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In the wave of technological innovation, AI startups are reshaping the industry landscape, but financing challenges still exist. To help early-stage AI entrepreneurs break free from traditional fundraising thinking, renowned venture capitalist Kleida Martiro will host a panel discussion titled "Winning Capital in a Competitive Market: How to Raise Funds for Your AI Startup" at the TechCrunch All Stage event on July 15th in Boston. Martiro is Gl

According to the latest data in the Internet Queen's AI Trend Report, the number of AI users, usage volume, and related capital expenditures (CapEx) are showing unprecedented growth. The report emphasizes that this upward trend is not only reflected in the soaring number of AI users and usage volumes, but also strongly supported by related capital expenditures. For example, ChatGPT saw its weekly active user base increase 8 times to reach 800 million in just 17 months. The Internet Queen's AI Trend Report points out that ChatGPT reached 100 million users at a fast pace.

According to a deep analysis of Mary Meeker's latest AI trend report, the world's largest tech companies are investing in AI research and development and capital expenditure on an unprecedented scale and speed. The report points out that over the past two decades, capital expenditures in the technology industry have been continuously increasing, initially for storing and accessing data, then for distributing and scaling, and now mainly focusing on computing and intelligence. This AI trend report highlights that by 2023, AI has evolved from a research function into an important capital expenditure project. The six major U.S. companies...

Kuaishou announced that it will further increase its investment in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector to address concerns about the monetization capability of its latest AI tools. At the earnings conference call on May 27th, Chief Financial Officer Jin Bing stated that as company revenue continues to grow, Kuaishou's overall losses in Ke Ling AI will gradually narrow. Additionally, the amortization of fixed costs such as training and labor will help improve financial conditions. Jin Bing revealed that Kuaishou's AI expenditures are expected to increase year-over-year, mainly aiming to attract and retain top AI talent and enhance capabilities.

The health tech sector has seen significant funding recently, highlighting the rapid rise and widespread adoption of artificial intelligence in healthcare. Early-stage venture capital firm SignalFire secured $1 billion in funding to support AI-focused startups. This brings SignalFire's total assets under management to $3 billion, underscoring its prominence in the industry. SignalFire's portfolio includes several healthcare startups, such as Grow.

Venture capital firm SignalFire announced it has secured over $1 billion in funding to support next-generation early-stage technology startups, particularly those innovating in applied artificial intelligence (AI). This capital will be allocated across multiple programs including SignalFire's Seed, Early, XIR (High-Retention), and Opportunity programs. The firm stated that this funding will be used to back founders pursuing disruptive innovations with the potential to 'reshape entire categories'. Image note: Image generated by AI, image licensing provided by Midjourney.

Tessell, a startup focused on multi-cloud Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS), has secured $60 million in funding, led by WestBridge Capital. This funding will be used to expand market reach and launch an AI-powered conversational database management service. With data becoming increasingly critical across industries, many businesses face challenges in efficiently managing and storing it. Traditional database solutions often lack flexibility, and many existing management tools fall short.

According to AIbase, Google's parent company Alphabet has reaffirmed its $75 billion capital expenditure plan for 2025 in recent earnings calls and public statements. This underscores Google's continued commitment to infrastructure development, particularly in maintaining its leadership position in Artificial Intelligence (AI). The massive investment focuses on AI computing power. As a global tech giant, Google's capital expenditure plans are closely watched by the industry. AIbase analysis indicates that the reiterated $75 billion...

In the midst of the AI revolution, no company is better positioned than Nvidia. Since ChatGPT ignited the market over two years ago, the high-performance GPU giant's revenue, profitability, and cash reserves have skyrocketed, driving its stock price higher. Fueled by its growing wealth, Nvidia is aggressively expanding its investments in AI, particularly in startups. According to PitchBook data, Nvidia significantly increased its venture capital activity in 2024, participating in 49 rounds of AI-related funding.

Tianyancha App shows that Hefei iFlytek Xingdun Technology Co., Ltd. was recently established. Hu Guoping serves as the legal representative, and the registered capital is RMB 200 million. The company's business scope includes software development, AI basic resources and technology platforms, AI theoretical and algorithm software development, AI application software development, network and information security software development, big data services, etc. It is wholly owned by iFlytek.

Recently, the domestic artificial intelligence company DeepSeek has attracted widespread attention due to its outstanding performance. Interestingly, some netizens discovered that there seems to be a 'missed connection' story between DeepSeek and its upstairs neighbor - Beijing Baidu Investment Management Co., Ltd. (referred to as 'Baidu Venture Capital').

Against the backdrop of the global generative AI wave in 2022, YuanShi Intelligence (RWKV) completed tens of millions of RMB in angel round financing in December 2023, with investment from Tianji Capital. Following this financing, the company’s valuation doubled, and the funds will be used for team expansion, new architecture development, and product commercialization. The emergence of RWKV presents a strong challenge to the traditional Transformer architecture. With the advancement of large language models (LLMs), although the parameter scale of models is becoming increasingly large, issues like hallucination and accuracy persist.

Yuanshi Intelligence Co., Ltd. in Shenzhen recently announced that it has completed tens of millions of RMB in angel round financing on December 25, 2024, with Tianji Capital as the investor. This financing will accelerate Yuanshi Intelligence's efforts in ecological development, strengthening technological capabilities, and launching AI applications targeting end consumers. Founded in June 2023, Yuanshi Intelligence is a high-tech enterprise focusing on the research and development of large model architectures and AI applications. With its innovative technology and clear development strategy, the company has continuously attracted the favor of the capital markets. Prior to this financing, Yuanshi Intelligence had

Chinese emerging AI large model company Jumps Star recently announced significant news, completing hundreds of millions in financing. This round was led by Fortera Capital, a private equity investment institution under the Shanghai state-owned capital investment and operation platform, with well-known firms such as Tencent and Qiming Venture Partners participating. Founded just over a year ago by former Microsoft Asia Research Institute Chief Scientist Jiang Daxin in April 2023, Jumps Star has already made breakthrough progress in the field of multimodal large language models.