3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (661+ words) Kazakhstan’s venture capital ecosystem is still young, but Askar Bilisbekov, CEO and board member of Alem Capital Management, sees room for growth through more institutional capital, stronger international links and deeper ties with China. “We’re still building our ecosystem,” Bilisbekov…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (408+ words) The first time many people saw a humanoid robot, it was probably doing something impressive: dancing, flipping, or performing a carefully rehearsed routine. The industry’s biggest challenge now lies in turning those impressive demonstrations into robots that can perform useful…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (98+ words) Embodied AI startup PHYMI raises nearly US$100 million in seed funding TechNode PHYMI, an embodied AI startup founded by former DeepRoute.ai executive Liu Nianqiu, has raised nearly US$100 million in seed funding. IDG Capital led the round, with participation…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (128+ words) Alibaba puts 1688 and Alibaba.com under unified management TechNode Alibaba has begun integrating its domestic wholesale platform 1688 with cross-border marketplace Alibaba.com and placed both businesses under Kuo Zhang, an Alibaba vice president and president of Alibaba.com, according to…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1593+ words) Editor’s note: This article is republished from Jumpstart, a TechNode Group publication. At night, some of the most consequential robots in China are the ones nobody notices. They move quietly through hotel corridors, wait for elevators, carry deliveries across campuses…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (119+ words) Former OpenAI researcher Yonglong Tian named Tencent Hunyuan multimodal head TechNode Former OpenAI researcher Yonglong Tian has been named head of multimodal models for Tencent’s Hunyuan team, according to a report. He has joined Tencent’s CEO and President Office and…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (136+ words) Douyin overtakes WeChat in average time spent per user for the first time TechNode Douyin surpassed WeChat in average time spent per user in July, becoming China’s leading app by that measure for the first time, according to a Nomura…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (696+ words) What does a humanoid robot boom actually look like? In China, it is taking shape not only in capital investment and production, but in the growing range of places where robots are being put to use. The correction, however, has…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (136+ words) Xiaomi launches four SkyNomad range-extended SUVs, including an Explorer Edition with an electric lifting roof TechNode Xiaomi has launched four SkyNomad range-extended SUVs: the N70 Pro, N70 Max, N90 Max and N90 Max Explorer Edition. The models are priced from RMB 209,900 to RMB 299,900, with…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (115+ words) WeChat Pay launches a smart-glasses SDK for QR-code payments technode.com WeChat Pay has launched a software development kit for smart-glasses makers, with Rokid AI Glasses among the first products to support it. Users can initiate a payment scan by…...