Nanjing vs Hangzhou: a split map of China’s AI future
Many view the Nanjing-Hangzhou race as yet another example of China’s relentless intercity competition, but it is not a zero-sum game on closer inspection.
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Alibaba unveils HappyOyster 1.0 interactive world model
Unlike traditional text-to-video tools that render a fixed output after a prompt, HappyOyster continuously responds to user inputs during generation, allowing scenes to evolve in real time.
Robot ‘cyber paw patrol’ guards Mexico World Cup stadium
The World Cup deployment adds to a growing track record of sports-event use cases for DEEP Robotics.
Alibaba expands cloud services to Paris, Johor as global data demand rises
The buildout forms part of Alibaba’s previously announced $53 billion investment plan in AI and cloud infrastructure.
eVTOL startup ZeroG bags $74M as Hefei bets on low altitude economy
To date, ZeroG has completed nine financing rounds, bringing its total publicly disclosed funding to approximately 1.2 billion yuan.
Insurers commit $27 billion to Jiangsu amid industrial upgrade
Provincial officials said insurance funds already deployed in the province had exceeded 500 billion yuan by 2025.
Anhui plans $14 billion fund cluster in robotics hub build-out
The draft sets ambitious targets: by 2030, Anhui aims to rank among China’s top tier in humanoid robot output and place industrial robot production among the national leaders.
EDA startup Leda raises $44M, ramps up chip design localization
The push for domestic alternatives is driven by concerns over supply-chain vulnerability, with EDA tools seen as a potential chokepoint in China’s semiconductor ecosystem.
Maniformer closes angel+ funding to scale physical AI data infrastructure
The funding comes as embodied AI developers face a shortage of high-quality training data, inconsistent standards and fragmented datasets.
Nongfu Spring founder-backed lab deepens bet on battery safety startup
The sequence of investment, relocation and follow-on funding points to a deeper consolidation of Qifang within Zhong’s expanding advanced materials portfolio.