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Hot Spot Observation in this issue
1. SORA will subvert the AI** production method
In February 2024, when the shock brought by ChatGPT is still fresh in my memory, the SORA large model has set off another wave of craze.
Sora can output up to 60 seconds of direct output and contains highly detailed backgrounds, complex multi-angle shots, and emotive characters, as well as understanding the presence of objects in the physical world, which can be generated from cues, still images, or even missing frames in existing ones.
SORA is the foundation for AI to understand and simulate real-world models, and if SORA can be continuously updated and upgraded, it will be an important milestone in the realization of artificial general intelligence. In the near future, it may become a reality that you can type a ** to generate a blockbuster.
2. State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) has made a blockbuster deployment: artificial intelligence has become a new direction for central enterprises to enter the market
On February 19, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) held a special promotion meeting on "AI Empowerment and Industrial Renewal", emphasizing that enterprises should put the development of artificial intelligence in the overall work and make overall plans, further promote industrial renewal, and accelerate the layout and development of the artificial intelligence industry.
The development of central enterprises in the field of artificial intelligence has become an important part of the national strategy and is accelerating. This is not only an inevitable requirement for central enterprises to fulfill their functional missions and seize strategic opportunities, but also a key measure to cultivate new quality productivity and promote high-quality development.
Review of the investment and financing market of the artificial intelligence industry in January[Financing Overview].In January, a total of 54 financing events occurred in the field of artificial intelligence across the country (not counting the proposed acquisition, acquisition, private placement, and listing), and the cumulative disclosed financing amount was 50RMB5 billion (excluding items with undisclosed amounts).
Top 50 Artificial Intelligence Industry Financing Events
*: Flint Creation Industrial Data Center.
[Distribution of financing rounds].From the perspective of financing rounds, the financing events of the artificial intelligence industry in January were mainly distributed from angel rounds to B rounds, and a total of 36 projects were invested. From the perspective of financing amount, the B round received the highest financing amount of 245 billion yuan, accounting for 48 percent of the total financing amount51%；Secondly, strategic financing also received a higher amount of financing97.9 billion yuan, accounting for 19 percent of the total financing amount39%。
Figure 1: Number and amount of financing rounds**: Flint Creation Industrial Data Center.
[Geographical distribution of financing].In January, 16 and 13 projects were invested in Beijing and Guangdong Province, respectively. In terms of financing amount, Shanghai is the most prominent, with a financing amount of up to 160 billion yuan, accounting for 31 percent of the total financing amount68%；Secondly, Beijing is also more prominent, with a financing amount of 119.9 billion yuan, accounting for 23 percent of the total financing amount74%。
Figure 2: Financing volume and amount by region**: Flint Creation Industrial Data Center.
[Distribution of financing amount].In January, a total of 54 projects were invested, with a cumulative amount of more than 505 billion yuan, 21 cases of a single financing amount exceeding 100 million yuan, with a total financing amount of 461.9 billion yuan, accounting for 91 percent of the total financing scale in January46%。
Figure 3: Distribution of financing amounts**: Flint Creation Industry Data Center.
The most noteworthy AI financing projects
1.Qiyuan Core Power: Completed 1.5 billion yuan Series B equity financing
Shanghai Qiyuan Core Power Technology, a subsidiary of State Power Investment Corporation, announced the completion of 1.5 billion yuan Series B equity financing. "Qiyuan Core Power" is a comprehensive smart energy service provider focusing on the field of "green electric transportation" under the State Power Investment Group, mastering the core battery swap patent technology, and has fully deployed more than 100 heavy truck charging and swapping stations in 31 provinces and municipalities across the country, adapting to more than 200 battery swapping heavy trucks on the market, and is a leading large-scale battery swap service brand in China. 2.Orion Starry Sky: Got 36.9 billion yuan of capital increaseCheetah Mobile, a U.S.-listed company, issued an announcement to the SEC, announcing that the company will increase the capital of Beijing Orion Star Technology through its holding and wholly-owned subsidiaries, with a total capital increase of about 3$6.9 billion, including $100 million in convertible loan rights. Founded in September 2016, Orionstar is an intelligent service robot company invested by Cheetah Mobile. Orion Sky was born for "really useful" robots, with the vision of "freeing people from repetitive manual labor and making traditional business as efficient as the Internet". Orion Star has launched a "family of intelligent service robots", including reception service robots, delivery service robots, disinfection service robots, new retail service robots, etc., to build a robot ecosystem with industry partners and promote the intelligent upgrade of the real economy and scenarios in the AI and 5G era. 3.Singularity Energy: Completed 300 million yuan in Series C financingXi'an Singularity Energy Co., Ltd. completed the C round of financing, with a financing amount of 300 million yuan. This round of financing was jointly led by BOCOM Investment and CCB Investment, followed by CIMC Capital and Guangzhou Industrial Investment. Founded in 2018, Xi'an Singularity Energy Co., Ltd. is committed to the technical research and product development of core equipment in advanced energy storage systems. With the mission of "making stable and clean electricity benefit everyone", and the development strategy of "promoting the large-scale application of energy storage with power electronics and Internet of Things technology innovation, and making the use of energy cleaner and friendlier", Singularity Energy promotes the reform of the global energy structure and increases the proportion of clean energy through the research of efficient power storage and conversion technology, Internet of Things and big data technology, and also brings continuous light and power to power-shortage areas, so that stable and friendly clean electricity can improve the living and living environment of human beings.
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