Ten Notable Tech Industry Developments to Watch | "Cloud News · Business Bulletin Board 2023.8–9"

Every incremental advance in technology and industry pushes productivity and daily life forward.

In "Portfolio Update," we track key product launches and strategic partnerships from Yunqi Capital's portfolio companies — and invite you to witness each step of progress with us.

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Aug–Sep 2023

"Product Launches"

01 Yunqi Capital Leads Angel Round

#AutonomousDriving #GlobalExpansion

Yunqi Capital's portfolio company unveiled its latest intelligent driving solution, the overseas version of "Driver 3.0," at Germany's IAA Mobility. The solution operates without high-definition maps, featuring robust data-loop capabilities and multi-layer redundancy for safety. The company localized Driver 3.0 for international markets, with plans to obtain ISO functional safety certification in 2024 and establish a European operations center.

02 XTransfer Launches Local Collection in 10 African Countries

Yunqi Capital Leads Angel Round

#GlobalExpansion #Africa

XTransfer rolled out local collection solutions in ten African countries including Nigeria and Cameroon, addressing payment challenges for Chinese foreign trade enterprises and accelerating China-Africa commercial ties.

03 Zilliz Releases Milvus 2.3.0 with Major Upgrades

Yunqi Capital Leads Angel Round

#LLMs #VectorDatabases

Milvus 2.3.0 delivers highly requested community features including GPU support, a upgraded query architecture, improved load-balancing, and a new message queue — marking the 2.x series' evolution from production-ready to mature, reliable, and operationally friendly.

04 Yizao Tech Releases "Metaverse 3D Printer 2.0"

Yunqi Capital Leads Angel Round

#Robotics #AGI+ #AIApplications

Yizao Tech launched its "Metaverse 3D Printer 2.0," combining large-scale 3D printing with material recycling in a multi-process flexible system that sets new standards for intelligent, automated construction. The company also integrated its FUCyborg suite — FUGenerator, FURobot, and FUSense — pushing the industry toward smarter, more efficient, and more sustainable building.

05 RealMan Debuts Eco-Series Robotic Arm

Yunqi Capital Leads Series A

#Robotics #FlexibleAutomation

The Eco-series arm carries forward RealMan's design philosophy with an integrated controller and high payload-to-weight ratio, enabling rapid, flexible deployment without environmental modifications. It's gaining traction in new retail, food service, R&D education, and industrial manufacturing.

06 Longjing Tech Launches Retail LLM "PriceGPT"

#LLMs #SmartRetail

PriceGPT, a domain-specific large language model for retail, leverages Longjing's extensive product database to accurately extract pricing information from shelf tags, enabling automatic tag recognition, real-time shelf monitoring, and operational analytics for data-driven decisions.

07 Xiaoxiang Zhihe Launches Generative AI Design System "ELEAI" | Designs Cultural Packaging for National Treasures | Partners with JD.com for Qixi Festival Custom Gifts

Yunqi Capital Leads A++ Round

#AGI+ #AIApplications

Xiaoxiang Zhihe unveiled ELEAI, the world's first generative AI design system for the packaging industry, integrating domain language models, visual generation, and 3D rendering to turn concepts into production-ready packaging — making "what you think is what you see, and what you see is what you get" a reality.

"Key Partnerships"

08 Manycore Tech (Kujiale) Joins Huawei Cloud's Retail Digitalization Accelerator | Powers Light Source Family's Brand Upgrade

Yunqi Capital Portfolio Company

#SmartRetail #AGI+ #CloudDesign

Kujiale will leverage its AGI product ecosystem to digitize spatial experiences, enabling retail chains to achieve "what you see is what you get" — co-building a new retail ecosystem with Huawei Cloud partners.

Kujiale's Koolight intelligent lighting solution helps Light Source Family optimize in-store product displays and back-end construction precision, elevating the overall shopping experience.

09 Keenon Robotics Partners with Daesung Industrial to Expand in Korean Service Robot Market

Yunqi Capital Leads First Round

#Robotics #GlobalExpansion

Keenon Robotics signed a formal agreement with Daesung Industrial, a leading Korean energy and electrical products company, to deploy commercial service robots and solutions that drive intelligent transformation across Korea's service sector.

10 CoolCollege Collaborates with DingTalk to Explore AI LLM + SaaS Integration

Yunqi Capital Leads A+ Round

#AGI+ #AIApplications #SmartLearning

CoolCollege's "Coolpilot Intelligent Learning Assistant" will integrate deeply with DingTalk's enterprise training scenarios, enabling AI-powered question generation and Q&A to make corporate learning simpler and more efficient. DingTalk is currently working with CoolCollege and other ecosystem partners to explore AI large model applications in SaaS.