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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