DeepSeek Seeks $70B Funding at $70B Valuation; Zhipu's OxAlpha Tops OpenRouter

创业邦 · wechat · 2026-08-27

DeepSeek

Funding Rumor: Revenue reached 475M RMB in first 7 months (10x of 2025 total); net loss 715M RMB. Reportedly seeking 50B RMB ($7B) in a new funding round at a 500B RMB ($70B) valuation.

Zhipu AI

Model Release: Confirmed OxAlpha as the next-gen GLM model, releasing weights tonight. Usage is already 2x that of DeepSeek, topping the OpenRouter leaderboard.

Tech Giants

Tencent: Dowson Tong addressed "slow AI" criticism, citing severe GPU shortage slowing down training, despite strong Hunyuan Hy3 performance.
Alibaba: Agent product "QwenWork" international version launched public beta.
Anthropic: Published paper on "Mind Viruses," showing AI agents can spread harmful instructions via natural language. Musk commented "unavoidable".
Tesla: Denies reports that its Shanghai data center for FSD is abandoned, stating operations are normal and police report filed.

Industry & Funding

Unitree: Stock fell for 5 days, market cap down over 200B RMB from peak.
MiniMax: H1 revenue $116.6M (up 283%). ARR surged from $150M to over $800M in 6 months; Token usage up 20x.
Lingchu Intelligence: Raised over $100M led by industrial capital like Tuopu Group and Chery for embodied intelligence.
OpenAI: In-house "Jalapeno" chip reportedly outperforms Nvidia GB300 in tests.

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