Archive - X.PIN

The DeepSeek Founder Story Silicon Valley Doesn't See

Liang Wenfeng funded DeepSeek using High-Flyer quant trading. Learn the story behind this celebrated figure who faces criticism from Chinese investors.

Jul 30 • X.PIN and Han Chen

Inside CXMT IPO: China's $485 Billion Chip Gamble

Discover how CXMT became China's most valuable company through a massive state-backed coalition and the unique Hefei venture capital model.

Jul 28 • X.PIN and CT Zhao

Weekly Dose of China Tech #04 [7.27.2026]

China's Two AI Shocks, Inside DeepSeek's Mind, AI Infrastructure Bottlenecks, Token Factories, AI Agents + One More Thing

Jul 27 • X.PIN and Han Chen

Why Kimi K3 and DeepSeek Are Keeping Silicon Valley Up at Night?

How DeepSeek and Moonshot's Kimi K3 broke American AI assumptions on compute, capability, and the global frontier model moat.

Jul 24 • X.PIN and Han Chen

The DeepSeek Doctrine

What Liang Wenfeng’s Four-Hour Investor Meeting Reveals About AGI, Open Source, and Restraint.

Jul 23 • X.PIN and CT Zhao

China Built the Robots. Now It Has to Put Them to Work.

China can mass-produce humanoid robots, but finding real-world applications is the true challenge. An inside look at the WAIC showcase.

Jul 22 • X.PIN and CT Zhao

Weekly Dose of China Tech #03 [7.20.2026]

World's Biggest Open-Source Model, AI Universities, Robot Supply Chains, Apple Picks Alibaba + One More Thing

Jul 20 • X.PIN and Han Chen

Tencent's Wild Card WorkBuddy Could Be China's Codex

Tencent's WorkBuddy is shifting the AI race from raw models to practical office agents. Discover how it quietly conquered China's workspace ecosystem.

Jul 18 • X.PIN and CT Zhao

Don't Watch the Robot. Watch What It Can't Move Without.

Behind every impressive humanoid robot video is a complex industrial system. Discover China's battle to master critical robotics hardware.

Jul 17 • X.PIN and Han Chen

Is AI Breaking China's University?

As China replaces thousands of college majors with AI programs, graduates face a harsh reality: their degrees may no longer guarantee jobs.

Jul 16 • X.PIN and CT Zhao

Weekly Dose of China Tech #02 [7.13.2026]

AI Boyfriends Banned, Robot Factories, CXMT IPO, Claude Code Boycotted + One More Thing

Jul 13 • X.PIN and Han Chen

The End of China's AI Boyfriends

An inside look at China's new AI rules banning virtual partners for minors and forcing tech giants to take custom chatbot features offline.

Jul 10 • X.PIN, CT Zhao, and Fred Gao

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