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Started in 2007 by Dr. Lu Gang, TechNode began as one man’s attempt to tell the world about what’s happening in China’s tech and startup ecosystems. Since that time, we have grown into a trusted and respected information outlet, events organizer, and an integral part of the tech and startup community both inside and outside of China with our partners at TechCrunch.
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Search ArticlesTencent open-sources Hy4 preview with 770B parameters and a 1M-token context
Tencent Hunyuan released and open-sourced Hy4 preview on Aug. 28. The next-generation large language model has 770 billion total parameters, 49 billion activated parameters and a context window exceeding 1 million tokens. It is available through the Chinese and international versions of WorkBuddy and CodeBuddy, as well as Yuanbao and ima, with API access offered through Tencent Cloud TokenHub and OpenRouter.
miHoYo unveils a new direction with NODUSFALL at Gamescom 2026
Gamescom 2026 is being held in Cologne, Germany, from August 26 to 30. During Opening Night Live, miHoYo unveiled its new original IP NODUSFALL for the first time and released its world premiere trailer, which showcased glimpses of the game’s combat mechanics and world setting. Compared with the anime-style characters and RPG-focused gameplay seen in many of miHoYo’s previous titles, the new game takes a noticeably different approach in both visual style and combat design.
Chinese spatial-intelligence firm Manycore launches Lux3D and starts world-model testing
Manycore Tech, a Chinese spatial-intelligence company, launched Lux3D on Aug. 27 and began testing a next-generation world-model product. Lux3D generates 3D assets from text or images, with its Turbo Mode producing models in as little as 20 seconds. The company has also opened API access, allowing batch generation through Harness Mode for workflows including e-commerce, industrial design, games, XR and simulation.
Embodied-AI startup PsiBot raises over $100 million with industrial investors joining
PsiBot, a Chinese embodied-AI startup focused on dexterous manipulation, has completed a new funding round of more than US$100 million. The round includes Ningbo Tuopu Group, a Chery Holdings-backed fund, Lens Technology, 37 Interactive Entertainment, Wuhu Investment Holding Group and Fosun Fortune Capital. Existing shareholder Zhuhai Technology Industry Group also continued to invest.
China’s daily AI token usage tops 500 trillion as compute demand grows
China’s daily AI token call volume exceeded 500 trillion as of June 2026, as large-model applications expanded across industries. The figure measures aggregate model processing activity rather than the number of users or models. Industry representatives said model update cycles have shortened from roughly three months to four to six weeks. Agent workflows also repeatedly retrieve information, read context, call tools and process feedback, increasing demand for inference computing.
China-made Tesla Model Y becomes Japan’s top-selling imported vehicle model in H1
Tesla said its China-made Model Y became Japan’s best-selling individual imported vehicle model by new-vehicle sales in the first half of 2026. The company did not disclose unit sales. Tesla had about 35 stores and 14 service centers in Japan as of April and plans to expand its store network to at least 60 locations. Its local team has also said it aims to become Japan’s top-selling imported-car brand as early as next year. [IT Home, in Chinese] Related
Ant Group launches finance-tuned Ling model, plans to open-source it next week
Ant Group has launched the finance-tuned Ling-3.0-flash-Fin model, retaining the Ling-3.0-flash architecture and its 124 billion total parameters and 5.1 billion active parameters. The model weights are scheduled to be released next week. Ling-3.0-flash-Fin is optimized for annual reports, financial workbooks and multi-document research, as well as information retrieval, investment analysis, valuation modeling and banking tasks.
Huawei says HarmonyOS native apps top 100,000 as HarmonyOS 6 devices surpass 80 million
At the 2026 HarmonyOS Ecosystem Conference in Shenzhen, Huawei rotating chairman Xu Zhijun said on Aug. 28 that native HarmonyOS apps had surpassed 100,000. More than 400,000 apps are now available on HarmonyOS phones, he said. Devices running HarmonyOS 6 topped 80 million as of Aug. 20. Huawei expects the HarmonyOS ecosystem to pass 100 million users in the fourth quarter, a forward-looking target rather than a current user count. [IT Home, in Chinese] Related
Zhipu identifies Ox Alpha as GLM-5.3-Flash and releases model weights
Zhipu has released GLM-5.3-Flash and its model weights, confirming that the model previously tested anonymously as Ox Alpha belongs to its GLM series. The model has 320 billion total parameters and 18 billion active parameters. GLM-5.3-Flash is the first natively multimodal model in the GLM-5 series, supporting text, images, videos, visual documents and interleaved multimodal inputs.
MiniMax’s enterprise AI and open-platform revenue jumps 703% in H1
Chinese AI company MiniMax reported its first-half 2026 financial results, with revenue from its open platform and enterprise AI services rising 703.1% year on year to US$73.9 million. The business accounted for 63.4% of MiniMax’s total revenue, up from 30.3% a year earlier. Revenue from AI-native products increased 100.9% to US$42.6 million, while gross profit rose 464.8% to US$20.8 million.