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OceanBase is in talks for a 2-3 billion yuan A-round financing to boost independent operations and expand into an AI data platform. Its annualized revenue exceeded 1.4 billion yuan in 2026, up 70% year-on-year, with clients including Bank of Communications and China Mobile. The database ranks first in China's distributed database market and competes with Databricks. This funding marks a key step in its market-oriented progress.
OceanBase is in talks for a 2-3 billion yuan A-round financing to boost independent operations and expand into an AI data platform. Its annualized revenue exceeded 1.4 billion yuan in 2026, up 70% year-on-year, with clients including Bank of Communications and China Mobile. The database ranks first in China's distributed database market and competes with Databricks. This funding marks a key step in its market-oriented progress.
Figure AI staged a 120-hour live stream at its San Jose HQ, pitting human intern Aimé Gérard against its humanoid robots in a package sorting marathon. The human won, sorting 12,924 items at 2.79 seconds each versus the robot's 2.83 seconds, despite the robots' uninterrupted operation. The event tested the robots' 24/7 shift capability, with three units sorting over 30,000 packages by rotating for charging. While demonstrating progress, experts note robots still require oversight for errors like mis-scanned packages, highlighting the ongoing transition of humanoids from labs to industrial trials.
Figure AI staged a 120-hour live stream at its San Jose HQ, pitting human intern Aimé Gérard against its humanoid robots in a package sorting marathon. The human won, sorting 12,924 items at 2.79 seconds each versus the robot's 2.83 seconds, despite the robots' uninterrupted operation. The event tested the robots' 24/7 shift capability, with three units sorting over 30,000 packages by rotating for charging. While demonstrating progress, experts note robots still require oversight for errors like mis-scanned packages, highlighting the ongoing transition of humanoids from labs to industrial trials.
DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis criticizes the hype around AI replacing programmers, calling it a lack of imagination. He argues AI-driven productivity gains should enable teams to tackle more ambitious projects, not justify layoffs, and labels companies citing AI for job cuts as making a major mistake.
DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis criticizes the hype around AI replacing programmers, calling it a lack of imagination. He argues AI-driven productivity gains should enable teams to tackle more ambitious projects, not justify layoffs, and labels companies citing AI for job cuts as making a major mistake.
Tencent Cloud launched its Yuanbao Pai desktop version on March 25, 2026. It integrates AI agents into the desktop workflow, enabling cross-device synchronization and features like screen sharing and drag-and-drop uploads. This move shifts AI assistants from basic chat to intensive office collaboration, aiming to break data silos in professional scenarios.
Tencent Cloud launched its Yuanbao Pai desktop version on March 25, 2026. It integrates AI agents into the desktop workflow, enabling cross-device synchronization and features like screen sharing and drag-and-drop uploads. This move shifts AI assistants from basic chat to intensive office collaboration, aiming to break data silos in professional scenarios.
OpenAI offers a free one-year ChatGPT Go subscription in India starting November 4 to boost adoption in its key market The promotional plan provides enhanced features over the free version as competition intensifies with rivals like Perplexity and Google also launching similar free AI offers in the country
OpenAI offers a free one-year ChatGPT Go subscription in India starting November 4 to boost adoption in its key market The promotional plan provides enhanced features over the free version as competition intensifies with rivals like Perplexity and Google also launching similar free AI offers in the country
