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An Exhibition Revisiting 30 Years of Chinese Venture Capital | WAVE's Third Anniversary
The great schools of fish have returned.
Fifteen Years Building a Startup, He's Now Deploying Robots Worldwide | Yunqi Capital Doers
From "robot waiters" in restaurants to "robot cleaners" in hotels, service robots have become increasingly common in our daily lives. Yunqi Capital portfolio company *Keenon Robotics* is a leading enterprise in embodied AI service robots. While deeply penetrating the Chinese market, Keenon has been actively expanding overseas since 2020, with its global operations now covering 600+ cities and regions worldwide.
Notion Co-founder: Fit Your Startup Vision Into a Product Form That Users Actually Need | Bolt's Pick
The key question isn't "Did we succeed?" but "Are we doing better than we were last week?"
Ten Thousand-Word Interview with Perplexity's Growth Lead: People Need to Hear About Your Product 3 to 7 Times Before They Actually Try It
Growth is a game of intuition.
Agent Updates: What's Actually New This Time for OpenAI? | Yunqi Capital Tech π
Waiting for the Agent Application Breakout Moment
On a Winter Night for Game Investment, Shen Li Wants to Build a NExT 2.0 | Entering the Arena
A new adventure.
Deep Dive: China's "DeepSeek Moment" in Biotech | FreeS Fund Report
A Watershed Year for China's Innovative Drug Industry
The Clear Path, Hidden Path, and Rocky Path of AI Fundraising
Where does the money come from?
How DeepSeek Is Transforming AI Application Development: 34 Insights from 7 Practitioners | Ronghui --- The past two months have been a "DeepSeek moment" for China's AI industry. From the open-source release of DeepSeek-R1 to the subsequent frenzy of adoption across the ecosystem, the model has become a focal point of discussion among developers, product managers, and investors alike. But beyond the hype, how is DeepSeek actually changing the way AI applications are built? What new possibilities does it unlock, and what limitations remain? We spoke with seven practitioners who have been working hands-on with DeepSeek across different domains — from consumer apps and enterprise software to creative tools and infrastructure. Below are 34 of their most salient observations, organized by theme. --- ## On Model Capabilities and Trade-offs 1. **"DeepSeek-R1's reasoning ability is genuinely step-function better on certain tasks."** One founder building legal AI noted that R1 outperformed GPT-4o on complex contract analysis where multi-step logical deduction was required, with error rates dropping roughly 30%. 2. **But that reasoning comes with latency costs.** Several developers emphasized that R1's chain-of-thought output makes it unsuitable for real-time applications. "You can't use it
From consumer-facing apps to vertical domains like travel, finance, and healthcare, and on to AI agents.
Decoding the Global Top 100 AI Apps Ranking: AI Video Heats Up, Vertical Apps Monetize | Yunqi Capital Tech π
DeepSeek made AI an overnight national conversation, but which AI applications have truly gained widespread adoption? And which products have already achieved the "double win" of traffic and revenue?