Tencent tests AI assistant for its super app WeChat in ChinaKnown as Weixin in China, the super app has made the new AI assistant available to a small number of users, according to a statement from W...
22 Jun, 2026, 01.17 PM IST
DeepSeek slated to draw $7 billion in maiden fundraising, sources sayThe fundraising could value the company after the investment at between 350 billion yuan and 400 billion yuan, or between $52 billion and...
03 Jun, 2026, 09.46 AM IST
US clears H200 chip sales to 10 China firms as Nvidia CEO looks for breakthroughDespite US approval for around 10 Chinese firms to buy Nvidia's H200 AI chips, no deliveries have occurred. CEO Jensen Huang's China trip, ...
15 May, 2026, 09.59 AM IST
China tech giant Tencent sees Q1 profit jump after AI betsTencent reported a 21% surge in quarterly net profit, reaching 58.1 billion yuan, driven by significant investments in the booming artifici...
13 May, 2026, 03.24 PM IST
DeepSeek could be valued at up to $50 billion in first fundraising: SourcesChinese AI firm DeepSeek is seeking a massive valuation of up to fifty billion dollars in its first funding drive. The company aims to rais...
06 May, 2026, 08.52 PM IST
Big Chinese tech firms scramble to secure Huawei AI chips after DeepSeek V4 launchAmidst the growing competition in artificial intelligence, Chinese tech behemoths are racing to secure Huawei's Ascend 950 AI chips. The ur...
29 Apr, 2026, 12.33 PM IST
Waiting for DeepSeek: new model to test China's AI ambitionsDespite reports and rumours about its imminent release, DeepSeek's next-generation "V4" model is nowhere in sight. Speculation is also swir...
09 Apr, 2026, 08.26 AM IST
DeepSeek goes down for seven hours in biggest outage since debutDeepSeek’s chatbot in China experienced a rare seven-hour outage, disrupting users overnight. The startup deployed multiple updates to fix ...
30 Mar, 2026, 12.31 PM IST
China's ByteDance releases Doubao 2.0 AI model for 'agent era'The company, like rival Alibaba, was caught off-guard by DeepSeek's meteoric rise to global fame during last year's Spring Festival, when S...
15 Feb, 2026, 09.35 AM IST
A year on from DeepSeek shock, get set for flurry of low-cost Chinese AI modelsOne year after Chinese startup DeepSeek rattled the global tech industry with the release of a low-cost artificial intelligence model, its ...
12 Feb, 2026, 12.33 PM IST
ByteDance rolls out AI voice assistant for Chinese smartphonesByteDance is rolling out a new AI voice assistant, powered by its Doubao model, starting with ZTE’s Nubia M153 smartphone. The tool handles...
01 Dec, 2025, 02.17 PM IST
China's tech giants move AI model training overseas to tap Nvidia chips: FTMajor Chinese tech firms like Alibaba and ByteDance are reportedly heading to data centers in Southeast Asia for AI training. This clever s...
27 Nov, 2025, 04.01 PM IST
How TikTok's parent, ByteDance, became an AI powerhouseByteDance is also using the data as the linchpin of a growing business in artificial intelligence. The company has invested billions of dol...
11 Apr, 2025, 03.44 PM IST
Nvidia's H20 chip orders jump as Chinese firms adopt DeepSeek's AI models, sources sayTencent, Alibaba and ByteDance have "significantly increased" orders of the H20 - a chip specific to China due to U.S. export controls - si...
25 Feb, 2025, 07.53 AM IST
You thought DeepSeek was enough? Wait! China's Alibaba releases a new version of its Qwen 2.5 AI model that it claims surpasses DeepSeek-V3; here's what is new in itIt looks like China-based AI agents are now bringing in a complete onslaught for Silicon Valley companies to face. After DeepSeek AI, it is...
29 Jan, 2025, 07.32 PM IST
Alibaba releases AI model it claims surpasses DeepSeek-V3The unusual timing of the Qwen 2.5-Max's release, on the first day of the Lunar New Year when most Chinese people are off work and with the...
29 Jan, 2025, 10.58 AM IST
DeepSeek has rattled the AI industry; a quick look at other Chinese AI modelsChinese AI firm DeepSeek claims its R1 model rivals OpenAI's, despite resource limitations. This sparks concerns about China's AI progress,...
28 Jan, 2025, 06.38 PM IST