Chinese GPU maker MetaX invests in Kuaishou's Kling AI as chip firms turn VCs
创业邦 · wechat · 2026-11-02
Kuaishou closed Kling AI's funding round with about 19.8 billion yuan actually received, and domestic GPU company MetaX's investment arm took a 1-billion-yuan, 0.08% stake — a chip maker betting on a video generation model that needs massive compute.
The article traces MetaX's journey from a 2020 startup to its December 2025 STAR Market listing, and its shift into an investor: 100M yuan into advanced packaging firm SJ Semiconductor, B-round in Wuxi Muchuang (400G/800G NICs and GPU interconnect chips), stakes in compute users like Tianyi Video and medical AI firms, plus robotics bets — Zeno Robotics seed round, Daxiao Infinite, and a 35.01% JV with UBTech for embodied-AI edge chips — alongside LP positions in several funds.
Like Nvidia's NVentures and AMD Ventures, GPU makers now use investing to reach applications early: winning means not just building chips, but getting them adopted.
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