CATL bets on RoboParty: China's battery giant enters the humanoid race sideways
The world's largest battery maker takes a stake in a HIT-founded open-source humanoid startup. Not a VC move - an integration play.
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ByteDance internal re-org: Feishu team absorbed by Doubao, enterprise sales moved to Volcano Engine
This is an internal ByteDance restructuring, not a startup transaction: the Lark/Feishu productivity team is being folded into the Doubao AI product org, while Volcano Engine takes over B2B distribution.
Aug 1, 2026 at 09:40 15 17
Nscale/Anyscale: Ray becomes the neocloud's new customer lock-in
Nscale acquires the company behind Ray - the open-source distributed-compute framework ML teams actually write against. The prize is placement, not code.
Jul 30, 2026 at 19:38 11 14
Nvidia takes 4.5% of Naver for $1B - Korea's AI supercycle hits the equity book
Naver shares jumped 10% after Nvidia disclosed a $1 billion equity investment - a 4.5% stake priced at 204,500 won per share. The AI supercycle now owns a seat on Korea's largest internet company.
Jul 27, 2026 at 10:16 10 10
Jack Dorsey launches Buzz: Slack + Git + AI agents in one place - a coherent bet, or a full-stack fantasy?
Jack Dorsey (Block) launches Buzz: team chat + Git hosting + AI agents. The bet: to get out of the Slack/GitHub dependency. The question: can "all-in-one" stand up to components that teams almost never replace?
Jul 22, 2026 at 12:42 21 12
Netflix pays $587M for InterPositive: AI enters the creative stack
Netflix paid $587M to acquire the AI startup InterPositive. A clear signal about the place of AI in the next Hollywood cost cycle.
Jul 20, 2026 at 11:40 9 12
Apple explores AI chip startup acquisitions: the vertical integration playbook turns to inference silicon
Apple is exploring acquisitions of AI chip startups, sources tell Tech in Asia. The reading: Apple is preparing an inference-silicon path that does not run through Nvidia.
Jul 16, 2026 at 08:48 17 8