equity (PE) investors are beginning to selectively return to the Chinese market.

  7. Russia’s Sberbank Turns to Chinese Chips to Power GigaChat AI as Putin Visits Beijing

    Sberbank Seeks Chinese AI Chips for GigaChat Amid Western Sanctions In a significant development highlighting the geopolitical realignment of the global technology sector, Russia’s largest financial institution, Sberbank, has announced its intention to utilize Chinese artificial intelligence chips to power its flagship large language model, GigaChat.

  8. China’s Premier Li Qiang Urges Faster, Broader AI Adoption in Advanced Manufacturing

    Premier Li Qiang Issues Directive on AI and Advanced Manufacturing Chinese Premier Li Qiang has issued a strong directive calling for the accelerated and broader integration of artificial intelligence into the nation’s advanced manufacturing sectors.

  9. DeepSeek Adds Former Jane Street Engineer to Harness Team Amid Agentic AI Push

    DeepSeek Recruits Cui Tianyi from Jane Street to Lead Agentic AI Push DeepSeek, one of China’s most prominent artificial intelligence startups, has made a significant strategic hire by recruiting Cui Tianyi, a former quantitative engineer at the prestigious Wall Street trading firm Jane Street, to join its specialized “harness” team.

  10. China Bans Nvidia RTX 5090D V2 During Jensen Huang’s Beijing Visit, Pressuring Tech Giants to Use Domestic Chips

    China Bans Nvidia’s Compliant GPU as Semiconductor Conflict Escalates In a dramatic escalation of the ongoing semiconductor conflict, the Chinese government has officially banned the importation and sale of Nvidia’s RTX 5090D V2 graphics processing unit.

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

  1. Moonshot AI Formally Moves to Unwind VIE Structure as CSRC Tightens Scrutiny of Offshore Entities

    Moonshot AI, the Beijing-based unicorn behind the wildly popular Kimi chatbot, has formally initiated the process of dismantling its offshore corporate structure.

  2. China’s Brain-Computer Interfaces Move Toward Commercial Reality as AI Accelerates Thought Decoding

    The convergence of artificial intelligence and neuroscience is rapidly accelerating the development of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) in China, moving the technology out of the laboratory and closer to commercial reality.

  3. TSMC Plans a Roadmap for 1nm Chip and New Fabs as AI Demand Reshapes Semiconductor Strategy

    Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s preeminent contract chipmaker, has unveiled an aggressive expansion strategy designed to maintain its absolute dominance in the era of artificial intelligence.

  4. Tencent Music Completes $2.6 Billion Ximalaya Acquisition, Creating China’s Dominant Audio-AI Platform

    Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) has officially closed its acquisition of Ximalaya, China’s largest podcast and audio platform, in a landmark deal that fundamentally reshapes the country’s digital audio landscape.

  5. AMD CEO Lisa Su in Shanghai Predicts 5 Billion Daily AI Users by 2030 and 100x Computing Demand

    Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) CEO Lisa Su delivered a bullish forecast for the future of artificial intelligence during a high-profile appearance in Shanghai, predicting that global AI adoption is on the verge of an unprecedented expansion.

  6. China’s Three Telecoms Move Into the AI Token Economy with Consumer Plans Starting at 9.9 Yuan

    China’s telecommunications industry is undergoing a fundamental transformation, shifting its core business model from selling voice minutes and mobile data to packaging and trading artificial intelligence tokens.

  7. Alibaba Unveils Zhenwu M890 AI Chip with 3x Performance Leap and Teases Qwen3.7-Max Model

    Alibaba has significantly escalated its push for domestic silicon independence with the unveiling of its next-generation artificial intelligence processor, the Zhenwu M890.

  8. Baidu Q1 2026: AI Now Exceeds Half of Core Revenue for the First Time as Apollo Go Triples Rides

    Baidu has officially crossed a historic threshold in its multi-year transition from a search engine giant to an artificial intelligence powerhouse.