Chinese Entrepreneurs Join Forces to Launch AI Video Generation Tool Haiper, Securing Millions in Funding

Musk's xAI Holdings Plans $200 Billion Funding Round, Targeting $1.2 Trillion Valuation

Manus Completes $75 Million Funding Round, Valuation Soars to Nearly $500 Million

According to Bloomberg, Manus AI, a general-purpose AI agent from Chinese startup Butterfly Effect, has secured $75 million in funding. This translates to approximately 547 million RMB and was led by Benchmark, a prominent US venture capital firm, with participation from existing investors. This round catapults Butterfly Effect's valuation to nearly $500 million, a fourfold increase, reflecting strong market confidence in its product. Image note: Image generated by AI, image rights reserved.

Manychat Secures $140M in Funding to Fuel AI-Powered Messaging Platform

In today's world brimming with AI and chatbots, truly useful tools for businesses and consumers are rare. Manychat, a startup succeeding in this space, recently announced a $140 million Series B funding round led by Summit Partners. Founded in 2015, Manychat provides businesses with tools for managing and automating conversations across multiple messaging channels. The company currently serves over 170...

Sentra Secures $50 Million in Series B Funding to Help Enterprises Secure Data in the Age of AI

Brellium, a Startup, Secures $16.7 Million in Funding to Advance AI-Powered Medical Record Review

Columbia University Dropouts Develop AI Interview Cheating Tool 'Interview Coder,' Secure $5 Million in Funding

Recently, Cluely, a startup co-founded by two Columbia University dropouts, Chungin Roy Lee and Neel Shanmugam, announced the completion of a $5.3 million seed funding round led by Abstract Ventures and Susa Ventures. Cluely primarily launched an AI tool called Interview Coder, dubbed an "interview cheating tool."

MeiYin Intelligence Secures Millions in Seed Funding for AI-Powered Disease Risk Prediction

Hangzhou-based medical AI company, MeiYin Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd., recently announced it has secured millions of yuan in seed funding. The funding will primarily be used for R&D and commercialization of its core product. The round was led by Zhuoyuan Asia, with participation from Xihu Government Direct Investment Fund. MeiYin Intelligence focuses on leveraging AI to predict disease risk and promote health management. Its core product, based on its self-developed DP-LLM large model, supports the processing of multimodal medical data to accurately quantify an individual's future disease risk, covering hundreds of diseases and more.

Moonvalley Secures $43 Million in Series B Funding, Launches Innovative Video Generation Model Marey

In April 2025, Moonvalley, a video generation technology company, announced the successful completion of a $43 million Series B funding round. The round involved 11 unnamed investors, bringing the company's total funding to $113 million. This investment will further fuel Moonvalley's technological innovation and market expansion in the AI video generation field. Just ten days prior to the funding announcement, Moonvalley launched its first video generation model, Marey.

Zhipu AI Secures 500 Million RMB in Funding to Support Global Open-Source Community

Beijing's Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund has announced an additional investment of 200 million RMB in Zhipu (Z.ai), building on its previous investment, to support the development of Zhipu's open-source models and the construction of its open-source community ecosystem. Zhipu is the first AI large language model company invested in by the fund and is currently the fastest-growing company. Zhipu has comprehensive accumulation in model capabilities including text, reasoning, speech, image, video, and code, a well-established commercial layout, and a developer community and enterprise user base exceeding one million.

X-ORIGIN-AI Secures Nearly 100 Million Yuan in Pre-A Round Funding to Advance Affective AI Hardware

X-ORIGIN-AI (Xuan Yuan Technology), a consumer-grade AI robot company, recently announced it has completed a Pre-A round of financing totaling nearly 100 million yuan. The round was led by Oriental Fortune Capital, with participation from Kingtop Capital and Lenovo Star, and Renchen Capital served as the financial advisor. This funding accelerates X-ORIGIN-AI's development in AI hardware and affective interaction, showcasing its breakthroughs in the development of emotionally intelligent AI products. X-ORIGIN-AI is dedicated to breaking the limitations of traditional AI tools and pushing human-computer interaction from a 'tool-based' to an 'emotionally intelligent' approach.