When the listing is in progress
Zhongfu Condor
On February 22, the website of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) announced that it agreed to the registration application for the initial public offering of shares of Zhongfu Shenying Carbon Fiber Co., Ltd., and the company intends to land on the Science and Technology Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange. (Interface)
Beijing Fourth Paradigm Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd
36Kr learned that according to the documents of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Beijing Fourth Paradigm Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. submitted an application for listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Large companies
ByteDance confirmed the sudden death of the 28-year-old employee: Wu has unfortunately passed away
36Kr learned that in response to the news of the sudden death of a 28-year-old employee surnamed Wu on the Internet, ByteDance issued a statement saying that at 13:43 yesterday, it was learned from the hospital that after 41 hours of rescue, Wu died tragically. During the process of Wu's medical treatment, relevant colleagues accompanied him throughout the process. The company has borne all the medical expenses and provided full logistical support. The company will also provide pensions and care to the family of Mr. Wu, assist in handling related matters, and try to help his family tide over the difficulties.
Kuaishou's highest target for advertising revenue in 2022 is 59 billion, and it plans to achieve breakeven by the end of the year
Kuaishou has set a goal of achieving breakeven in its domestic business by the end of the year, and set its largest source of revenue, advertising business revenue, in the target range of 58 billion yuan to 59 billion yuan. In order to achieve the above goals, Kuaishou has formulated a number of measures to increase advertising revenue: one is to plan to increase the ad loading rate, at least 1 percentage point on the current basis; the second is to improve the accuracy of advertising recommendations and reduce the loss of advertisers; the third is to focus on the development of industries with low penetration rates. (Late Post)
The three major U.S. stock indexes closed down across the board, and technology stocks suffered a heavy setback
36Kr learned that at the close of the 23rd, the three major U.S. stock indexes closed down across the board, with the Dow down 1.38%, the S&P 500 down 1.84%, and the NASDAQ down 2.57%, a new low since May last year. Big tech stocks suffered a crushing hit, with Meta and Google falling more than 1 percent, Apple, Microsoft, and Netflix falling more than 2 percent, Amazon falling more than 3 percent, and Tesla down 7 percent. Most of the popular Chinese stocks fell, Weilai fell more than 6%, Pinduoduo fell more than 4%, Alibaba, B station, Weibo fell more than 2%, iQiyi, Baidu, Xiaopeng Automobile fell more than 1%, 36Kr rose more than 1%, and Good Future rose more than 9%.
DunAn Environment: Gree Electric Appliances received the "Decision on Non-Prohibition of Anti-monopoly Review of Concentration of Undertakings" from the State Administration of Market Supervision
36Kr was informed that DunAn Environment issued an announcement saying that Gree Electric Appliances received the Decision on The Decision not to Prohibit the Anti-monopoly Review of Concentration of Undertakings from the State Administration for Market Regulation. After review, it is hereby decided that the State Administration of Market Supervision will not prohibit the acquisition of the equity of Zhejiang Dunan Artificial Environment Co., Ltd. by Zhuhai Gree Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.
Exposed Haidilao to customers to mark physical characteristics, customer service: internal system
Recently, netizens broke the news that Haidilao privately labeled customers in the membership system, which mainly contains physical characteristics and personality needs. There are also customers who are labeled as "like to complain on the app". Haidilao customer service said that this is an internal system, it is inconvenient to disclose, and the label does not support its own modification. Some customers said that after they found out that they had been labeled, the store manager said that they were sorry and sent gifts to compensate. (IT House)
Haidilao is on the Negative Ratings Watch List by S&P
S&P Global Ratings announced the inclusion of Haidilao International Holdings Limited's "BBB" long-term issuer credit rating and its "BBB" outstanding senior unsecured notes rating on the Negative Watch List. (Sina Finance)
TikTok's management changed, and the former head of strategy and the head of U.S. products left
Sean Kim, head of U.S. product at TikTok, left in mid-January. Sean Kim joined TikTok in September 2019 after previously working at Amazon and currently joins Kajabi, a startup dedicated to helping creators monetize. In addition, Wu Ning, the former head of strategy at TikTok, left his post in December 2021. Wu Ning joined ByteDance in 2018 as the head of ByteDance's user growth strategy, and began to be responsible for TikTok's strategic business the following year, and before joining Byte, he served in Douban, Pea Pod and Didi. (Late Post)
Euler brand CEO Dong Yudong: Black and white cats stopped taking orders, not stopped production
Euler brand CEO Dong Yudong posted on the Euler ORA APP, saying, "Black and white cats stop taking orders, not stop production." Although the Euler brand has the advantages of the industrial chain behind it, it still brings huge losses to the company. Taking black cat as an example, after the sharp rise in raw material prices in 2022, black cats lost more than 10,000 yuan per unit. At the same time, Dong Yudong said, "Stopping receiving orders is a helpless move, in the absence of core and less electricity, black and white cats waiting for the delivery of orders to users has exceeded 20,000 units, according to the current production volume, if you continue to receive orders, the delivery of new orders will wait until the second half of 2022." (Financial Associated Press)
Gong Shihai Simon, former CTO of Dianping and Founder of HiCTO, joined Zhonglin Capital
36Kr learned that Gong Shihai Simon, former CTO of Dianping and founder of the technical consulting agency HiCTO, officially joined Zhonglin Capital as an investment partner. Gong Shihai will participate in the investment in the direction of enterprise services and provide technical direction and technical management for Zhonglin Investment Company.
Alibaba proposed to raise $1 billion for Lazada, but cancelled negotiations due to valuation differences
Alibaba had discussed raising at least $1 billion for Lazada, but now, due to disagreements over the valuation of Lazada, Alibaba has canceled negotiations with potential investors, people familiar with the matter said today. (Sina Technology)
Musk: Tesla Motors is expected to run Steam games
Tesla CEO Musk said on social media that the company is currently working to bring a library of games on Steam into its vehicles. A game journalist, Ryan McCaffrey, asked Musk, Model S and Model X if cyberpunk games would be introduced in the future, and Musk said that the company's goal is not to port individual games to the car's infotainment system, and the long-term plan is to let owners play all the games on Steam in the future. （TechWeb）
The Kuaishou e-commerce live broadcast room will cut off the link between Taobao and Jingdong Alliance products from March 1
36Kr was informed that Kuaishou E-commerce issued an announcement that due to the change of the cooperation agreement between the third-party e-commerce platform and Kuaishou, from 0:00 on March 1, 2022, the Taobao Alliance commodity link will not be able to publish product and service links in the Kuaishou live broadcast room shopping cart, short video shopping cart, business detail page, etc.; Jingdong Alliance product link will not be able to publish product and service links in the Kuaishou live broadcast room, and can publish product and service links in short video shopping carts, business detail pages, etc.
quick worker
Ministry of Education: The proportion of college entrance examinations in the country has reached 20%
Yesterday, the Ministry of Education held a press conference to introduce the work related to promoting the high-quality development of modern vocational education. The meeting pointed out that this year, the Ministry of Education will select and build about 10 high-level vocational undergraduate education demonstration schools to create benchmarks, boost confidence, change the image, and pave the way. At present, the proportion of college entrance examinations in the country has reached 20%, and the Next Step is that the Ministry of Education will strive to let more vocational school graduates receive high-quality vocational undergraduate education. (China News Network)
The whole city of Xuzhou investigates the problem of violating the rights and interests of women and children
Recently, Xuzhou has clarified the key points of 10 types of investigation, Xuzhou City in accordance with the unified deployment of the province, to carry out special investigation and rectification of the problem of infringement on the rights and interests of women and children and other groups, to clarify the mental illness, intellectual disability, restricted personal freedom and other 10 types of key points of investigation, in the city-wide "combing the net to clear the grid", the discovery of violations of women and children, resolutely investigate and deal with the clues found against women and children, and effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of women and children and other groups. (People's Daily)
Police confirmed that internet celebrity Li Saigao was a member of a fraud gang in northern Myanmar
Yesterday, news about the real identity of "Myanmar" Internet celebrity Li Saigao is a fraud gang in northern Myanmar was widely circulated on the Internet. Previously, the Internet celebrity relied on his sunny appearance and infectious singing voice to attract a lot of fans, with 1.2 million fans. But in the past two days, some police accounts have released videos confirming that they are "northern Myanmar fraud gangs." Relevant staff said: The content released is true and can also be verified with the police in other places. (Headlines)
In order to seize the short video market, Meta opened the Reels function to Facebook users around the world
On Tuesday, local time, Facebook's parent company Meta announced that it will open the short video function Reels to all Facebook users around the world. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote on Facebook: "Reels has by far become our fastest growing form of content, and today we will make it available to all Facebook users worldwide. Reels is a short video feature that Meta launched on Instagram in August 2020 to compete with Tiktok for the short video market. (Financial Associated Press)
Supply chain sources said that TSMC received all 5G modem orders for the iPhone 14
According to the news of the supply chain, the media reported that the 5G modem required for the iPhone 14 series will all be manufactured by TSMC. The report also mentioned that compared with the modem currently used by Apple, the modem using TSMC's 6nm process will be significantly reduced in power consumption, which will also make the next generation of iPhones more power-efficient than the iPhone 13 and can have a longer battery life. （TechWeb）
Investment and financing
"Penglai Data" completed nearly 200 million yuan of A round financing, led by Lanchi Venture Capital and Yunqi Capital
The new generation of hospital operation management digital innovation platform service provider "Penglai Data" has completed nearly 200 million yuan of A round of financing, this round is led by Lanchi Venture Capital, Yunqi Capital, Lenovo Star, Bojiang Capital, Jiaotong University Alumni Fund and Pegasus Fund. The round was mainly used for research and development and operations.
"Peak Medical" received nearly 200 million yuan of B round financing
36Kr learned that recently, "Peak Medical" completed nearly 200 million yuan of B round financing, which was exclusively invested by Dachen Caizhi. This round of financing will be used for the expansion of existing products and the development of new products. According to the official introduction, Gaofeng Medical is a company focusing on the research and development, production, sales, and implant integration service solutions of precision oral instruments.
Synthetic biology innovation intelligent manufacturing enterprise "Zhongke Xinyang" completed a 200 million yuan B round of financing
36Kr learned that the synthetic biology innovation and intelligent manufacturing enterprise "Zhongke Xinyang" completed nearly 200 million yuan of B round financing, this round of financing was led by CICC Capital's CICC Jiatai Three-Period Fund, and Aier Medical and Jiaxing Woyong were strategic investors. Among them, Jiaxing Woyong has a Polaraya background. For this financing, Zhongke Xinyang will use the funds for the upgrading of the synthetic biology automation engineering platform (SIYO-AI) and the anti-fragile biological platform (SIYO-AF), accelerate the construction and production of the first phase of the Shenzhen synthetic biology intelligent manufacturing base project, and further expand the R&D team and the industrial operation expert team.
"Tonsuan Technology" completed hundreds of millions of yuan of angel round financing
36Kr learned that recently, chip design company "Lisuan Technology" completed hundreds of millions of yuan of angel round financing, investors include Datai Capital, Jiangmen Venture Capital, All Things Venture Capital, Haisong Capital, Xieli Venture Capital, this round of financing will be mainly used to develop Tiantu GPU chips based on the self-developed Pangu architecture.
XR Creative Technology Company "Strontium Technology" received tens of millions of dollars in investment
36Kr was informed that XR creative technology company "Strontium Technology" announced the completion of three consecutive rounds of financing totaling more than 10 million US dollars, of which the angel round was invested by Yuanhe Capital, GSR jointly invested in the Pre-A round, and SIG invested in the Pre-A+ round. The funds will be mainly used to strengthen technology research and development in areas such as cloud rendering.
Cool products
WeChat already supports sending original videos with almost no compression
According to IT Home news, the latest version of the WeChat App already supports sending the original video, and the video will hardly be compressed. When sending a video, check the original picture, and after the other party receives the video, click on the lower left corner of the video playback to have a prompt of "View original video". Save the video to your phone album, and the video is almost never compressed.
Faraday Future announces the completion of the FF91's first quasi-production vehicle, which will be validated and certified in the coming months
FF91
On the afternoon of February 23, Faraday Future announced that the first quasi-production vehicle of the FF91 was completed, and the FF Hanford plant ushered in the fourth production and manufacturing milestone. The official will carry out the off-line ceremony from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. Beijing time on the 24th, and in the coming months, FF will continue to produce and manufacture more quasi-production vehicles for final engineering verification and certification work.
As the first mass production car of FF Company, FF91 focuses on the pure electric luxury car market, and was first launched in 2017 in July last year, with a reservation amount of 50,000 yuan. However, not long ago, it was revealed that the booking data was fraudulent, claiming that 140,000 orders were actually paid by only a few hundred people. ( IT House )
Netflix pushed funny video feeds to TV platforms
Netflix launched a feature called "Fast Laughs," which is the equivalent of TikTok's version of funny video feeds, which are cut from Netflix episodes, movies, and animations. Now Netflix is ready to push Fast Laughs to the TV platform. Initially, the TV version of Fast Laughs was only available to subscribers in English-speaking countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. When enabled, users will find Fast Laughs at the bottom of the home page. (Sina Technology)
Byte Music App Soda Music completed software copyright registration
Byte's first music app, "Soda Music", has recently completed the registration of software copyrights. According to the announcement information, the full name of the product's software: Soda Music Android Software, software development completion date: February 14, 2022, the copyright is: Beijing Microcast Vision Technology Co., Ltd., the company is the operating body behind Douyin. The logo of the soda music app has been designed, and there are currently two logos, and people familiar with the matter revealed that when the soda music app is finally released, the platform will determine a product logo as a soda music in the two. (Tech Planet)
Apple's AR headset has begun a second round of engineering verification and testing, and is expected to be launched by the end of the year
According to reports, the long-rumored Apple AR headset is getting closer and closer to launch. Some media said that Apple's AR headset has begun a second round of engineering verification and testing, and it is expected that Apple's AR headset is expected to be launched later this year, but it is also possible to postpone. There have been previous reports that production issues related to overheating, software and cameras could lead to a delay in the release of Apple's AR headsets until 2023. （TechWeb）