Shengshu Technology
生数科技
Shengshu Technology (生数科技) is a Beijing-born multimodal AI company founded in March 2023, built by a team that proposed the U-ViT architecture in September 2022 — three months ahead of OpenAI's DiT, per Qiming Venture Partners, which backed its 600M+ RMB A+ round announced in February 2026 . Its flagship is Vidu, a text-to-video model unveiled at the April 2024 Zhongguancun Forum as China's first full rival to Sora, which pioneered "reference-to-video" generation for multi-subject consistency and has since iterated through Q1–Q3 releases , an image-editing feature that placed top-four on Artificial Analysis's global leaderboard — the only startup there, ahead of OpenAI's GPT-5 — and API services like AI livestream gift effects at under 1 RMB per generation . The company's current framing is broader than video: at WAIC 2026 it presented itself as a "general world model" company, pairing Vidu (including the real-time interactive Vidu S1) with Motubrain, a "world action model" meant to drive robots in the physical world . Not everyone buys the grand narrative — a satirical piece from 葬AI in June 2026 poked fun at Vidu's generation quality and its cost-cutting pivot to B2B clients, while noting its neck-and-neck race with PixVerse . The entity card also lists Ant Group and BV Baidu Ventures as backers .
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Qiming Weekly | Top 10 Updates from Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio Vol.27, 2026.8.26
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Morning Star | Shengshu Technology's Luo Yihang: From Understanding Language to Understanding the World, General World Model Opens a New Chapter in AI Development | WAIC 2026
AI is moving from understanding and generating the digital world to understanding and acting in the physical world, and world models are the foundational infrastructure driving this transformation.
Qiming Venture Partners' Alex Zhou: Riding the Tech Wave to Find AI's Commercial Inflection Point | WAIC 2026
Stick to the "half-step ahead" investment methodology, and only invest within your circle of competence.
Morning Star | A Look Back: The Exhibits and Talks You Couldn't Get Enough of at WAIC 2026
Several portfolio companies of Qiming Venture Partners demonstrated their technological innovation capabilities and growth potential through forums, core technology showcases, and thought leadership on cutting-edge trends.
Faster! Even faster! So fast the world can generate in real time | A conversation with Shengshu Technology's Jintao Zhang on Vidu S1, inference acceleration, and real-time interactive video
Qiming Venture Partners | WAIC Qiming Venture Partners Entrepreneurship and Investment Forum—The Evolution from Computing Power Origin to Application Success Held in Shanghai
As one of the most forward-looking and influential venture capital firms in artificial intelligence, Qiming Venture Partners has hosted this forum for four consecutive years. It is also the only forum at this year's World Artificial Intelligence Conference initiated by a venture capital firm, designed to showcase and explore the latest breakthroughs in AI's evolution from underlying computing power to industrial application — all through the lens of innovation.
Faster! Even faster! Fast enough to generate the world in real time | A chat with Shengshu Technology's Jintao Zhang on Vidu S1, inference acceleration, and real-time interactive video
Guest Lineup Revealed | 2026 WAIC Qiming Venture Partners Entrepreneurship & Investment Forum: The Evolution from Computing Power Origin to Application Deployment
Decoding the Paradigm Shift in the Large Model Era: How the Industry Can Move Beyond Pure Parameter Chasing to Ruthless Exploration of Real-World Scenarios, Cost Efficiency, and Closed-Loop Business Models
Qiming Weekly | 10 Updates from Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio Vol.23, 2026.7.7
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Qiming Venture Partners Weekly | Top 10 Portfolio Company Updates Vol.22, June 30, 2026
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Qiming Weekly | Top 10 News from Qiming Venture Partners' Portfolio Companies Vol.21, 2026.6.23
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Qiming Weekly | Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio News: Top 10 Updates Vol.20, June 16, 2026
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Shengshu Technology Diagnosed With Duck Leg Overdose
If you had to pick the most orthodox Tsinghua-affiliated AI startup, Shengshu Technology would be it: all three founders are from Tsinghua, all from the same research group, still physically on campus — essentially a university lab doing corporate tech transfer. Gripped by my own pathological worship of meritocracy, I dutifully tried their product Vidu, and came away thinking: folks, we've had one too many goose legs. Because looking at their model capabilities, product positioning, and marketing strategy, the student energy here is absolutely off the charts — it's completely maxed out.
Qiming Weekly | Top 10 Updates from Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio Companies Vol.17, 2026.5.26
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Qiming Venture Partners' Duane Kuang: Embrace and Navigate Cycles, AI Will Be an Ultra-Long Technology Cycle
Our primary focus is the technology development cycle, and we structure our investments around this cycle as the central thread.
Qiming Weekly | Top 10 Updates from Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio Vol.16, May 12, 2026
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Qiming Headlines | Qiming Venture Partners and Portfolio Companies Win Multiple Awards Including Top 4 on ChinaVenture's 2025 China Best VC Firms List
The "ChinaVenture Ranking" has been published for 20 consecutive years, and is known throughout the industry for its professionalism, authority, and rigor. It is regarded as a bellwether for China's equity investment industry and serves as an important reference for capital commitments from many large institutional LPs.
Qiming Weekly | Top 10 News from Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio Companies Vol.13, 2026.4.14
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"Shenpu Intelligence" Closes New Financing Round of Several Hundred Million Yuan, Led by Linear Capital | Linear Portfolio
Using family-like commercial scenarios as an entry point.
Qiming Weekly | Top 10 Updates from Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio Companies Vol.12, 2026.4.7
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Qiming Weekly | Top 10 News from Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio Vol.09, 2026.3.17
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Qiming Weekly: Top 10 Portfolio Company Updates, Vol. 06, Feb. 25, 2026
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Qiming Venture Partners Weekly · Top 10 Portfolio News, Vol. 05, 2026.2.11
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Qiming Venture Partners Weekly: Top 10 Portfolio Company Updates, Vol. 04, Feb. 3, 2026
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Five AI IPOs in Seven Months, Qiming Venture Partners: Investing in AI Is the Biggest Certainty for China Over the Next Two Decades
Thirteen years, over 100 portfolio companies, covering the full AI industry chain.
Seven Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio Companies Named to Cyzone 100 Future Unicorns List
Uncovering the Forces of Business Transformation Over the Next 3–5 Years
Qiming Weekly | Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio News and Updates Vol. 45, 2025
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A Conversation with the Founder/CEO of Soy Sauce Culture | Inside a Thousand-Person "AI Manga Drama" Factory: Wild Growth and Content Ideals
All in on AI manhua-to-drama: team exceeds 1,000 people, revenue surpasses 50 million RMB.
Qiming Weekly | Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio News and Updates Vol. 44, 2025
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Qiming Weekly | Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio News and Updates Vol. 42, 2025
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Infinigence AI Closes Nearly 500 Million Yuan Funding Round to Build Infrastructure for the Agentic Era | Oasis Vitality
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Qiming Weekly | Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio News and Updates Vol. 40, 2025
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Morning Star | Eight Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio Companies Named to QbitAI Research Institute's 2025Q3 AI 100 Product Rankings
The flagship product list represents the leading players in the current landscape, while the innovation product list spotlights the seed candidates poised for future markets. Together, these two lists — spanning from comprehensive strength to breakthrough potential — sketch out a more three-dimensional and authentic map of AI products, offering industry participants and observers a set of reference-worthy benchmarks.
Qiming Weekly | Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio Funding and Updates Vol. 38, 2025
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Qiming Venture Partners Weekly | Portfolio Company Updates and Funding News Vol. 37, 2025
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Qiming Venture Partners and Over 10 Portfolio Companies Named to Diyixinsheng's 2025 China AI Industry Innovation Pioneer List
The ranking aims to provide comprehensive insight into the AI industry's current state, competitive landscape, application trends, and emerging opportunities — identifying exceptional companies that demonstrate cross-cycle resilience and high growth potential, and that have earned recognition from both investors and customers.
Qiming Weekly | Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio Funding and Updates Vol. 35, 2025
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Qiming Venture Partners Weekly | Portfolio Company Updates Vol. 34, 2025
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Qiming Weekly | Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio News & Updates Vol. 33, 2025
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Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio Companies Feature on QbitAI 2025H1 AI 100 Product Rankings
The 2025 H1 AI 100 flagship product list represents the leading players in the current landscape, while the innovative product list spotlights the seed contenders for future markets. Together, these two lists — spanning from comprehensive strength to breakthrough potential — sketch out a more multidimensional and authentic map of AI products, offering industry participants and observers a set of reference-worthy examples.
Qiming Venture Partners Weekly | Portfolio News and Updates Vol. 32, 2025
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Qiming Venture Partners and Multiple Portfolio Companies Named to Jazzyear's 2024-2025 China Tech Industry Investment Rankings
The list aims to recognize outstanding investment institutions, investors, and science and technology innovation enterprises that have made significant contributions to the development of China's tech industry.
Qiming Venture Partners Weekly | Portfolio Companies Funding and Updates Vol. 29, 2025
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Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio Companies Shine at 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference
As one of the most influential industry events in the global artificial intelligence sector, the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference took "Intelligent Era: Shared Responsibility for Our Planet" as its theme, continuing to serve its important roles as a "technology weathervane, application showcase, industry accelerator, and governance forum" — comprehensively presenting the latest developments in cutting-edge AI technology, industrial trends, and global governance practices.
Qiming Weekly | Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio Companies: Funding and Updates Vol. 28, 2025
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Qiming View: Technology Grows Upward, Applications Take Root Downward — Releasing the AI Resonance Cycle and Top 10 AI Predictions for 2025
This year, AI has entered a "resonance cycle of technology and application." On one hand, the technology continues to grow rapidly upward with no obvious ceiling in sight. On the other hand, it has become "good enough" in terms of performance and cost for large-scale deployment to take root and grow solidly, like tree roots digging deep — creating massive value in the process.
Qiming Venture Partners Weekly | Portfolio Company Updates Vol. 27, 2025
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Qiming Venture Partners' Portfolio Shines with 10+ Companies on 2025 AI Cloud 100 China List
The ranking aims to identify Cloud companies that have achieved genuine commercial deployment in generative AI (GenAI) and delivered significant economic returns.
Guest Lineup Revealed | Register Now for 2025 WAIC Qiming Venture Partners · Entrepreneurship and Investment Forum — Venture Capital Enters AI Technology and Application Resonance Cycle
This sub-forum will showcase and explore the latest breakthroughs in AI technology and applications through the lens of innovation. Qiming Venture Partners will bring together leading scholars and top entrepreneurs in the field — from both the startup and investment perspectives — for four keynote speeches and four panel discussions.
Qiming Weekly | Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio News and Updates Vol. 25, 2025
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Qiming Stars | Multiple Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio Companies Appear at 2025 Summer Davos Forum
As a dialogue platform hailed as a "barometer of the world economy," the Summer Davos Forum brings together global leaders, innovators, and changemakers to tackle pressing economic challenges and explore new frontiers of sustainable and inclusive growth.
Qiming Weekly | Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio News and Updates Vol. 24, 2025
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Qiming Venture Partners Weekly | Portfolio Company Updates and Funding News Vol. 22, 2025
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Qiming Stars | Three Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio Companies Selected for 2025 Ifenxi AIGC Vendor Panorama Report
The report aims to reveal how generative AI technology is being applied in specific domains and the core competitive strengths of representative vendors.
Qiming Weekly | Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio News and Updates Vol. 19, 2025
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Qiming Venture Partners' 16th RMB Fund Annual Meeting and Investor Summit Successfully Held in Shanghai
China's high-quality companies have reached a valuation level that's become genuinely attractive.
Qiming Weekly | Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio Companies: Funding and Updates Vol. 18, 2025
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Qiming Weekly | Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio News and Updates Vol. 16, 2025
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Qiming Spotlight | Over 10 Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio Companies Named to Star 100 · 2025 China AI Industry Wave Makers List
The rankings confirm AI technology's evolution from technical exploration to the deep waters of industry application, while also showcasing Chinese companies' technical strength and growth potential.
Qiming Perspective | Duane Kuang: AI Investment Outlook Is Broad
2025 will mark an inflection point for AI applications. In the AI 2.0 era, investment in AI infrastructure still has significant room to grow, explosive growth in AI applications is on the horizon, and the investment landscape for AI applications will become increasingly diverse and vibrant.
Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio Companies Zhipu AI and Shengshu Technology Forge Strategic Partnership to Advance Domestic Large Model Innovation and Industrial Deployment
The two parties will jointly explore forward-looking AI technology innovations and collaborate to empower intelligent transformation across all industries.
Qiming Weekly | Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio Companies: Funding and Updates Vol. 15, 2025
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Qiming Venture Partners Weekly | Portfolio News and Updates Vol. 14, 2025
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Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio Companies Featured in QbitAI 2025 AIGC Companies and Products List
The ranking aims to offer an objective lens for understanding application trends in China's generative AI space, spotlighting early adopters and benchmark cases that dare to experiment and innovate.
Qiming Venture Partners Weekly | Portfolio Company Updates and Funding News Vol. 12, 2025
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Morning Star | Multiple Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio Companies Appear at 2025 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference and Win Multiple Awards
Since its founding, Qiming Venture Partners has focused on investing in exceptional early- and growth-stage companies driven by technology and innovation.
Qiming Weekly | Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio News and Updates Vol. 11, 2025
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Qiming Weekly | Qiming Venture Partners Portfolio News and Updates Vol. 10, 2025
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Qiming Venture Partners Weekly | Portfolio News and Updates Vol. 09, 2025
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The Clear Path, Hidden Path, and Rocky Path of AI Fundraising
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Infinigence AI Raises Nearly RMB 1 Billion in Total Funding, Aiming to Become the Go-To "Compute Operator" in the LLM Era | Oasis Vitality
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Yunqi Research Select | Mid-Year AI Industry Review: Ten Hopes and Heartbreaks in the Year of Implementation
How Does the Balance Between Cost and Effectiveness Tip?
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The perfect candidate.
Baidu Ventures' Gao Xue: Nothing Stays the Same — That's the Destiny of AI Investing
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Destruction Precedes Creation: Rebooting the Era of General Artificial Intelligence
On August 22, Chinese tech think tank *Jazzyear* hosted the "2023 Jazzyear Gravitational Force X Tech Industry Investment Conference" in Beijing. Dozens of industry leaders gathered to discuss cutting-edge topics, using AI and other hard-tech investments as a starting point to analyze emerging trends in the tech industry and explore new directions, opportunities, and futures for the sector. In 2023, generative AI led by ChatGPT has swept across the globe, ushering in a second wave of artificial intelligence.






































