Today’s Yangtze funding roundup: BCI, physical AI, brain-inspired computing
New capital injections will support clinical research, robot foundation models and Physical AI commercialization.
Day: September 22, 2026
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Alibaba unveils Zhenwu V900 with 3x AI computing performance
The V900 is scheduled to enter mass production in the first quarter of 2027 and will be deployed across Alibaba Cloud data centers.
Alibaba targets over 20GW of global data-center capacity by 2032
This move comes as the Hangzhou-based tech giant ramps up AI infrastructure investment to meet surging demand for computing power.
WorldSkills Shanghai 2026: Where do skilled workers fit in the AI age?
A machine can reproduce a movement; it is much harder to reproduce the years of failure, practice and judgment behind it.
Ant Group creates new Alipay business affiliate to push ‘agentic commerce’
The restructuring comes four days after Ant adopted Alibaba’s QwenWork as its AI workplace platform for all employees.
Ace Robotics deploys humanoids to PetroChina gas station stores
The common thread is a shift from robots performing demonstrations to robots becoming part of daily store operations.
Unitree launches Dex5-S dexterous hand with 22 degrees of freedom
The new model increases the number of degrees of freedom while reducing the overall size and improving drive precision, according to Unitree.