Flash-MSA: Train on a million tokens without breaking the compute bank
A sparse attention kernel that makes long-context training finally affordable - if the benchmarks hold up outside the lab.
Jul 13, 2026 at 02:20 10 10
DeepSeek valued at $51.9B: the price of the Chinese frontier open-weight continues to rise
DeepSeek reaches a $51.9 billion valuation after a new funding round. The private market continues to pay a high price for the "frontier open-weight sino" option.
16 h ago 9 9
Inkling: Thinking Machines Lab ships its first open-weights model - a 975B MoE, Apache-2.0, multimodal
The first open-weights model from Thinking Machines Lab (Mira Murati) is here: Inkling, MoE 975B params (41B active), multimodal, Apache-2.0 license. The most discreet box in the frontier scene enters the open market through the front door.
yesterday 8 8
DeepSeek targets the markets: IPO filing in mainland China potentially as early as 2026
Liang Wenfeng's open-weight lab discusses with advisors; targeted listing in 2027, valuation still unknown.
Jul 15, 2026 at 10:14 8 7
Zhipu AI officially pivots to AGI - the "Touch High" plan
The founder of Zhipu AI announces a refocusing on AGI research. Strong signal from China: after the product race, the foundation race.
Jul 13, 2026 at 17:27 7 8