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China’s iFlytek to open-source 2 edge AI models in September
Its smaller models support context windows of up to 1 million tokens.
China’s Zhipu AI revenue jumps 400% as cloud business grows
Its stock remained about 60% below its June record high despite a pre-results rise.
Huawei H1 profit drops 36% as costs, R&D spending rise
Huawei’s R&D spending reached 25.9% of revenue as it invested in AI and smart devices.
Chinese AI chipmakers MetaX, Iluvatar swing to profit
MetaX, a Shanghai-listed graphics processing unit (GPU) designer founded in 2020, reported a net profit of 612 million yuan (US$91.1 million).
China’s YMTC to boost NAND output nearly 25% in 2027
YMTC overtook Japan’s Kioxia by shipment volume in the second quarter to become the world’s third-largest NAND supplier.
Jio Platforms wins SEBI nod for $3.8b IPO
Meta and Google together hold about 17.7% of Jio Platforms.
Pentagon sued by Chinese chipmaker CXMT over military listing
CXMT says its DRAM chips are designed for civilian and commercial use.
Tencent unveils AI model it says outperforms Z.ai, Moonshot
Tencent demonstrated Hy4 Preview for game creation, 3D web design, and accounting compliance.
OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT ads to users in India
Anthropic says its rival Claude chatbot will remain ad-free.
MiniMax raises Alibaba cloud spending cap 220%
MiniMax plans to spend up to US$300 million on Alibaba Cloud services in 2025, up from US$115 million.



