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Theo báo cáo độc quyền từ 《Muộn một chút Auto》， công ty con chuyên về chip của Li Xiang đang thúc đẩy vòng gọi vốn bên ngoài đầu tiên, với định giá trước đầu tư khoảng 15 tỷ nhân dân tệ, kế hoạch huy động hàng tỷ nhân dân tệ. Thông tin từ cơ quan quản lý cho thấy, Mach Intelligent Cores Limited được thành lập tại Hồng Kông vào ngày 14 tháng 7, và vào ngày 4 tháng 8 đã thành lập công ty TNHH Công nghệ Thông minh Ma Hệ Thượng Hải, CTO của Li Xiang là Tạ Diên giữ chức vụ đại diện hợp pháp; vài ngày sau, công ty cũng thành lập công ty TNHH Công nghệ Tâm Ma Hệ Thượng Hải, đại diện hợp pháp là thư ký công ty liên doanh của Li Xiang, Vương Dương.Đội ngũ phát triển chip tự nghiên cứu của Li Xiang khoảng 200 người, chủ yếu tham gia vào kiến trúc tính toán AI, thiết kế chip và phát triển phần mềm liên quan, đồng thời thúc đẩy hai loại dự án chip tự nghiên cứu cho xe và đám mây. Chip tự nghiên cứu đầu tiên của họ, Ma Hệ M100, đã được sản xuất hàng loạt và được trang bị trên nhiều mẫu xe hoàn toàn mới hoặc đã cải tiến ra mắt trong năm nay; còn một loại chip suy diễn đám mây khác đang trong quá trình phát triển, cũng sử dụng kiến trúc dòng dữ liệu. Trong nửa đầu năm nay, lĩnh vực bán dẫn trong nước đã huy động khoảng 162,7 tỷ nhân dân tệ, trong đó tính toán AI là một trong những lĩnh vực thu hút vốn chính. Để tham khảo, công ty con về chip của NIO, An Huy Thần Quý, đã hoàn thành vòng gọi vốn đầu tiên trị giá 2,257 tỷ nhân dân tệ vào tháng 2 năm nay, với định giá sau đầu tư gần 10 tỷ nhân dân tệ.

Công ty khởi nghiệp chip AI đa năng Evas Intelligence thông báo đã hoàn thành vòng gọi vốn mới, với số tiền gần 2 tỷ nhân dân tệ, ước tính giá trị sau đầu tư gần 15 tỷ nhân dân tệ.Vòng gọi vốn này quy tụ hơn 20 tổ chức đầu tư, bao gồm Huatai Innovation, Zhongding Capital, Zhongxin Juyuan, Jiuan Medical, Renai Capital, Tongfu Microelectronics, Saiyi Industrial Fund, Heli Capital, Xinxin Leasing, Hengxu Capital, Shangqi Capital, Jianguang Zhanlu, Rongyi Capital, và nhiều tổ chức khác. Evas Intelligence chủ yếu cung cấp các giải pháp tăng tốc tính toán AI hiệu quả và có thể mở rộng, thúc đẩy việc ứng dụng rộng rãi công nghệ AI trong các ngành công nghiệp.

Theo báo cáo của Bloomberg, công ty khởi nghiệp AI được thành lập tại Trung Quốc là Manus dự kiến hoàn thành khoảng 500 triệu USD huy động vốn, với định giá sẽ gấp đôi lên 4 tỷ USD. Đây là vòng huy động vốn đầu tiên của công ty kể từ khi chính quyền Bắc Kinh yêu cầu họ tách khỏi Meta Platforms, và giao dịch liên quan dự kiến sẽ sớm hoàn tất.Các nguồn tin cho biết, các cuộc đàm phán vẫn đang diễn ra và các điều khoản giao dịch có thể thay đổi. Sau khi hoàn thành vòng huy động vốn này, Manus, với tư cách là người tiên phong trong lĩnh vực AI thông minh, sẽ trở thành công ty khởi nghiệp có định giá cao nhất trong lĩnh vực này tại Trung Quốc. Các nhà đầu tư hiện tại bao gồm Tencent, HSG và Quỹ ZhenFund. Đại diện của Manus, Tencent, HSG và Quỹ ZhenFund không đưa ra bình luận.

Hợp đồng hoán đổi tín dụng của Tập đoàn SoftBank dao động gần mức cao nhất trong ba năm, các nhà giao dịch đánh giá tác động tiềm năng của nó đối với kế hoạch tài trợ của OpenAI. SoftBank đã cam kết đầu tư 64,6 tỷ USD vào OpenAI.OpenAI đang tiến hành đàm phán sớm với các nhà đầu tư, dự định thực hiện một vòng tài trợ mới trước khi phát hành cổ phiếu lần đầu, với định giá vượt quá 1,2 nghìn tỷ USD.

According to The Block, the monthly transaction volume of crypto venture capital has dropped to about 50 transactions, the lowest level since before 2021. The two historically most active sectors, infrastructure and crypto financial services, have both fallen to multi-year lows. The massive shift of investor attention towards the AI sector, combined with a shortage of early high-quality project supply, is the main reason for the decline in transaction volume.Despite the drop in the number of transactions, the total amount of financing remains relatively high, showing a "few large amounts" characteristic—recently, the prediction market platform Kalshi completed a $1 billion financing, which is a typical example. Analysts point out that the current low-noise environment is actually a window period for projects with clear use cases and real traction. Whether a recovery can be achieved in the second half of 2026 will depend on whether new sectors beyond prediction markets and financial infrastructure can form a consensus for large-scale investment.

The artificial intelligence market research platform AlphaSense has completed a $350 million financing round, with a latest valuation of $7.5 billion, significantly up from its previous financing round of $4 billion in 2024. Investors participating in this round include Accenture and the asset management division of JPMorgan. AlphaSense CEO Jack Kokko stated that there is a possibility for the company to conduct an initial public offering (IPO) in the future.

Kuaishou's subsidiary Keling AI is conducting its first round of financing after the spin-off, with a pre-investment valuation of 18 billion USD. The project plans to submit its Hong Kong stock listing application materials in early 2027.

DeepSeek plans to raise approximately $7 billion in its first round of financing, with a valuation of up to $59 billion. Tencent and CATL will become DeepSeek's largest external investors; NetEase and JD.com also plan to participate in the investment.

Longevity technology startup NewLimit, co-founded by Coinbase founder Brian Armstrong, announced the completion of a $435 million Series C funding round, with a valuation of $3.1 billion. This round was led by Founders Fund, a fund under Peter Thiel, with continued participation from Abstract Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, NFDG, Eli Lilly Ventures, Valor Equity Partners, and new investors including Thrive Capital, Greenoaks, and Quiet Capital.In 2021, Brian Armstrong, along with former GV partner and bioengineer Blake Byers and stem cell biologist Jacob Kimmel, jointly invested $110 million to establish NewLimit in South San Francisco.

The global stablecoin payment infrastructure platform WasabiCard today announced the completion of its Pre-A round of financing. Including previous funding, the total amount raised by the company has approached 10 million USD, with participation from four well-known institutions: Vernal Capital, Avenir Group, Vision Plus Capital, and 01VC.This round of financing will be used to build and improve the global payment infrastructure, compliance system, and key market business layout, enhancing cross-border payment service capabilities and global operational capabilities, further promoting the company's construction of a compliant, efficient, next-generation financial infrastructure aimed at the internet era.As stablecoins gradually move from trading scenarios to real commercial applications, the demand from enterprises for global payment, global card issuance, fund management, and cross-border settlement infrastructure continues to grow. WasabiCard currently serves over 500 enterprise clients globally, with a cumulative card issuance exceeding 500,000 cards and a total transaction scale surpassing 1 billion USD.In the future, WasabiCard will continue to expand its global payment network and multi-chain payment ecosystem, promoting the further implementation of stablecoin payments in global commercial scenarios.

According to Techinasia, AI startup Special, founded by former U.S. government efficiency members Nate Cavanaugh and Justin Fox, has completed a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with investors including Valor Equity Partners founder Antonio Gracias, former xAI CFO Anthony Armstrong, Steve Davis, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, and Palantir Technologies CTO Shyam Sankar.Special plans to reduce costs through company acquisitions and the use of AI. The company also announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire a healthcare company in Texas, which will incorporate the Figure Health business line focused on the aging population.

According to data compiled by institutions, Alphabet (GOOG.O) has initiated an $80 billion equity financing to raise funds for artificial intelligence infrastructure construction, which is expected to become the largest equity capital market transaction in history.The stocks in this joint issuance (including common stock, capital stock, and similar equity mandatory convertible preferred stock) were priced later on Tuesday. Its scale will exceed the approximately $70 billion issuance of common and preferred stock by Petrobras in 2010.The largest single transaction in this deal for Google's parent company—a $40 billion "at-the-market" issuance plan—is expected to launch in the third quarter. Such issuances allow the company to sell shares to the market from time to time without announcement, but it must regularly disclose the amount raised in regulatory filings.

According to PRNewswire, institutional-grade digital asset options and derivatives trading infrastructure provider SignalPlus has completed a $50 million Series B1 financing round, with a post-investment valuation of $500 million. This round was led by HashKey Capital, with follow-on investments from BlockBooster and AppWorks, and Goldman Sachs served as the exclusive financial advisor.It is reported that SignalPlus is headquartered in Hong Kong and is dedicated to building institutional-grade derivatives trading infrastructure for the converging capital markets. Its platform provides professional options analysis, real-time risk management, and trading execution tools for hedge funds, market makers, proprietary trading teams, and asset management institutions, covering both digital assets and traditional financial markets.

The French listed company Capital B (ALCPB) is seeking shareholder approval to raise up to $5.82 billion through the issuance of new shares and to raise up to $116.4 billion through the issuance of credit instruments for increasing its holdings in BTC.

Strive CEO Matt Cole stated that the company expects to increase the scale of its two ATM (At-The-Market) financing plans for ASST and SATA by $2.1 billion each, reflecting the ongoing growth in liquidity and investment demand for the two securities.Cole indicated that the adjustments demonstrate investors' continued interest in ASST and SATA. The company plans to release the latest balance sheet update before the U.S. stock market opens tomorrow, disclosing more financial and capital allocation information. The ATM financing mechanism allows publicly listed companies to gradually sell newly issued shares during market trading, enhancing financing flexibility and dynamically raising funds based on market demand.

Bitcoin mining company IREN announced the completion of an investment-grade GPU financing totaling $3.65 billion to support its AI cloud contract signed with Microsoft.The financing includes $2.1 billion in U.S. private placement bonds and $1.55 billion in delayed draw term loans, with a combined debt cost of 6%.It is reported that this financing received an A rating from Fitch and an A (low) rating from DBRS, making it the highest-rated investment-grade GPU financing project currently publicly disclosed, and also the first GPU financing case in the U.S. private placement market.IREN stated that the financing is secured by GPU assets and related contract cash flows, which helps optimize the capital structure and supports the company in expanding AI Cloud capacity to 480MW by the end of 2026.

According to Fortune, the startup Mecka AI, which focuses on training data for robotic AI, announced the completion of a total financing of $60,000,000, including a $25,000,000 Series A round completed last November and a subsequent $35,000,000 follow-on financing. Both rounds were led by Framework Ventures, with participation from institutions such as Menlo Ventures, SV Angel, and Kindred Ventures.Mecka AI primarily collects human motion data through body sensors, iPhones, and custom hardware, including physical behavior data such as gestures and gait, to train robotic AI models.The company's founder and CEO, Josh Gao, stated that its core philosophy is to train robots using human behavior data rather than traditional teleoperation data, thereby enhancing the general capabilities of robots in the real world.It was introduced that Mecka AI was established in 2025 and currently has about 40 employees. The company claims that based on signed contracts, its annual recurring revenue (ARR Run Rate) is expected to reach $100,000,000, but it has not disclosed a specific client list.Vance Spencer, co-founder of Framework Ventures, stated that Mecka AI is one of the fastest-growing companies in the institution's portfolio.In the future, Mecka AI plans not only to provide training data but also to directly participate in the training and deployment of robotic models, promoting the commercialization of robots in real-world scenarios.

The AI Agent project AIVIVE has officially completed a new round of institutional financing, with a total amount of 8 million USD. Among them, VegaVentures led the investment with 3 million USD; Greenwood Global Capital, Echo3 labs, UZ Capital, and Bluemount co-invested 5 million USD.The funds will be used for AIVIVE to launch its self-developed proprietary framework agreement (AVVP), supporting intelligent routing and coordination across data and execution environments, and comprehensively upgrading AI infrastructure. This agreement enables real-time scheduling of multi-source data and seamless interaction in heterogeneous environments, further enhancing the automation and decision-making efficiency of A to A business.