[Douyu anchor "A small group" was arrested, and more than 10 million people were using her navigation voice pack] On the morning of April 23, #一条小团团确认被捕#登上微博热搜. According to reports, "Xiao Tuan Tuan" is also suspected of large-scale gambling and is related to the Chen Shaojie case. "Xiaotuantuan" Douyu has 26 million fans, Douyin has 37 million fans, and its Gaode voice package has more than 10 million users. Tianyancha App shows that there are a total of 3 companies associated with the name of Tang Moumou, the trademark applicant of "a small group", except for the cancelled Hunan Xiaotuan E-commerce Co., Ltd., the remaining two Hunan Daituan Culture Media Co., Ltd. and Yueyang Xiaofeituan E-commerce Co., Ltd. are all in existence. (Pacific Technology)
On April 23, the new M5 was officially released, with a price starting at 249,800 yuan. The new M5 will be available in three variants, with a price of 249,800 yuan for the extended range Max version (rear-wheel drive), a price of 269,800 yuan for the pure electric Max version (rear-wheel drive), and a price of 279,800 yuan for the extended range Max RS version (four-wheel drive), and mass delivery will start on May 15.
At the press conference, Yu Chengdong said that the Zhijie S7 team went to the United States specifically to compare the intelligent driving system of Zhijie S7 with Tesla FSD, "After testing, we are confident that the intelligent driving system of Zhijie S7 is still the best in the world." (Sina Finance)
[The dark side of the moon responds to the founder Yang Zhilin cashing out tens of millions of dollars: the news is untrue] In response to the news that after the completion of the last round of financing, the founder of Moonshot AI (Moonshot AI) Yang Zhilin has cashed out tens of millions of dollars by selling his personal shares, the dark side of the moon responded: The above news is untrue, and the dark side of the moon has previously announced the employee incentive plan, which can be seen in official information. (Interface News)
[The Cyberspace Administration of China requires the rectification of self-directed and self-staged fraud] The notice on carrying out the special action of "Clear and Clear, Rectification of 'Self-Media' No Bottom Line Gambling Traffic" was issued, and the key issues of rectification include: 1. Self-directed and self-staged fraud. 2. Unscrupulous means to stir up social hot spots. 3. Set up the topic with partial generalizations. 4. Creating a persona that violates public order and good customs. 5. Spamming "new yellow news". (Sohu.com)
According to a report by foreign media Benzinga on Monday local time, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (Satya Nadella) recently gave an interview, emphasizing Microsoft's "key role" in the development of OpenAI, a leading artificial intelligence company. "OpenAI wouldn't exist without our early support. Today, they are an incredible company and we are proud to be a part of their journey. Nadella said. (Sina Finance)
[Xiaomi Auto will launch a pure electric SUV, while planning a lower-priced model] learned from the industry that Xiaomi's second new car is positioned as a pure electric SUV, and it has also been reported by the media that this car is expected to be launched in the first half of 2025, continuing the design level of the first car, and the initial positioning of the third car is at the level of 150,000 yuan, which is expected to be launched in 2026. (Sohu.com)
[Weilai channel person: give a subsidy of 5,000 yuan to consumers who have made a Xiaomi SU7] After visiting a number of new energy vehicle stores, the reporter found that Weilai offline launched a corresponding subsidy for consumers who have placed an order for Xiaomi SU7. NIO store sales said: "As long as you place an order, we will also subsidize 5,000 yuan." Our 'big set' is also 5,000 yuan, and even if you lock the order and the factory schedules production, you can refund the deposit at any time. In addition, Xiaopeng, ideal and other store sales said that a number of models have adjusted their prices, or launched a time-limited subsidy, and no longer launched separate discounts for Xiaomi SU7 lock single car owners. (Interface News)
[Mango Supermedia: It is expected to produce and launch 200 vertical screen mini program dramas during the year, and concentrate resources to create a micro-short drama APP] Mango Supermedia's recent investor relations activities record table shows that the "Damang Plan" is an important project for the company to deeply cultivate the micro-short drama track. Since 2024, the "Damang Project" has fully entered the field of mini program dramas, reasonably planned the production of a series of projects, met the differentiated needs of users with novel forms and rich types, and is expected to produce and launch 200 vertical screen mini program dramas within the year, and concentrate resources to create micro-short drama APP. (Straight Flush)
On the evening of April 23, Apple's official website announced that a special event will be held at 10 p.m. Beijing time on May 7. At that time, Apple may release new iPad devices and accessories. (Interface News)
[There are three to four car companies suspected of suppressing the ideal MEGA, and a middle-level employee of Xiaopeng Motors is cooperating with the investigation] According to Phoenix.com, on April 23, the Hebei police investigated the malicious attack on the ideal car MEGA by the water army. It is reported that during the listing of MEGA, three to four car companies were suspected of participating in the crackdown, and a middle-level employee of Xpeng Motors was cooperating with the police investigation. Previously, Li Xiang, CEO of Li Auto, posted on the Internet to denounce the behavior of the Internet water army, calling it a cybercrime.
This long article has been supported by a number of car companies "bigwigs", Xiaopeng Motors CEO He Xiaopeng said, "Fight back against darkness with light, support!" On March 1, the ideal MEGA with high hopes was listed, and the ideal car put forward a radical goal of selling 8,000 vehicles per month, but the sales after the listing were not as expected. (China Economic Net)
On April 23, it was reported that SoftBank Group announced plans to invest a total of 150 billion yen (about 960 million U.S. dollars) by 2025 to enhance the computing power of its human AI data center. According to reports, SoftBank's investment this time includes the purchase of GPUs from NVIDIA, and some of the purchased chips will be used for its own AI research and development, and some will be leased to other companies in need. Last year, SoftBank invested 20 billion yen in computing infrastructure, and the 150 billion yen announced this time is expected to push SoftBank to become the Japanese company with the highest computing power in the future. Currently, SoftBank is working on the development of high-performance generative AI designed specifically for the Japanese language. The company expects to complete the development of a large language model (LLM) with 390 billion parameters in fiscal 2024 and intends to start developing a high-performance model with 1 trillion parameters next year. (Finance Associated Press)
According to Faraday Future's official WeChat news, on April 23, Beijing time, Faraday Future announced that Werner Wilhelm will assist the company in an advisory capacity and serve as the executive director of product launch, effective immediately. According to reports, Werner Wilhelm has held important positions such as body designer and vice president of research and development in automotive companies such as Audi AG, Volkswagen AG and Magna Steyr. Yueting Jia, the company's founder and chief product and user ecology officer, said, "The addition of Werner Wilhelm is an important step for us to accelerate our entry into the SOD-3 phase, significantly reduce costs, and improve product performance and quality. (Interface News)
It is reported that Pan Pan, the former managing partner of Tiantu Capital VC Fund, has joined Chayan Yuese and has invested in Baiguoyuan, Nai Xue's tea and Chayan Yuese] It is reported that Pan Pan, the former managing partner of Tiantu Capital VC Fund, has joined Chayan Yuese in early April as the company's strategic leader. During his time at Tiantu, Pan Pan participated in the investment in Baiguoyuan. In January 2023, the fruit retail company, which has more than 5,600 stores in more than 140 cities across the country, successfully landed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and Tiantu Capital returned 1.29 times on its books at the time of its listing. (Sina Finance)
[Musk commented on the sharp drop in sales of Xpeng Motors: the car business is really difficult] An X user posted that Xpeng Motors' deliveries in the first quarter of this year fell by 63.7% quarter-on-quarter and 47.3% year-on-year, and pointed out that compared with Xpeng and some other competitors, Tesla's first-quarter delivery data (down 20.1% quarter-on-quarter and 8.5% year-on-year) is still good. Musk responded: "It's really hard to get into the car business. Previously, Musk also compared the sales of Chinese rival BYD (down 42% quarter-on-quarter), saying that this quarter was difficult for all car companies. (Finance)
[Xinxuan Group's anchors have been suspended indefinitely since April 22] It is reported that due to force majeure, Xinxuan Group's anchors will be suspended indefinitely from now on, and the specific rebroadcast date has not been determined. Xinxuan said that some of the anchors' small stores have not yet closed, users with shopping needs can still place orders, the customer service of the small store and the customer service team of Xinxuan will continue to serve the majority of Xinxuan users, please contact the customer service of the small store or Xinxuan assistant for after-sales problems of the goods. In response to this news, Xinxuan Group has not officially responded. Kuaishou Xinxuan assistant said that the current manual customer service is normal, and the customer service staff said that the above news does not affect the user's commodity transaction in transit. (Oriental Fortune Network)
On the 23rd, the relevant person in charge of Haidilao responded that it was rumored on the Internet that Haidilao launched a primary school homework tutoring service, which is a learning space provided by Vanke Plaza Store in Nanhai, Foshan, Guangdong Province for children with learning needs during the meal process. Previously, online pictures showed that Haidilao Foshan Nanhai Vanke Plaza Store provides primary school homework tutoring services from 17:00 to 21:00 from Monday to Thursday afternoon, except for statutory holidays, only for children who eat on the same day. (Global Times)
[Lei Jun: Xiaomi SU7 Standard Edition, Max will be delivered ahead of schedule on April 18] On April 23, Lei Jun posted on Weibo: Today is Xiaomi Investor Day, and we announced the number of Xiaomi SU7 lock orders, as of April 20, more than 70,000 units. We are currently expanding our production capacity and will deliver more than 100,000 vehicles for the full year. Deliveries of the Standard Edition and Max were originally planned to begin at the end of April, but were brought forward to April 18. (Sina Finance)
Tesla was sued for failing to give advance notice by a former employee, saying the company's decision to lay off about 10% of its global workforce violated the law for failing to provide advance notice as required by law. According to the complaint filed in a court in San Jose, California, Tesla's failure to issue a 60-day warning in accordance with California law was "willful, deliberate, deliberate, and deliberate disregard for employee rights." Tesla faced similar charges when it laid off more than 500 employees at its Nevada battery plant in 2022. In addition, Tesla's WARN notice submitted to the Texas Workforce Commission shows that the company will lay off 2,688 employees in Austin, Texas for 14 days from June 14. Tesla employs about 22,000 people in Austin, and it's unclear how many of the jobs cut involve factories. (Finance)
On the morning of April 23, the Beijing Internet Court pronounced a first-instance judgment on the country's first "AI voice infringement case", finding that the plaintiff as a dubbing engineer had rights and interests in the voice of the AI involved in the case, and that the defendant's use of the plaintiff's voice and the development of the AI text-to-speech products involved in the case were not legally authorized, which constituted infringement, and made a written apology and compensated the plaintiff for various losses of 250,000 yuan. (Global Times)
Meta said on Monday that it would begin licensing the operating system for its Quest headset to other device makers, firmly positioning it as a more open product than Apple's Vision Pro. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took to the social media platform to point out the difference between Apple's closed model in the smartphone space and its open model in the PC space. Meta said that hardware manufacturers such as Asus and Lenovo will produce devices running Meta Horizon OS. The company is also working with Microsoft's Xbox on a limited-edition Quest headset focused on gaming. (Straight Flush)
[Apple's iPhone sales in China fell 19% in the first quarter, the worst quarterly performance since 2020] According to data from an independent research firm, Apple's iPhone sales in China fell 19% in the first quarter, the worst sales performance of the product in China since the outbreak of the epidemic around 2020. According to Counterpoint Research estimates, Apple fell to third place in the highly competitive Chinese market, roughly on par with Huawei. The overall market grew by about 1.5%, with local brands such as Honor and Xiaomi leading the way. (Finance Associated Press)
On April 23, Sichuan Baicha Baidao Industrial Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Tea Baidao"), the parent company of the new tea drink brand "Tea Baidao", was officially listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. However, on the first day of listing, as of press time, Chabaidao fell 30% to HK$12.36, with a turnover of HK$87.0783 million.
On April 23, the website of the China Securities Regulatory Commission issued a notice on the filing of Pony AI Inc. (Pony.ai Co., Ltd.) for overseas issuance and listing. According to the filing, Pony.ai intends to issue no more than 98,149,500 ordinary shares and list them on the NASDAQ stock exchange or the New York Stock Exchange in the United States. If the company has not completed the overseas issuance and listing within 12 months from the date of issuance of this filing notice, and intends to continue to promote it, it shall update the filing materials.
According to the documents of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, on April 22, China Resources Beverage (Holdings) Co., Ltd. submitted a listing application to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and the joint sponsors are Bank of America, UBS, Bank of China International, and CITIC Securities. The company's revenue in 2023 increased by 7.1% year-on-year to RMB13.51 billion, and net profit increased by 34.4% year-on-year to RMB1.33 billion.
Viking Holdings Ltd (VIK.US) and its existing shareholders are looking to raise up to $1.1 billion in an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York stock market. The international cruise operator is looking to get to market quickly as the global travel industry recovers from the pandemic-era downturn. It is understood that the company and large investors will issue 44 million shares at a price of $21 to $25 per share. Viking is looking to sell 11 million shares, while shareholders intend to sell 33 million shares together.
Ant Group has recently made an exclusive investment in the A2 round of Chinese video generation model company Aishi Technology, which amounted to more than 100 million yuan. People close to Ant said that in addition to self-developed large models and landing applications, Ant is also continuing to pay attention to the forward-looking exploration of the industry, focusing on core technologies and ecology such as large model technical capabilities, industrial applications and AI computing power, and has successively invested in large model startups such as Zhipu AI and the dark side of the moon, as well as Shengshu Technology focusing on multimodality.
【Master West USA Completes Angel Round Financing with a Valuation of $50 Million】The international fast food chain brand "Master West" completes an angel round of financing in the United States with a valuation of $50 million. According to reports, the U.S. market, as the largest single market of Master Xi overseas, aims to open 3,000 stores. In the first five-year plan, Master Xi will open 300 directly-operated stores, with an estimated annual revenue of US$5 million for a single store, and an overall annual revenue of US$1.5 billion. At present, Master West is building a central factory covering the entire North America in San Diego, and plans to open 10 directly-operated stores in California by the end of 2025, with the first store opening in the fourth quarter of this year.
Rippling completes new round of $200 million financing Rippling, an American human resources software startup, said on April 22 local time that the company has raised a new round of financing of $200 million and repurchased up to $590 million of equity from current employees, former employees and early investors. The round was led by Coatue, with participation from Founders Fund, Greenoaks and other existing investors. Dragoneer joined the round as a new investor. The round values Rippling at $13.5 billion, a 20% increase from last year's valuation.
Shaoxing Juqiang Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. recently completed an angel round of financing of tens of millions of yuan, which was exclusively invested by Atomic Venture Capital. This round of financing will be used to enhance product innovation and R&D, production base construction, large-scale mass production, and market development. Founded in February 2024, Juqiang Intelligent is committed to the research and development of high-performance laser ranging sensors and photoelectric sensors based on dToF technology, and its products have been put into use in many fields such as elevator control, industrial automation, logistics automation, and intelligent manufacturing.
【Momo Zhixing Completes 300 Million Yuan B2 Round of Financing】Autonomous driving company Momo Zhixing today announced that it has received 300 million yuan in B2 round of financing, which is jointly invested by the old shareholder Jiuzhi Capital and Huzhou Changxing Industrial Investment Fund. In addition to the B1 round of financing of hundreds of millions of yuan invested by Chengdu Wufa Fund, the B round of financing of more than 400 million yuan was completed within half a year. According to reports, this round of financing will be used to continue to strengthen the R&D investment in autonomous driving and strengthen the company's core competitiveness.
【Xingsai Biotechnology Completes Strategic Financing】Qingdao Xingsai Biotechnology Co., Ltd. announced the completion of strategic financing and introduced Moutai Kechuang (Beijing) Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership) as a strategic investor. This round of financing will continue to deepen the industrial cooperation of Xingsai Biotech in the field of liquor brewing, accelerate the application and construction of its "Raman group" technology and series of products in the industrial end, and focus on the development of Xingsai's world-leading single-cell Raman analysis-sorting-sequencing-culture solutions.
[OpenAI CEO Sam Altman invests in energy startup Exowatt] According to media reports, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and other investors invested $20 million in Exowatt. Exowatt is designed to address the need for clean energy in large data centers.
On April 23, Lynk & Co announced that the Lynk & Co 09 MHEV 4WD global version was officially launched, with a listing guide price of 265,800 yuan and a limited-time exclusive price of 235,800 yuan. According to reports, the limited-time exclusive price refers to the preferential price after choosing a fixed warranty plan for the model and enjoying the limited-time purchase tax subsidy, super renewal gift and in-store car purchase gift. (Sina Finance)
On the evening of April 22, Nezha Automobile's new model, Nezha L Extended Range Edition, was officially launched, with a price range of 129,900 ~ 159,900 yuan. "The new Nezha L is positioned as a mid-size SUV, with two power versions, range extender and pure electric power, and will be exported by the end of this year. Daniel Zhang, co-founder and CEO of Nezha Automobile, said that the company believes that this car can achieve the goal of selling 8,000 units per month in a short period of time. At the press conference, Zhou Hongyi, wearing a red T-shirt, appeared. Daniel Zhang announced on the spot that Nezha Automobile will give Zhou Hongyi five models on sale, including Nezha L, "Family Bucket", and hire him as the head of the Nezha Automobile Experience Group. (National Business Daily)
Tesla unveils a high-performance version of its new Model 3 for $52,990 Tesla's official website showed on Tuesday that the company launched a high-performance version of its compact sedan, the Model 3, in the United States for $52,990. Musk claimed that the Model 3 was faster than the Porsche 911. (Sina Finance)
[Fliggy: May Day outbound travel bookings increased by about 100% year-on-year, cruise ships and car rentals exploded] Fliggy released the "2024 May Day Holiday Travel Vane", which shows that the popularity of domestic travel bookings during this year's "May Day" holiday continues to significantly exceed the same period in 2019, with group tour bookings doubling and car rental increasing by more than 5 times. Outbound travel ushered in a peak in bookings, with bookings for related services recording a strong growth of nearly 100% on top of last year's rapid rebound. Up to now, the number of bookings for international hotels, air tickets, car rentals, etc. has far exceeded that of last year's May Day. Bookings for the most popular destinations such as Japan and Thailand, as well as further destinations such as Austria, Turkey and Spain, are also growing rapidly. (Tencent.com)
[IEA: It is expected that more than one-fifth of the world's new car sales in 2024 will be electric vehicles] On April 23, according to the latest report released by the International Energy Agency (IEA), it is expected that more than one-fifth of the world's new car sales in 2024 will be electric vehicles, and the demand for electric vehicles will continue to soar in the next decade. The IEA optimistically forecasts that global EV sales will remain strong in 2024, reaching around 17 million units. In the first quarter of this year, electric vehicle sales increased by about 25% year-on-year, and the growth rate remained stable compared to the same period last year, but the base has expanded. (IT House)