Moonshot AI founder Yang Zhilin presenting Kimi Chat’s long-context model capabilities. After DeepSeek, another Chinese model has rattled the United States. On July 22, four things happened in a single day. Michael Kratsios, head of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, publicly accused Moonshot AI on X of “large-scale distillation” of American … Read more
When NVIDIA unveiled its Isaac GR00T reference humanoid at GTC Taipei during ICRA 2026, the industry noted the obvious choices: a Unitree H2 Plus body, Jetson Thor onboard compute, and the open-source Isaac GR00T model as the brain. But the component that drew the sharpest questions was the one few had heard of: the hands. … Read more
A bionic robot developed by a Shanghai startup has ignited a fierce debate on overseas social media — not because it failed, but because it looked too human. At the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai on July 17, Shouxing Tech unveiled OriginF1: a desktop-scale bionic android with 26 degrees of freedom across … Read more
On June 24th, Shenzhen-based embodied-AI startup RoboScience (机器科学) hosted its official launch event in Shenzhen, unveiling Visics: a general-purpose embodied foundation model built around a novel architecture called VLOA (Vision-Language-Object-Action). The company’s founding team carries unusual credentials. CEO Tian Ye (田野) previously served as Apple’s AI Platform technical lead, where he built infrastructure described internally … Read more
At WAIC 2026 in Shanghai, Shenzhen-based service robot leader Keenon (擎朗智能) unveiled something more ambitious than a product demo: an “embodied community” spanning four real-world service scenarios, all running on humanoid robots with zero human teleoperation. What ‘Zero Teleoperation’ Actually Means The industry default for robot showcases is still remote piloting — a human operator … Read more
Futuring Robot’s F2 home robot, a full-stack domestic humanoid currently deployed in paid household trials across China. (Source: OFweek Robotics) Home robots remain the most stubborn corner of embodied AI, but one Chinese startup is betting the path runs through real living rooms rather than factory floors. Futuring Robot (未来不远), founded in Shanghai in 2022 … Read more
Acemate, a Shenzhen-based startup incubated by smart-home unicorn SwitchBot, has signed a partnership with the 2026 China Open, the highest-level men’s and women’s combined tennis tournament in Asia. The deal, announced on July 22, marks the company’s push from training clubs and shared courts into a professional tournament environment with global television exposure. The Acemate … Read more
Shenzhen-based RoboSense (速腾聚创) shipped 719,200 LiDAR units in the first half of 2026, a 170% year-on-year jump, according to company figures released on July 9. The robot-industry segment led the acceleration: 282,600 units, up 510% from the same period last year. Automotive LiDAR, still the larger business, rose 98% to 436,600 units. In the second … Read more
Cross-border fast-fashion giant SHEIN has finally reached a critical milestone in its long-awaited Hong Kong IPO journey. On 26 July, SHEIN International Holdings updated its post-hearing prospectus, marking the latest step in a listing process that has stretched over four years and multiple jurisdictions. From USD 100B to USD 30B SHEIN’s valuation trajectory tells the … Read more
Humanoid robots are not yet mass-market consumer products, but China’s leading players are already fighting over physical retail entry points. Two Strategies, One Goal In late April, Unitree opened its first directly operated flagship store in Beijing’s Wangfujing Intime in88 mall. By late May, it followed up with an embodied-AI experience centre on Shanghai’s Nanjing … Read more
China’s domestic DRAM leader Changxin Memory Technology made its debut on the Shanghai STAR Market on 27 July, delivering what may go down as one of the most explosive opening sessions in A-share history. The company priced its IPO at $8.66 per share. At the opening bell, the stock rocketed to $49.50 — an intra-day … Read more