Cara Yu

  • ByteDance 2025 profit plunges over 70% as AI spending surges

    ByteDance significantly increased its AI business spending in the third and fourth quarters of last year, leading to a sharp contraction in its overall net profit margin.

  • DeepSeek V4 launch expected this week following researcher's tweet

    A social media post by an industry insider suggests the highly anticipated DeepSeek V4 large model is highly likely to be officially released this week.

  • Agibot-backed Sharebot takes RaaS model global with initial launch in 13 countries

    Sharebot has officially expanded overseas, launching its initial operations in 13 countries including the US, Germany, and France.

  • Agibot unveils 5 new robot platforms, targets over $1.46 billion in revenue by 2027

    Agibot launched five new robot platforms and declared 2026 as the first year of large-scale commercial deployment for the industry.

  • Alibaba open-sources Qwen3.6-35B-A3B to rival larger AI models in coding

    Alibaba open-sourced the 35-billion-parameter Qwen3.6-35B-A3B model, which activates only 3 billion parameters during each inference.

  • StepFun introduces StepAudio 2.5 TTS, targeting booming AI content market

    StepAudio 2.5 TTS is designed to let ordinary users easily become voice directors using natural language.

  • Alibaba launches Happy Oyster world model for real-time 3D creation

    Happy Oyster generates dynamic 3D environments, providing technical support for scenarios like film production and game development.

  • Chinese embodied AI startup Tars raises $455 million in Pre-A funding round

    The funding sets a record for the highest single financing round in China's embodied AI industry.

  • Tencent open-sources HY-World 2.0 to turn text into playable 3D worlds

    Tencent has officially open-sourced HY-World 2.0, allowing users to generate 3D assets that seamlessly integrate into mainstream game engines using just text or image inputs.

  • Unitree launches humanoid robot global sales on AliExpress

    Unitree rolls out low-cost humanoid robots to overseas markets via Alibaba's AliExpress.