Chinese AI firm MiniMax, others launch Hong Kong IPOs in year-end rushHong Kong's stock market is experiencing a significant revival, fueled by AI and chip companies. Chinese AI startup MiniMax Group has spear...
31 Dec, 2025, 08.12 PM IST
Has Chinese AI sensation DeepSeek lost its mojo to rivals? Delays in R2 launch raise big questions amid fierce rivalryChina’s AI darling DeepSeek, once hailed as a symbol of tech independence, is suddenly facing a reality check. Its bold push to ditch U.S. ...
18 Aug, 2025, 06.00 PM IST
China's Moonshot AI releases open-source model to reclaim market positionThe model, called Kimi K2, features enhanced coding capabilities and excels at general agent tasks and tool integration, allowing it to bre...
12 Jul, 2025, 07.18 AM IST
China's Alibaba says annual revenue up 6% year-on-yearAlibaba reported a 6% rise in annual revenue to 996.3 billion yuan ($138.2 billion), with net income surging 62%. The results signal renewe...
15 May, 2025, 04.55 PM IST
QSRs go quick; Apple grows India suppliersSeveral quick-service restaurant (QSR) brands are customising their top-selling products for quick commerce platforms. This and more in tod...
19 Mar, 2025, 07.21 AM IST
China’s DeepSeek dive; RBI’s Scapia nodChina’s AI race has gotten the DeepSeek fillip, with its tech bigwigs now catching up. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
18 Mar, 2025, 07.41 PM IST
DeepSeek's disruption triggers AI race in China as Baidu, Tencent, Alibaba ramp up effortsSince its launch in January, DeepSeek’s reasoning model has gained attention for matching the performance of global platforms such as ChatG...
18 Mar, 2025, 01.45 PM IST
China's Baidu releases new AI model to compete with DeepSeekIn a post on WeChat, Baidu announced the launch of its latest X1 reasoning model -- which the company claims performs similarly to DeepSeek...
16 Mar, 2025, 04.38 PM IST
Generative AI rivals racing to the futureSince ChatGPT burst onto the scene in late 2022, generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) models have been vying for the lead - with the ...
13 Mar, 2025, 07.56 AM IST
China's Baidu to launch upgraded AI Ernie model in mid-March: SourceThe upgraded 4.5 Ernie model will have improved capabilities in areas such as reasoning and also feature enhanced multimodal capabilities.
27 Feb, 2025, 12.31 PM IST
DeepSeek rushes to launch new AI model as China goes all inThe Chinese startup triggered a $1 trillion-plus sell-off in global equities markets last month with a cut-price AI reasoning model that ou...
25 Feb, 2025, 04.43 PM IST
Is Xi's sudden embrace of business for real? China is left guessingXi Jinping's recent symposium with top entrepreneurs came amidst China's economic challenges. The discussion highlighted the private sector...
22 Feb, 2025, 11.09 AM IST
Baidu fourth-quarter revenue down 2% as advertising dip offsets AI cloud gainsFor the three months through December, the company reported a revenue of 34.12 billion yuan ($4.69 billion), compared with analysts' estima...
18 Feb, 2025, 05.01 PM IST
China's Tencent says trialling own AI reasoning model alongside DeepSeekOn Monday, Tencent said in a post on WeChat -- the social media platform it owns -- that selected users of its Yuanbao chatbot may address ...
17 Feb, 2025, 02.50 PM IST
Tencent's messaging app Weixin launches beta testing with DeepSeekTencent’s Weixin app is beta testing DeepSeek integration, marking a significant step as China’s leading messaging platform embraces AI ami...
16 Feb, 2025, 08.35 PM IST
China's DeepSeek 'fascinating player in global AI landscape'? Here's what its rivals ChatGPT, Gemini and Meta AI saidDeepSeek, China's AI chatbot, has taken the internet by storm and rattled the tech market. Within just a week of its announcement, it overt...
28 Jan, 2025, 04.28 PM IST