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Shenzhen AI startup competition crowns Weifan Intelligence as 300 projects converge on the hardware capital

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Shenzhen News Net, 27 August: on 26 August, the 2026 Next-Generation Artificial Intelligence (Shenzhen) Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competition final was held in Shenzhen. After a full day of roadshows and judging, Weifan Intelligence beat 20 finalist teams to take the first prize. Wange Zhiyuan, Emi Process and Yigan Technology took second prize; Xinchen Qiyuan, Zhiyong … Read more

Shenzhen exoskeleton maker Maisi Robotics closes nearly RMB 100 million round as Lenovo backs it for the fourth time

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Shenzhen Maisi Robotics Technology has completed a new strategic financing round of nearly RMB 100 million, with CSC Financial, a “state-backed” institution, as investor, 36Kr reported. The round accelerates product iteration and the rollout of frontier directions such as brain-computer interfaces, and extends coverage to the “last mile” of rehab from hospital to community to … Read more

Shenzhen opens 19 private-capital projects worth over RMB 90 billion as it courts outside investment

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On 31 August 2026, Shenzhen held the roadshow for its second 2026 batch of projects open to private capital, in the Nanshan district. Nineteen projects with a combined investment of more than RMB 90 billion (about USD 12.6 billion) were opened to private capital, drawing more than 100 private firms, state-owned enterprises, and investment and … Read more

Overseas buyers flock to Shenzhen fair, pledging RMB 2.7 billion in orders

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On 22 August, the 12th Overseas Chinese Industry and Commerce Fair and the 2026 Asia-Pacific Industry Cooperation and Going-Global Expo closed at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Centre (Futian). Across three days the event delivered strong trade results: 35,000 professional visitors and intended procurement of RMB 2.7 billion. Overseas buyers from more than 50 countries … Read more

Shenzhen tops China with 166 companies on the ChiNext board

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On 24 August, the registration-based IPO reform on the Shenzhen SME board (ChiNext) marked its sixth anniversary. Built on China’s earliest capital-market segment created to back technology innovation, Shenzhen firms are accelerating into industry leadership. According to data from iFinD compiled by the newspaper, as of 23 August Shenzhen had 166 ChiNext-listed companies, the highest … Read more

Shenzhen-made perception tech pushes robots from demo to reliable work

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At the 2026 World Robot Conference in Beijing, exhibitors showed how the hand, the bridge between thought and work, is being reimagined. A three-finger dexterous hand, unlike the human five, changes shape to grab all kinds of objects and targets industrial settings where it raises efficiency and cuts cost. Teams integrated micro-motors and transmission modules … Read more

How Shenzhen’s robot exports grew more than tenfold, and what it says about China’s smart-manufacturing climb

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After drones, robots are becoming Shenzhen’s next industry with a real cluster effect, and the trade data now backs it up. In the first seven months of 2026 the city’s total imports and exports reached 3.42 trillion yuan, up 32.8 per cent, with exports of 1.77 trillion and imports of 1.65 trillion, the latter up … Read more

LimX Dynamics closes $200 million Pre-IPO at 15 billion yuan value

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LimX Dynamics, the Shenzhen humanoid-robot maker, has closed a Pre-IPO round of nearly $200 million, pushing its post-money valuation to 15 billion yuan and into the ranks of China’s super unicorns. Over the past six months the company has raised a cumulative $400 million, building a war chest for its next capital-market move. LimX Dynamics … Read more

BridgeDP Robotics raises a nine-figure round to build the ‘operating system’ for robot movement

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BridgeDP Robotics, a Shenzhen general-purpose robot operating-system developer, has closed a Pre-A-plus-plus round led by China Mobile’s Chain-Length Fund, with existing backers Fosun Capital and Shenzhen Capital Group following on, Zhidx reported. The round is described as a nine-figure RMB sum. Founder Shang Yangxing studied at Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen under … Read more

UBTECH and Basic Semiconductor strike a silicon-carbide deal for humanoid robots

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During the 2026 World Robot Conference, UBTECH (9880.HK) and Basic Semiconductor (9971.HK) signed a strategic cooperation agreement, Gasgoo’s embodied-intelligence desk reported. The two Shenzhen-linked firms will combine UBTECH’s strength in humanoid robots with Basic Semi’s silicon-carbide power-device know-how. The deal targets three areas. First, jointly develop low-power, long-endurance embodied robots by applying silicon-carbide power devices … Read more