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In DepthDeepSeek Restarts Second Funding Round: Valuation at 500 Billion RMB, Seeking ~$8 Billion—

Reports indicate DeepSeek is seeking to raise nearly $8 billion at a valuation of approximately 500 billion RMB (~$74 billion USD). Financing was previously paused due to a leaked internal speech but has now resumed. Potential investor Lisi Capital is in talks. Market buzz surrounds the idea of its "market cap aligning with Tencent within three years."

In DepthByteDance Rejects 'Distillation' Shortcuts: Prefers Admitting Lagging Behind to Insisting on Self-Developed Super Large Models—

ByteDance CEO Liang Rubo admitted in an all-hands meeting that the gap between the Seed large model and overseas counterparts has widened, demanding acceptance of lagging behind while insisting on self-development. Founder Zhang Yiming explicitly opposed distillation (stealing knowledge from peer models). Multiple foreign media reports state ByteDance is training a massive self-developed model benchmarking against Anthropic's flagship.

In DepthCompetition Heats Up for Tencent Desktop AI Office Assistants: WorkBuddy Tops with 20.97 Million Monthly Visits—

According to Analysys data, in June 2026, domestic desktop AI-native office agents totaled over 60 million visits. Tencent's WorkBuddy ranked first with 20.97 million visits, significantly ahead of the second place. The battle for the AI office entry point has officially begun.

In DepthUnitree Robotics STAR Market Issue Price Set at 150.80 RMB, Valuation 60.9 Billion; One Lot Payment Hits Record High of 75,400 RMB for A-Shares—

Over-subscription raised 1.9 billion RMB. Institutions pushed prices up 45% from estimates. Subscription date is 8/10. The first humanoid robot stock sets a secondary market pricing benchmark for the embodied intelligence track.

DeepSeek Investment in Unitree Confirmed: Wang Xingxing confirmed both parties will focus cooperation on three areas (IT Home).

In DepthCambricon H1 Net Profit +122.61%: Watershed for Domestic Compute Moving from Burning Cash to Making Money—

Total operating revenue 5.996 billion RMB, YoY +108.13%; net profit attributable to parent 2.311 billion RMB, YoY +122.61%. Amid restrictions on Nvidia high-end chip supply, demand for domestic compute exploded.

In DepthUS Stocks Closed Lower Collectively on 8/6: Dow -0.85% Ends Five-Day Streak, AI Hardware Bucked the Trend—

Dow -0.85% to 53,885.10 points; Nasdaq -0.06% to 26,348.35 points; S&P 500 -0.18% to 7,710.02 points. Memory chip stocks led declines (Western Digital fell >13%, SanDisk fell >6%), but the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index rose 2% against the trend. Nvidia +1.2%, Broadcom +2.06%, Micron +1.77%—rare divergence between AI hardware and memory sectors.

Google AI Restructuring: Demis Hassabis steps down as DeepMind CEO; Jeff Dean leaves to found a new company (TMTPost / The Verge).