AI funding tracker
Funding rounds, acquisitions and government grants extracted from the feed and checked by an editor; ASEAN and China-outbound first · 30 deals
| Date | Company | Country | Round | Amount | Investors | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 | DeepSeek深度求索DeepSeek reportedly raised about RMB 100 billion in its latest funding round, with CATL and Tencent as major investors, to fund AI data centers and open-source model development ahead of a potential IPO. | China | Other | $14B约 1000 亿元人民币 | 宁德时代 (CATL), 腾讯控股 (Tencent) | 2 stories |
| 2026-10-20 | Neolix新石器Autonomous driving company Neolix announced a nearly $400 million Series E round led by Boyu Capital and the National AI Industry Investment Fund, to fund global service hubs and end-to-end large model training. | China | Series D+ | $400M近4亿美元（约26.77亿元人民币） | 博裕投资, 国家人工智能产业投资基金 | Story → |
| 2026-10-18 | Gewu Tongzhi格物通智Hangzhou embodied-AI startup Gewu Tongzhi raised a nearly RMB 100 million (near nine-figure) angel round from state-backed investors including Hongfu Asset, Peak Investment, Hangzhou Capital and Hangzhou Talent Group, to fund world-model pretraining, hardware development and scenario PoCs. | China | Seed | $14.0M近亿元 | 鸿富资产, 匹克投资, 杭州资本, 杭州人才集团 | Story → |
| 2026-10-16 | Machixin Technology上海马赫心科技有限公司Li Auto's chip subsidiary Shanghai Machixin Technology signed a RMB 1.625 billion first-round equity financing led by Hangzhou Jingtao, BlueRun Ventures and Huaye Tiansheng, with Li Auto investing RMB 1 billion, for its self-developed automotive-grade AI chip Mach M100. | China | Series A | $229M16.25亿元人民币 | 杭州经韬, 蓝驰创投, 华业天成, 奇绩创坛, 理想汽车 | Story → |
| 2026-10-13 | Zhiyuan Innovation智元创新Zhiyuan Innovation has initiated a new funding round with an amount of approximately 1-1.5 billion yuan and a valuation of about 50 billion yuan, which is nearing completion. | China | Other | $139M约10亿至15亿元 | — | Story → |
| 2026-10-13 | Winverse AIDeepSeek announced it will lead the seed funding round for robotics startup Winverse AI, with the amount undisclosed. | China | Seed | Undisclosed | DeepSeek | Story → |
| 2026-10-13 | Shita Robotics视塔机器人Shenzhen-based Shita Robotics (视塔机器人) completed an angel round with participation from Huawei's Hubble Investment, a Shenzhen High-tech Investment fund, and Gaoxuan Investment, to fund product development and commercialization of its photonic crystal tactile e-skin. | China | Other | Undisclosed | 华为哈勃投资, 深高新投旗下基金, 高轩投资 | Story → |
| 2026-10-12 | Infinigence AI无问芯穹AI infrastructure company Infinigence AI (Wuwen Xinqiong) raised RMB 2.3 billion in a Series C round, bringing total funding to RMB 4.3 billion, with investors across state-owned, strategic and financial institutions. | China | Series C | $324M23亿元 | — | 2 stories |
| 2026-10-08 | 蝴蝶效应蝴蝶效应Butterfly Effect, the parent company of Manus, announced it has raised over $500 million in a new funding round led by Boyu Capital and IDG Capital, with continued support from existing investors Tencent, Sequoia China, and ZhenFund. | China | Other | $500M超过 5 亿美元 | 博裕投资, IDG 资本, 腾讯, 红杉中国, 真格基金 | Story → |
| 2026-10-06 | Kling AI可灵 AIKling AI, a subsidiary of Kuaishou, has selected CICC, Goldman Sachs, and UBS to prepare for a Hong Kong IPO with a target fundraising of at least $1 billion. | China | IPO | $1.0B至少 10 亿美元 | 中金公司, 高盛集团, 瑞银集团 | Story → |
| 2026-10-06 | Moonshot AI月之暗面Moonshot AI completes new funding round at $50 billion valuation, preparing for Hong Kong IPO in early 2027. | China | Other | $50B50,000 million USD | — | 3 stories |
| 2026-10-05 | CyberStrikeAIChinese security company ThreatBook acquires open-source AI penetration testing platform CyberStrikeAI to enhance its red team capabilities. | China | M&A | Undisclosed | ThreatBook | Story → |
| 2026-10-01 | Tencent腾讯Tencent signed a five-year lease agreement with Oracle to acquire approximately 100,000 advanced AI chips in Southeast Asia, with a transaction valuation of about $7 billion. | China | Other | $7.0B约 70 亿美元 | — | 2 stories |
| 2026-09-20 | SiliconFlow硅基流动SiliconFlow has completed B+ round II and C round financing, raising nearly 2.9 billion RMB for AI core technology development and market expansion. | China | Series C | Undisclosed | 中国互联网投资基金, 国新基金, 中国移动链长基金, 中国东方资产国际, 京能基金, 上海仪电智算基金 | Story → |
| 2026-09-18 | PaXini帕西尼Chinese robot maker PaXini announces a new funding round, reaching a cumulative funding of $5.96 billion. | China | Series D+ | $6.0B$596m | — | Story → |
| 2026-09-17 | D-RoboticsD-RoboticsMirae Asset leads D-Robotics' $400m funding round for its robot development platform. | China | Series A | $400M$400m | Mirae Asset | Story → |
| 2026-09-16 | RobotPlusPlusRobotPlusPlusChinese robotics startup RobotPlusPlus announces it has closed a series C funding round to support its technology development and market expansion. | China | Series C | Undisclosed | — | Story → |
| 2026-09-16 | Anew LabsAnew LabsAI drug discovery company Anew Labs raises $29 million in a Series A round led by HSG, IDG Capital, and Highness Capital. | China | Series A | $29.0M2.9 亿美元 | HSG, IDG Capital, Highness Capital, Five Sources Capital, Gao Rong Venture Capital, Chunhua Venture Capital | 2 stories |
| 2026-09-14 | 讯兔科技讯兔科技A financial AI company completed a B-round funding of over 300 million yuan. | China | Series B | $300M超3亿 | 启明创投, 琥珀资本, 嘉程资本, 信宸资本, 钟鼎资本 | Story → |
| 2026-09-13 | Zhipu AI智谱Zhipu AI announced completing approximately $5 billion in funding, which will be used for the research and development of next-generation GLM foundational models. | China | Series D+ | $5.0B约 50 亿美元 | — | Story → |
| 2026-09-11 | 蚂蚁灵波蚂蚁灵波Ant Financial Wave initiates its first independent funding round, not due to a lack of money or computing power, but for talent incentives and corporate governance. | China | Seed | Undisclosed | — | Story → |
| 2026-09-11 | Siyuan Technology燧原科技Siyuan Technology listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's STAR Market today, raising an estimated $611.9 million for the development and industrialization of AI chip products. | China | IPO | $612MS$61.19 billion | — | Story → |
| 2026-09-10 | UniPatUniPatAlibaba is reportedly leading a $300 million A-round funding for AI training and benchmarking company UniPat, founded by former Alibaba intern Li Kuan, which focuses on designing test scenarios for AI models that mimic real-world usage environments. | China | Series A | $300M3亿美元 | Alibaba, Tencent, Sequoia Capital, Lishis Capital, Jinqiu Fund | Story → |
| 2026-09-08 | 深度智控深度智控Physical AI company DeepCtrls has completed a B+ round of financing of several hundred million yuan, with investors including Ningde Times and Saudi Aramco. | China | Series B | Undisclosed | 宁德时代, 沙特阿美 | Story → |
| 2026-09-07 | 燧原科技燧原科技SuanYuan Technology raises 6.119 billion yuan in its IPO on the Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Board for the development of new AI chips. | China | IPO | $6.1B61.19亿元 | — | 2 stories |
| 2026-09-04 | DeepSeek幻方量化DeepSeek has completed its first round of external financing, raising over 50 billion yuan, with investors including Liang Wenfeng, Tencent, CATL, NetEase, JD, and IDG Capital. | China | Grant | $180MS$180 million | 梁文锋, 腾讯, 宁德时代, 网易, 京东, IDG 资本, 国家人工智能产业投资基金 | 8 stories |
| 2026-09-04 | 月之暗面月之暗面Moon's Dark Side plans to go public in Hong Kong with a financing of up to $5 billion. | China | IPO | $5.0B最高50亿美元 | 阿里巴巴, 腾讯, 五源资本 | Story → |
| 2026-09-02 | Violoop维洛普Chinese startup Violoop has launched a palm-sized USB device that reads the entire screen to build a proactive AI assistant, raising tens of millions in angel and pre-A funding rounds. | China | Seed | Undisclosed | — | Story → |
| 2026-08-27 | 基元律动基元律动AI infrastructure company TokenRhythm announces completing a new funding round of tens of millions of US dollars and launching a new product called 'China's OpenRouter'. | China | Series D+ | Undisclosed | — | Story → |
| 2026-08-26 | XPeng小鹏汽车XPeng completed a first funding round for its humanoid robot business of over $900 million. | China | Seed | $900Mover $900 million | — | 2 stories |
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