AI Morning Brief: WAIC Hardware Showcase
创业邦 · wechat · 2026-07-19
### AI Morning Briefing Highlights - **Kimi** is reportedly preparing for a Hong Kong IPO within the next 6 months; **OpenEvidence** is also rumored to be seeking new funding, potentially raising its valuation to **$20 billion**. - **WAIC** featured numerous hardware and robotics updates: **Rokid** launched the smart glasses OS **YodaOS**; **Moonix** released a standard edition of its AI glasses; **中兴** showcased its Star series humanoid robots; and **傅利叶** unveiled the wheeled dual-arm robot **GRW**. - **Infrastructure & Industry Dynamics**: Alibaba Cloud launched **AgentNativeCloud**; Nio's chip subsidiary **神玑** exhibited independently for the first time, introducing multiple AI computing and agent products; and Indian companies were reported to be increasingly dependent on Chinese LLMs to lower costs. - Other news: **ASML** granted a one-time stock award to eligible employees globally; **Jensen Huang's** iconic leather jacket sold for **$960,000** for charity; and **Apple** raised prices for the iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods in Japan, while engaging in settlement talks with the US DOJ over an antitrust lawsuit.
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