Shanghai AI Startup Pulse

• Hands-on launch: PPIO partners with Zhangjiang AI Innovation Town to host first OpenClaw training camp on March 13, focusing on intelligent agent...

Shanghai's municipal fund accelerates AI ecosystem growth:

• Total investments hit nearly 50亿元
• 26 direct projects approved, 6.41亿元 committed (16...

• Optical chip firm Xizhi Technology, founded 2017 by MIT PhD Shen Yichen, plans HK IPO as early as this year
• Expected raise: $300-400M
• Seed round kicked off with $10.7M from Baidu, Tencent, and others

Ecosystem Developments

• 🔥 New Infrastructure Projects: Shanghai will introduce a commercial humanoid robot intelligent manufacturing base,...

• Policy shift from incentives (给优惠) to capabilities (给能力) for lasting industrial pull.
• 2026 package: humanoid robot manufacturing base, embodied...

Shanghai's AI computing unicorn Xizhi Technology, a photonics chip startup, is reportedly planning a Hong Kong IPO as early as this year with ~$3 fundraising scale—a pivotal exit for local AI infrastructure.

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Shanghai has reached 150 generative AI services with completed regulatory filings, including a new addition as of March 16. This accumulation signals accelerating approvals and a maturing local AI ecosystem.

Ecosystem Boost

• 🔥 Shanghai Investment Promotion: Shanghai kicked off the 2026 'Invest In Shanghai' Week and Global Investment Promotion...

Tashi Zhihang debuts AWE3.0, a general embodied large model achieving cross-scene migration generalization breakthrough.

Key highlights:

• Integrated...

Investor triumph: Baidu Ventures and Zhen Fund backed Shanghai AI computing unicorn Xizhi Technology's seed round, now IPO-bound.

• Growth validated:...

• Event kickoff: 2026 "Invest In Shanghai" Week and Global Investment Conference started Saturday, pledging business environment upgrades.
• AI...

• DRIFT method proposed by Shanghai AI Lab to decouple knowledge reasoning in long-context models.
• Tackles long-context burdens, questioning if...

LG CEO's visit to AgiBot in Shanghai highlights rising global collaborations for local AI robotics, boosting the city's startup visibility amid events like GTC 2026.

Shanghai-based BrainRobotics secures the world's first Class III medical device registration for its brain-computer interface, marking a pivotal regulatory breakthrough that accelerates BCI commercialization in the city.

Shanghai Models Dominate OpenClaw Rankings

• 🔥 MiniMax and StepFun Lead Global Traffic: Shanghai-based MiniMax from Rare Universe Intelligent...

• Top rankings: MiniMax (稀宇科技) and Step (阶跃星辰) occupied OpenClaw daily/monthly top 3 via OpenRouter, surpassing Google/OpenAI; China calls hit 4.19T...

Preemptive plays countering OpenClaw's privacy risks with local solutions:

• 英和智临 AI PCs (希未、海希) deliver plug-and-play local compute, launched...

Cambricon posted 2.059B yuan net profit in 2025 (up from losses), with revenue soaring 453% to 6.497B yuan; plans 15 yuan/10 shares dividend + bonus...

OpenClaw Model Rankings

• 🔥 Step 3.5 Flash Tops Charts: Step 3.5 Flash from Shanghai-based StepFun tops OpenClaw monthly invocation rankings,...