What is AI model distillation and why is it becoming a US-China flashpoint?Long regarded as a standard tool of AI research, distillation is now at the centre of a growing dispute over whether advanced AI capabiliti...
31 Jul, 2026, 12.12 PM IST
What is model distillation? The AI technique at the centre of the US-China technology battleModel distillation, a technique that trains smaller AI models using outputs from more powerful systems, has become a key issue in the US-Ch...
31 Jul, 2026, 12.00 PM IST
Moonshot AI closes $3.5 billion funding round to hit $35 billion valuationThe Beijing-based startup managed to secure far more than the $1 billion to $2 billion it initially targeted, people familiar with the matt...
29 Jul, 2026, 05.00 PM IST
Memory frenzy fuels CXMT's historic debutCXMT Corp's Shanghai debut is anticipated to be historic after a near-record IPO. The company is poised to become China's largest listed fi...
27 Jul, 2026, 06.29 AM IST
Cheaper, open and intelligent: Chinese AI models gain ground, as they make inroads in the USChinese artificial intelligence models are increasingly adopted by American users and businesses. These advanced systems offer competitive ...
26 Jul, 2026, 10.03 AM IST
The second Chinese AI shock rattles US as China narrows the raceChina's Kimi K3 AI model has emerged, significantly narrowing the technological gap with American frontier systems. This development has pr...
24 Jul, 2026, 09.33 PM IST
Chris Wood warns of massive capital destruction in US as China challenges AI boomJefferies strategist Chris Wood warns that the AI infrastructure boom could trigger massive capital destruction as cheaper Chinese open-sou...
24 Jul, 2026, 01.09 PM IST
Meta's Muse Spark edges past Google's Gemini on AI benchmarkMeta's new AI model has edged past Google's Gemini on a key benchmark. This development has sparked discussions among AI industry observers...
22 Jul, 2026, 08.47 PM IST
The geopolitics of AI: Why WAICO mattersChina's formation of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization marks a pivotal moment in the global AI landscape, marking ...
21 Jul, 2026, 11.38 AM IST
Moonshot is creating new winners and losers in the AI tradeThe Chinese startup unveiled Kimi K3 on Friday, a model that it says delivers performance that rivals top-tier offerings from OpenAI and An...
20 Jul, 2026, 05.24 PM IST
China's DeepSeek to raise fresh capital at $74 billion valuation ahead of onshore IPOThe plan comes just weeks after the Hangzhou-based company, which drew global attention with its low-cost AI models in 2025, raised about $...
18 Jul, 2026, 02.16 PM IST
Chinese filing implies DeepSeek valuation of around $52 billionThe stock-exchange filing offers rare public evidence about the pricing and investor lineup of DeepSeek's maiden external fundraising, whic...
17 Jul, 2026, 12.13 AM IST
Chinese filing implies DeepSeek valuation of around $52 billionAnhui Korrun's subsidiary invested 2.90 billion yuan in DeepSeek. This investment secured an indirect 0.8265% stake in the company. The dea...
16 Jul, 2026, 08.48 PM IST
China's DeepSeek to raise fresh capital at $74 billion valuation ahead of onshore IPOThe plan comes just weeks after the Hangzhou-based company, which drew global attention with its low-cost AI models in 2025, raised about $...
15 Jul, 2026, 06.48 PM IST
Meet DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng, the Chinese entrepreneur who is now world's richest AI founder, surpassing Anthropic's Dario AmodeiDeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng's net worth has significantly increased after a recent funding round. He is now the world's wealthiest creat...
14 Jul, 2026, 01.01 PM IST
DeepSeek’s Liang Wenfeng tops Dario Amodei and Greg Brockman as richest AI founderLiang is now worth $36 billion, up from about $16.7 billion previously, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. That ranks him well ...
14 Jul, 2026, 12.01 PM IST
China's DeepSeek developing its own AI chipThe chip is designed for inference - the stage of AI computing in which a trained model generates responses for users - rather than for tra...
07 Jul, 2026, 04.23 PM IST