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Linear Capital Portfolio Company "Lingshu Intelligent" Named Among Shanghai's First 2023 "Specialized, Refined, Distinctive, and Innovative" Enterprises
In June 2023, LingShu Intelligence was named among the first batch of Shanghai's "Little Giant" specialized and innovative SMEs this year — just **two years after the company's founding**. The **average time to this milestone for such firms is nearly ten years**. Once again, the perpetually fast-growing LingShu has proven itself one of the most efficient teams in the industry.
Linear Capital portfolio company PowerLaw AI releases legal vertical large model PowerLawGLM
2023 was undeniably the "year of large language models." According to a UBS report, just two months after its launch, ChatGPT had already surpassed 100 million monthly active users, making it the fastest-growing consumer application in history.
Linear Capital is now recruiting for its new overseas internship program!
We focus on early-stage ventures driven by innovative technology, striving to be the investors who best understand technology and the future, while also being lovable geeks with both business acumen and strategic thinking! **Job Description:** 1. Identify entrepreneurs or potential entrepreneurs in frontier technology sectors; collect information and data on frontier technology industries and emerging technologies 2. Explore new investment directions, conduct detailed mapping of new sub-sectors, and build deep expertise 3.
Registration Open | Create @ AI Hackathon: Calling All Global AI Developers and Founders --- This is a title/headline for an AI programming hackathon event. Here's the translation preserving the registration call-to-action format and the event branding: **Registration | Create @ AI Hackathon: Inviting Global AI Developers and Entrepreneurs to Compete**
The **Create @ AI Hackathon**, hosted by China's largest AI model community **ModelScope** and guided by the **CCF Open Source Development Committee**, with **Alibaba Cloud** and **NVIDIA** as co-initiators and **Tianchi** as a co-organizer, officially opened registration on June 1.
Linear Capital Wins Multiple Honors Including 36Kr "2023 Most Influential Early-Stage Investment Firm" Top 10
Last week, 36Kr unveiled its 2023 lists of "Most Founder-Friendly Investors / Investment Firms" and "Most Influential / Most Promising" investment firms at its inaugural "Waves 2023" conference. The rankings were compiled from data collected through surveys, data platforms, and other channels since March, with 36Kr's research team cross-referencing findings through interviews with founders. Among the honorees, **Linear Capital**
Dada CTO Jun Yang: Reflections on Critical Questions in Entrepreneurship | Linear Academy
In May, Linear Capital's entrepreneurship learning and sharing platform, Linear Academy, invited Yang Jun, co-founder and CTO of Dada Group, to share his thinking on key questions in entrepreneurship with founders from Linear's portfolio companies. Yang discussed his experiences and ideas on development strategies for startups at different stages, organizational management, founder growth, and how technical teams can work with commercial teams. We've compiled some of the highlights to share with you.
Linear Capital AIGC Tech Salon Recap: AIGC Is Evolving by the Day — Has the Nature of Technology Changed?
At the end of May, Linear Capital co-hosted an AIGC tech salon in Hangzhou with portfolio company Manycore Tech. The event drew an overwhelming number of registrants — our thanks to everyone who signed up. The session ran for roughly three hours. Zeren Bai, Vice President of Investment at Linear Capital, kicked things off with an introduction to the firm, its investment focus, and standout portfolio companies, before diving into Linear Capital's existing AIGC investments and strategic approach to the sector.
Linear Capital partner Songyan Huang has once again been selected for Cyzone's "40 Under 40 Investors" list.
Last week, *Cyzone* (创业邦) released its 2023 "40 Under 40" list — "40 Investors Under 40." This marks the 11th year Cyzone has published the ranking. According to Cyzone, the list was compiled over two months of applications, research, and interviews, evaluating candidates across four dimensions: investment experience, performance, exits, and industry influence. **Songyan Huang, Partner at Linear Capital, was named to this year's "40 Under 40," following his selection in 2022**
Multiple founders from Linear Capital's portfolio companies have been selected for 36Kr's "2023 Sci-Tech Innovators" list.
Last week, 36Kr released its "2023 Sci-Tech Innovators" list. In its introduction, 36Kr highlighted the opportunities and divides it discovered through interviews and research on scientist entrepreneurship: "After two months of open nominations, we still found a group of innovators willing to stay in the arena and attempt to bridge that divide. As representatives of technological innovation grown from Chinese soil, their existence continues to point toward the many possibilities of translating research into commerce." Among them, WeiJian Technology, a portfolio company of Linear Capital,
Linear Capital Perspective | GPT Is a Pandora's Box or Aladdin's Lamp, Depending on Human Understanding and Action on Technology
We think of ChatGPT as a genie lamp that you can ask endless questions of.