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hot_img In July, quantitative private equity faced widespread drawdowns, with multiple products from Huansquare dropping over 20% in a single month. Institutions assess that AI has entered the "second half."

According to the Daily Economic News, the July quantitative private equity industry experienced a systemic drawdown, with several institutional products seeing a monthly net value decline of over 20%, turning year-to-date returns from positive to negative. Specifically, among the 9 displayed products under Huansquare Quantitative, 8 have recorded negative returns year-to-date, with all monthly declines in July exceeding 20%, and the maximum drawdown reaching 22.15%; among the 14 products displayed by Mingcong Investment, 9 have recorded negative returns year-to-date; in Jiukun Investment's 15 products, 14 still have positive returns year-to-date, but the monthly drawdown is also significant. In contrast, Yanfeng Investment has shown relatively stable performance.Regarding this drawdown, multiple institutions believe that this round of adjustment is more due to emotions and trading structures rather than the end of the AI industry trend. Freshwater Spring Investment pointed out that AI is still rapidly developing in terms of model capability enhancement, cost reduction, and the diffusion of application scenarios. Referencing experiences from the internet era, it is normal for there to be fluctuations during the advancement of technological waves. Institutions believe that AI investment is gradually transitioning from the previous focus on computing power infrastructure in the "first half" to "intelligent equity" in the "second half"—that is, a phase where the cost of intelligent usage continues to decline and application scenarios are accelerated in unlocking, providing opportunities for supply chain companies that can offer cost-effective solutions for leading model companies and large cloud vendors.

Openclaw founder: Not interested in billions of dollars in funding, the project must be open source to ensure widespread adoption

The founder of Openclaw, Peter Steinberger, recently confirmed in an interview with Lex Fridman that Openclaw has received acquisition offers from multiple companies. Regarding potential funding in the hundreds of millions or even billions, Steinberger stated, "I am not interested at all. I have been a CEO once, and that path would consume all my time and lead to conflicts of interest, such as prioritizing the enterprise version or modifying the open-source license, which would harm the community. What I want is completely free and open-source without any conditions. Moreover, relying on donations is simply not sustainable; even popular projects like Tailwind are laying off staff."Additionally, Steinberger mentioned that Openclaw is currently losing money. Monthly revenue is between $10,000 and $20,000, but it subsidizes personal maintenance of dependency projects. Companies like OpenAI provide some support, but it is still not sustainable. Regarding the option to collaborate with large labs, Steinberger stated that the core condition is that the project must remain open-source, similar to Chrome and Chromium. "This matter is too important to be left entirely to one company. Moreover, the community atmosphere of ClawCon is particularly precious; it embodies the enthusiasm that was present in the early days of the internet. I want to spread it to more people; this year is the year of personal agents, and collaborating with labs is the fastest way. I have never worked at a large company, and I want to experience that."
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