2025 Yunqi Conference Sneak Peek: These Are the New AI Highlights This Year
September 16 — The 2025 Yunqi Conference will be held from September 24 to 26 in Yunqi Town, Hangzhou. Today, Alibaba Cloud officially announced the main forum agenda for the opening ceremony. Theme and Scale This year’s Yunqi Conference, themed “Cloud-Intelligence Integration · Carbon-Silicon Symbiosis,” will span three days with three main forums and over 110 aggregated topics. More than 2,000 guests from over 50 countries are expected to attend. The exhibition area covers 40,000 square meters and is divided into three halls: Artificial Intelligence + Hall Computing Hall Cutting-Edge Application Hall Over 500 enterprises will showcase 3,500 exhibits. Main Forums and Speakers During the conference, the three main […]
Huawei Releases Top 10 Technology Trends for the Intelligent World 2035; Musk to Evaluate AI5 Chip Design
Microsoft, NVIDIA, and other tech giants plan to add over $40 billion in AI investment in the UK Microsoft announced on Tuesday its plan to invest $30 billion in the UK by 2028 to build its artificial intelligence infrastructure. The investment includes $15.5 billion for capital expansion and $15.1 billion for UK business operations. Microsoft stated this will enable collaboration with British cloud computing company Nscale to create the UK’s “largest supercomputer,” equipped with more than 23,000 advanced graphics processing units (GPUs). NVIDIA, Google, OpenAI, and Salesforce have also announced multibillion-dollar investment plans in the UK, with the total new investment exceeding $40 billion. Musk: AI5 Chip Design […]
End-of-Year Revenue to Exceed RMB 70 Million! Why This Laser Company Secured Another Round of Funding?
Series A Financing Overview: Funds Allocated to R&D, Market Expansion, and Team Building Recently, Shenzhen Zhongzhi Xinying Precision Technology Co., Ltd. (referred to as “Zhongzhi Xinying”) announced the completion of its Series A financing, led by Ceyuan Ventures. The funds will be mainly used for technology research and development, market expansion, and team building to accelerate the company’s layout in the laser processing field. Notably, this financing round comes only about 8 months after the previous one. What strengths does this company possess? Why has it attracted capital interest? Tech & Product Portfolio: Diversified Laser Solutions for High-Tech & Civilian Industries Founded on September 18, […]
Humanoid Robot Startup Figure AI Raises $1 Billion, Valuation Soars to $39 Billion
September 17 news — According to foreign media reports, humanoid robot startup Figure AI has raised $1 billion in funding, pushing its valuation to $39 billion. Figure CEO Brad Adcock announced the news. The $1 billion comes from a Series C round led by Parkway Venture Capital, with participation from major companies including Nvidia, Salesforce, T-Mobile, and Intel. Figure stated that the funds will be used to expand its AI platform Helix and BotQ manufacturing system. Three Main Uses of Funding: Scaling Humanoid Robot Applications to Homes and Businesses Figure is expanding BotQ’s manufacturing capacity and real-world deployment to enable robots to assist with household […]
Amlogic Acquires Xinmai Micro for RMB 316 Million; Target Company’s H1 Revenue Only RMB 680,000
Merger & Acquisition Core: RMB 316 Million Cash Purchase of 100% Equity in Xinmai Micro, Targeting Communication Technology Breakthroughs Recently, Amlogic announced its plan to acquire 100% equity in Xinmai Micro Semiconductor (Jiaxing) Co., Ltd. for a total consideration of RMB 316 million in cash. Public records show that Xinmai Micro Semiconductor was founded in Zhuhai in August 2021, and relocated to Jiaxing, Zhejiang in January 2025 under its current name. Since its establishment, the company has developed rapidly, completing three rounds of financing totaling several hundred million yuan within the past year. Investors include well-known institutions such as Walden International, Legend Capital, and CCV (China Creation Ventures). […]
The Revolution in Connecting Component Production
In automotive interiors, 3C electronics, smart homes, and other fields, fasteners (snap-fit connectors) serve as low-cost, easy-to-operate connecting components that provide core functions such as structural fixation and part assembly. From tiny phone case fasteners to heavy-duty automotive door panel fasteners, applications span from precision electronics to heavy industry. However, traditional manual fastener assembly has long suffered from low efficiency, poor precision, and inconsistent quality. In one washing machine panel assembly line, workers could only produce 600 units per person per day with a defect rate of 2.8%, requiring additional quality inspection personnel to address issues like missing or reversed installations. As manufacturing transitions toward flexibility and intelligence, […]
CATL: Sodium-Ion New Passenger Vehicle Battery to Start Mass Supply Next Year
Global Launch of CATL NaXin: Full Temperature Range Operation & Core Advantages Over Lithium-Ion Batteries According to reports, in April this year, CATL launched the world’s first large-scale mass-produced sodium-ion battery — CATL NaXin, which includes two product categories: “NaXin power battery” and “NaXin-24V heavy-duty truck starting and storage integrated battery.” Both products can operate in a full temperature range from -40°C to +70°C. On September 17, CATL stated on an interactive platform that although the energy density of sodium-ion batteries is slightly lower than that of lithium-ion batteries, they have greater advantages in low-temperature performance, carbon footprint, and safety. Technical Performance & Market Fit: 175Wh/kg Energy […]
CATL: Sodium-Ion New Passenger Vehicle Battery to Start Mass Supply Next Year
Global Debut in April: Full Temperature Range Coverage with Outstanding Low-Temperature and Safety Advantages In April this year, CATL launched the world’s first large-scale mass-produced sodium-ion battery — CATL NaXin, including two product categories: “NaXin power battery” and “NaXin-24V heavy-duty truck starting and storage integrated battery.” Both products can operate in a full temperature range from -40°C to +70°C. On September 17, CATL further clarified the performance positioning of sodium-ion batteries on an interactive platform: although their energy density is slightly lower than lithium-ion batteries, they have significant advantages in three core dimensions — low-temperature performance, carbon footprint control, and safety. This 特性 gives them a natural competitive […]
The “Small Component Expert” Empowering Manufacturing Refinement
Buckles, those seemingly trivial components, are ubiquitous in modern manufacturing—securing automobile interior panels, fastening luggage zippers, fixing household appliance casings, and even connecting electronic device shells. Their small size belies their critical role: a misassembled buckle can lead to loose car interiors, leaking luggage, or unstable appliance structures. For decades, buckle assembly relied on manual work, but as manufacturing moves toward precision and high efficiency, the Automatic Buckle Feeding And Assembly System has emerged as a game-changer. It solves the pain points of manual operations and becomes a key link in upgrading the automation of industries such as automobiles, luggage, and electronics.
The “Sealing Guardian” Accelerating Manufacturing Automation
In the wave of global manufacturing automation, even small components like sealing rings—critical for waterproofing, pressure retention, and leak prevention in equipment—are undergoing a transformation from manual assembly to intelligent automation. As a core link in the production chain of automobiles, home appliances, hydraulic systems, and medical devices, sealing ring assembly has long been plagued by low efficiency, high error rates, and unstable quality in manual operations. Today, the Automatic Sealing Ring Feeding And Assembly System is emerging as a “sealing guardian,” solving these pain points and becoming a key driver for enterprises to improve production efficiency and product reliability. Why Manual Assembly of Sealing Rings Is Being Phased […]
AI Empowers Public Governance: Launch of Germany’s Federal AI Opportunity Market (MaKI) Builds a New Ecosystem for Transparent Administration
Launch of MaKI: Proactively Meeting EU AI Act Compliance Requirements and Resolving the “Information Silo” Dilemma in Administrative AI Against the backdrop of accelerated globalization and standardization of AI governance, how to enhance administrative efficiency while safeguarding public trust has become a core issue in the digital transformation of countries worldwide. In September 2025, Germany’s Federal Ministry of the Interior, in collaboration with various federal ministries, officially launched the Künstliche Intelligenz Marktplatz (MaKI, AI Opportunity Market). Through this platform, a panoramic and transparent display of AI applications across federal administrative departments was realized for the first time. This initiative not only responds to the transparency requirements of the EU’s […]
AI + Creativity: How Machine Collaboration 焕新 Humanity’s Creative Spark
Imagine a designer staring at a blank canvas, stuck for hours on a brand visual concept; a writer staring at a blinking cursor, struggling to turn scattered interview notes into a vivid story; a UX team drowning in hundreds of user feedback entries, unable to spot the core pain points. For years, these “creative bottlenecks” felt like unavoidable parts of the process—until AI stepped in. But here’s the question no one’s asking enough: Is AI here to take over creativity… or to unleash it? Creativity has long been hailed as humanity’s “secret sauce”: messy, emotional, rooted in our unique experiences of joy, loss, and wonder. AI, by contrast, feels […]
