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- CATL among new investors in quantum tech firm Fuxi Quantum
Citing Tianyancha app data, 36Kr reports that Shanghai Fuxi Quantum Technology Co. has recorded a business registration change, adding CATL's Ningbo Meishan Bonded Port Wending Investment and Gongqingcheng Muhua Qizhi Venture Capital Partnership as shareholders, while registered capital rose from 1 million yuan to about 1.254 million yuan. The company was founded in April 2026, is legally represented by Zhao Qi, and lists quantum computing technology services, software development, AI application software development, network and information security software development, systems integration and data processing among its business scope. It is now held jointly by Zhao Qi, Shanghai Xieshi Qiming Enterprise Management Partnership and the new shareholders.
36氪快讯 · 🔥 6 - Avatr 06 refreshed with Huawei Qiankun ADS 5 and MoLA cockpit agent
Avatr launched the refreshed Avatr 06 on October 15, with limited-time promotional prices of 205,900 yuan for the Max extended-range version and 215,900 yuan for the Max battery-electric version. The car uses Huawei's Qiankun ADS 5 assisted-driving system with 4D millimeter-wave radar and the CAS 5.0 collision-avoidance system, plus the HarmonySpace 5 cockpit with a 35.4-inch 4K panoramic display, a 15.6-inch center screen and two 6.7-inch rear screens. Avatr says a MoLA hybrid large-model agent architecture powers more human-like voice conversation; all versions use CATL batteries, with 230 km CLTC electric range for the range-extender and 650 km for the EV, a single rear motor up to 252 kW and an 800V silicon-carbide platform on the EV.
IT之家 AI · 🔥 3 - Goldman Sachs: global AI trade splits into two worlds
A Goldman Sachs report led by chief China equity strategist Kinger Lau says the global AI trade is splitting into two worlds: one led by the United States, the other an increasingly self-sufficient Chinese AI system. Since DeepSeek emerged in early 2025, Chinese AI-related listed companies have created nearly $5 trillion in market value through share gains and IPOs, with AI stocks now accounting for 42% of combined A-share and H-share market capitalization and 57% of trading volume, the report says. Goldman splits Chinese AI stocks into export-oriented names (360-plus companies, about $1.7 trillion market cap, over 40% overseas revenue) and domestic-demand names (880-plus, about $3.2 trillion, under 10% overseas revenue), and refreshed its “China Select AI Portfolio” to 50 stocks including CATL, SMIC, Cambricon, Alibaba, Tencent and BYD. The bank also cautions that China still trails the US in cutting-edge semiconductors and capital scale, leaving full AI autonomy a long way off.
科技新报 · 🔥 0 - ByteDance-linked AIVA's second model expected to be an SUV, may use battery swap
Blue Whale News reported on October 13 that the second model from Saidou Technology's AIVA brand is expected to be an SUV and is considering a battery-swap approach; a person familiar said the final plan, including whether to work with CATL's "Chocolate" battery-swap system, is not yet settled. Saidou Technology was formerly Chongqing Landian Technology and renamed in late May 2026; after a capital increase completed in July, Seres no longer holds control or consolidates the company, with registration data showing Seres at about 32.96% and CATL subsidiary Wending Investment at about 9.89%. Launched on June 9, AIVA positions itself around "AI defines the car" and targets the above-200,000 yuan market; its first production model, the AIVA ME7, had its global debut in Paris in late September, with ByteDance's Volcano Engine supplying the Doubao model and smart-cockpit technology and taking part in joint definition and design.
IT之家 AI · 🔥 0 - CATL deepens AI bets, joins DeepSeek's reported new funding round
A Huxiu repost of a Baobian article, citing Bloomberg, reports that DeepSeek's new funding round is close to completion at roughly RMB 80–100 billion, with Tencent and CATL again among the biggest investors — about four months after CATL first appeared on DeepSeek's shareholder list. The piece argues CATL is copying its battery-era "shovel seller" playbook in AI, backing embodied-AI companies such as Galbot and several humanoid-robot startups, plus computing-infrastructure and energy-AI firms including VNET, and committing RMB 1.62 billion to two funds aimed explicitly at AI and embodied intelligence. CATL founder Robin Zeng says the expansion stays around the company's core capabilities and that CATL does not intend to compete with AI firms but to contribute energy solutions for AI data centers; JPMorgan is cited as seeing it becoming a strategic energy-infrastructure partner for AI compute. The article also notes humanoid robots have entered a CATL PACK final-inspection line and industrial robots work routinely in its battery plants, and cites International Energy Agency estimates that global data-center electricity use will nearly double to about 945 billion kWh by 2030.
虎嗅 AI · 🔥 0 - CATL to invest 400M yuan in venture fund targeting AI, new energy
According to 36Kr, CATL said in a filing that it will join as a limited partner in Shanghai Shidai Chenyuan Venture Capital Partnership (LP), subscribing 400 million yuan for a 26.64% share of the fund. The fund's total subscribed capital is 1.502 billion yuan, and it will mainly invest in new and future energy, the convergence of AI and digital technology with power and energy, AI, and other future industries. CATL said the investment does not constitute a related-party transaction or a major asset restructuring.
36氪快讯 · 🔥 0 - DeepSeek round reportedly doubles to ¥100B at ~¥500B pre-money valuation
Multiple Chinese outlets, citing unnamed people involved in the deal, report that DeepSeek's second funding round has grown from a planned ¥50 billion to about ¥100 billion, split roughly evenly between new and existing shareholders, with the pre-money valuation unchanged at around ¥500 billion. The reported new investors are mostly industrial players — Stone Capital, SMIC Capital, CPE, Legend Capital and Geely — while first-round backers CATL, Tencent, IDG Capital and others are said to be participating again, with CATL adding about ¥10 billion. CNBC's sources put the possible size as high as $15 billion, and reports also say DeepSeek has hired CITIC Securities to prepare a STAR Market listing, potentially filing as early as late 2026.
Recode China AI · 🔥 0 - Jetour Traveler 7 to launch Oct 14 with Snapdragon 8255 AI cockpit
Chery's Jetour brand says its new Traveler 7 SUV will go on sale on October 14 with upgraded smart-cabin technology; pre-sales opened September 23 across seven trims at 149,900–179,900 yuan. The cabin features the TOUROS 3.3 AI cockpit, a Snapdragon 8255 cockpit chip, 24GB RAM plus 256GB storage, a 15.6-inch 2.5K center screen, and an embedded iFlytek Spark AI model. Driver assistance uses the Falcon 500 system built on Horizon Robotics' Journey 6M chip with 128 TOPS, which the company describes as an end-to-end large model; powertrains include 1.5T and 2.0T gasoline plus a 1.5T plug-in hybrid, with XWD intelligent all-wheel drive standard.
IT之家 AI · 🔥 0 - GAC Aion Ray7 to open pre-sales Oct 17 with Huawei e-drive, CATL battery
GAC Aion's Ray7 will open pre-sales on October 17, according to a report relayed by Yiche, with the car built on the AEP pure-electric platform, using a rear single motor, Huawei's Drive ONE multi-in-one electric drive and CATL batteries. Cabin hardware includes a Qualcomm 8295 processor, 24GB LPDDR5 memory and 128GB UFS5.0 storage; the company claims it is the first to offer Huawei EMB fully electric brake-by-wire plus Huawei iTRACK torque control, in a body measuring 4960×1900×1455mm with a 2920mm wheelbase. For driver assistance, the report says it uses an algorithm derived from WeRide's L4 model along with 27 automotive-grade sensors, including a 192-line lidar and three 4D millimeter-wave radars, supporting features such as finding a parking space without navigation.
IT之家 AI · 🔥 0 - MiniMax down 80%, DeepSeek seeks RMB 100B: the LLM IPO pricing divide
The piece contrasts a sell-off in listed Chinese model companies — MiniMax down about 80% from its March peak and Zhipu off roughly 78% from its June high — with a primary market that keeps marking up: DeepSeek is reported to be near a round of up to RMB 100 billion, Moonshot AI is valued at $50 billion, and Kuaishou's Kling is rumoured to be heading for a Hong Kong listing. Measured against annualised first-half revenue, those private valuations sit at roughly 40–74x sales, backed in part by industrial capital such as CATL and Tencent and by state funds. Figures are as of 8 October 2026, and the financing and listing details come from media reports rather than company announcements.
36氪 人工智能 · 🔥 0 - China's tech giants raise ~$56B in debt and equity to pre-buy AI capacity
Tencent, Alibaba, ByteDance and DeepSeek have all moved to raise capital in recent weeks, roughly $56 billion (close to RMB 400 billion) in total, to lock in compute and data-centre supply ahead of demand. Alibaba completed a HK$80 billion placement, ByteDance reportedly signed a $29.6 billion syndicated loan, Tencent is reported to be weighing an offshore bond of up to $5 billion, and DeepSeek's new round could approach RMB 100 billion. The piece argues the money will ultimately have to be repaid through enterprise AI spending, while profits today flow mainly upstream to chips and memory.
36氪 人工智能 · 🔥 0 - DeepSeek weighs upsizing new funding round to as much as $15B ahead of 2027 IPO
DeepSeek is considering raising its latest funding round from an original target of about 50 billion yuan to at least 80 billion yuan, with signed term sheets pointing to a final total approaching 100 billion yuan, according to CNBC and Bloomberg; CNBC put the figure at as much as $14.9 billion. Tencent and CATL are the investors committing the largest amounts, and DeepSeek and Tencent did not respond to requests for comment, with terms still subject to change. The round is seen as paving the way for a potential IPO in early 2027, after a roughly 51 billion yuan first external round closed in June.
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