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Apple Intelligence approved for launch in China via Alibaba's Qwen integration, with Baidu involvement, while Apple posts strong Greater China Q2 sales.
Moonshot AI's Kimi 3 is poised to be a 2–3 trillion-parameter open-weight Chinese model, aiming to close the gap with Anthropic’s Opus 4.8, while Moonshot contemplates a fresh round valuing the company around $31.5 billion after a May $2 billion raise at a $20 billion valuation.
DeepSeek is reportedly aiming to raise about $1.5B at a roughly $71B valuation with an IPO potential as early as late 2026, after a $7B funding round at a $50B valuation, with notable investors and exposure to U.S. export-control regulatory constraints.
Open-weight/open-source AI models are gaining traction in production use, led by Chinese firms, as cheaper, customizable options threaten frontier models' dominance and raise questions about where value sits in enterprise AI.
Open-source AI isn’t yet hurting Anthropic; frontier labs still capture the premium spend and Anthropic remains the dominant share of platform spend, implying a two-tier AI economy with resilience for incumbents.
Savi Security raised $7M seed to launch an AI-scam-detection consumer app with real-time monitoring and live-agent participation, stacking regulatory context from FTC data on imposter scams.
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