36Kr's Hardcore report says Flowtica AI, founded by a Hong Kong University of Science and Technology graduate who studied under Li Zexiang, has closed a new round of tens of millions of yuan from Vertex Ventures China, Source Code Capital, 5Y Capital and the Clear Water Bay Fund, with Shanyu Capital as exclusive financial adviser. The startup's second product, Verso, is a 6.5mm, 78g magnetic e-ink device with an always-on display, physical buttons, a four-microphone array and a bone-conduction sensor, positioned as a "personal context OS" spanning memory, attention and workflow closure. Flowtica says Verso was unveiled at IFA in Germany in September, deposits opened this week, and first mass-production units are due to ship in December; it also says 42% of activated users of its earlier Scribe recorder became paying subscribers.