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Kunwei raises ¥400M for AI ultrasound platform that images through the skull

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Shenzhen-based Kunwei Technology has raised a ¥400 million round joined by new investors XVC and Sequoia China, with existing backers Sherpa and Tencent adding more. The company says it abandoned the industry's push for higher frequencies and instead pairs low-frequency ultrasound with a self-developed deep-learning model that processes roughly 10GB of raw echo data per second, producing real-time high-resolution images of brain tissue and blood flow through the intact skull; it plans to sell both hardware and its kOS software platform to brain-computer-interface and NeuroAI researchers. Kunwei says it has booked tens of millions of yuan in orders, though the imaging comparison shown to reporters has not been independently verified and no regulatory approvals were disclosed.

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If independently validated, a non-invasive, real-time deep-brain imaging tool could serve as shared data infrastructure for BCI and neuroscience research.

一家深圳公司,让实时「看清」人类大脑变成了可能。

极客公园获悉,鲲为科技近期完成 4 亿元新一轮融资,新增股东包括 XVC、红杉中国,老股东夏尔巴、腾讯进一步加仓。

在鲲为位于深圳的研发中心,创始人刘家家向我们展示了实测对比。

一边是价值数百万的海外顶级旗舰彩超设备,一边是鲲为自主研发的机器。当探头同时置于受试者颅骨侧面,海外设备的声波在穿透至大脑中线后便衰减进一片暗影,仅能拼凑出模糊的轮廓;而在鲲为的屏幕上,穿透颅骨后的脑组织结构清晰毕现,中脑核团、侧脑室乃至微细血管中的血流动态被毫秒级实时捕捉。

穿透颅骨后的脑组织结构、血流动态等都能被清晰捕捉|图片来源:鲲为

#Kunwei Technology#kOS#XVC#Sequoia China#Sherpa#Tencent

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