Sequoia China and Hillhouse Back Full-Duplex Startup Telos

Chinese startup Telos is building an omni-modal, full-duplex interaction model with seed funding from HongShan and Hillhouse. OpenBMB has also open-sourced MiniCPM-o 4.5, a 9B model that can see, hear and speak simultaneously.

2026-10-23 ~ 2026-10-23 · 2 related posts

• OpenBMB's open 9B MiniCPM-o 4.5 sees, listens and speaks simultaneously via Omni-Flow — kimmonismus · 2026-10-23
• China's Telos, seed-backed by HongShan and Hillhouse, builds omni-modal full-duplex models — kimmonismus · 2026-10-23