Krypton Evening News | Michelle Ice City has announced multiple coffee-related patents; The China Securities Regulatory Commission has approved the registration of Springlight Group's IPO on the Growth Enterprise Market; Qianwen continues to promote the implementation of AI life services.
Large Companies:
Mixue Bingcheng has announced multiple coffee-related patents
36Kr learned that currently, Mixue Bingcheng's freshly brewed coffee business is in the early planning and pilot stage. In addition to fully automatic coffee machines, it will simultaneously pilot and upgrade the coffee product line, including launching new coffee products and upgrading core raw materials such as coffee beans and milk. Overall, it will continue the product strategy of high quality and affordable prices. According to the Aiqicha App, Mixue Bingcheng Co., Ltd. has announced multiple coffee-related patents such as "drip coffee maker", "coffee packaging box", and "coffee packaging bag", all of which are design patents.
36Kr learned that SenseTime Group Limited, in collaboration with Nanyang Technological University, has released a preview version of NEO-unify - an end-to-end native architecture that abandons traditional visual encoders and variational autoencoders and learns directly from pixels and text. It approaches the performance of Flux VAE in image reconstruction tasks and scores 3.32 in the image editing benchmark. Research shows that this architecture improves both understanding and generation capabilities, and its data training efficiency is better than existing solutions.
NetEase Youdao's LobsterAI launches a skill store and supports the MCP protocol
36Kr learned that on March 6th, NetEase Youdao's "7X24-hour full-scenario personal assistant" Agent LobsterAI announced an update - the official launch of the Skill Store and full support for the MCP protocol (Model Context Protocol). This update aims to further lower the usage threshold of the intelligent agent, allowing users to expand the capabilities of LobsterAI through natural language. At the same time, it will jointly build an Agent ecosystem with global developers through open standards to accelerate the innovation and application of domestic intelligent agents.
SpaceX plans to launch about 1,200 second-generation satellites by the end of 2027
SpaceX plans to launch about 1,200 second-generation satellites into space by the end of 2027. The company hopes to provide a mobile version of Starlink Internet service with DSL broadband quality globally, with a download speed of up to 100 megabits per second and an upload speed of up to 50 megabits per second. (Sina Finance)
IDC: Chinese mobile phones enter the full popularization stage of 200-megapixel cameras
On March 6th, the latest report released by IDC, "The 200-megapixel camera enters the full popularization stage", pointed out that the Chinese mobile phone market has entered the popularization stage of 200-megapixel cameras. Among them, vivo ranks first in the high-end price range of over $600 with a market share of 38%.
Magic Atom officially announces a new core management team
36Kr learned that on March 6th, Embodied Intelligence technology company Magic Atom announced an important upgrade of its core management team: Chen Chunyu, as the co-founder and CTO, is fully responsible for the technical system and core product R & D; Zhang Tao serves as the person in charge of the embodied model and the VP of algorithms, leading the R & D of large models; Wu Zhengfang is the person in charge of the embodied data platform, building an end-to-end data pipeline; Gao Chunchao is the person in charge of joint modules, focusing on the self - research and engineering of joint modules; Li Kedi is the person in charge of the developer ecosystem, leading the secondary development and function optimization of products; Yang Ke and Tan Yongzhou respectively serve as the commercialization persons in charge of the Chinese market and the international market, fully promoting global business expansion.
Investment and Financing:
36Kr learned that according to the Aiqicha App, recently, Henan Pingmei Shenma Dongda Chemical Co., Ltd. underwent industrial and commercial changes. Fu Hanqing stepped down as the legal representative, and Chen Guojun took over. At the same time, the registered capital increased from about 1.2 billion yuan to about 1.8 billion yuan, an increase of about 50%. Henan Pingmei Shenma Dongda Chemical Co., Ltd. was established in March 1995, and its business scope includes the production of hazardous chemicals, the sales of chemical products, the manufacturing of special chemical products, and the manufacturing of synthetic materials. Shareholder information shows that the company is jointly held by China Pingmei Shenma Group Co., Ltd., Kaifeng Industrial Agglomeration Area Development and Investment Co., Ltd., and Guokai Development Fund Co., Ltd.
Quince is in talks for financing and plans to double its valuation to over $10 billion
According to people familiar with the matter, online retailer Quince is in talks with investors for a new round of financing. After the financing is completed, the company's valuation will exceed $10 billion. If the negotiations are successful, the valuation of this highly - watched online brand will more than double compared to the previous round of financing. (Sina Finance)
The CSRC approves the IPO registration of Chunguang Group on the Growth Enterprise Market
36Kr learned that the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) recently issued an approval for the registration of the first - public offering of shares of Shandong Chunguang Technology Group Co., Ltd., approving the company's registration application for the first - public offering of shares and listing on the Growth Enterprise Market.
New Products:
Qianwen continues to promote the implementation of AI life services
On March 6th, Qianwen announced a continuous investment in "AI services". Users can let AI place orders for various life services with one sentence and enjoy the convenience and instant discounts brought by AI services. "AI services can lower the usage threshold for the public, activate potential demand, and make AI go from a novelty to a common tool. On the other hand, in complex life scenarios, it can continuously enhance AI's understanding of human real intentions and unlock more possibilities for technological evolution." A person from the Qianwen App said.
On March 6th, Tencent Sogou Input Method announced the upgrade and release of a new AI version for the computer, upgrading three major functions: AI voice, AI typing, and AI writing assistance. The overall voice recognition accuracy has increased by over 10%. Currently, the average daily number of voice uses of Sogou Input Method has approached 2 billion times.
Xiaomi releases the first mobile - phone version of Lobster in China
36Kr learned that Xiaomi Technology issued a post saying that the AI interaction test product Xiaomi miclaw, built on Xiaomi's MiMo large model, officially started a small - scale closed - beta test today. Compared with traditional AI assistants, Xiaomi miclaw has four levels of capabilities: system - level capabilities, personal context understanding, ecological interconnection, and self - evolution. Xiaomi miclaw is a small step in our exploration of Agents. This closed - beta test does not publicly recruit participants and uses an invitation system. The first batch supports Xiaomi 17 series models.
Zero One Automobile establishes a new - energy technology company in Anhui
36Kr learned that according to the Aiqicha App, recently, Anhui Zero One Intelligent Mobility New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. was established. The legal representative is Huang Zehua, and the registered capital is 200 million yuan. Its business scope includes the sales of new - energy vehicle whole vehicles, battery manufacturing, the operation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and the wholesale of auto parts. Shareholder information shows that the company is wholly - owned by Jiangsu Zero One Automobile Technology Co., Ltd.
Today's Views:
On March 6th, at the press conference on economic topics during the Fourth Session of the 14th National People's Congress, Pan Gongsheng, the governor of the People's Bank of China, said that important phased achievements have been made in resolving the debt risks of financing platforms. By the end of 2025, compared to the beginning of 2023, both the number and debt scale of financing platforms have decreased by more than 70%. (Xinhua News Agency)
On March 6th, at the Morgan Stanley Conference, Jensen Huang, the CEO of NVIDIA, shared his insights on the turning point of Agentic AI and evaluated the open - source software OpenClaw as "the most significant software release of the contemporary era". Jensen Huang pointed out that the popularity of OpenClaw in just three weeks has exceeded the achievements of Linux in the past thirty years, making it the most - downloaded open - source software in history. Jensen Huang compared the AI ecosystem to a "five - layer cake", and the application layer where OpenClaw is located is currently the area with the highest output and the most rewards. He believes that the reason why OpenClaw has become popular around the world in a short time is that it has proven to the world that AI can penetrate highly personalized environments and directly solve redundant tasks for ordinary users and enterprises. (Sina Finance)
Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said that if energy prices continue to rise by 10% throughout the year, it will push up global inflation by 40 basis points and slow down the economic growth rate by 0.1 to 0.2 percentage points. (Sina Finance)
Other Notable News:
Zheng Shanjie: Focus on building six emerging pillar industries and six future industries
On March 6th, at the press conference on economic topics during the Fourth Session of the 14th National People's Congress, Zheng Shanjie, the director of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that efforts will be focused on building six emerging pillar industries and six future industries. The six emerging pillar industries include integrated circuits, aerospace, biomedicine, low - altitude economy, new - energy storage, and intelligent robots. The relevant output value was close to 6 trillion yuan in 2025 and is expected to double or even more by 2030, expanding to over 10 trillion yuan. The six future industries include quantum technology, biological manufacturing, green hydrogen energy and nuclear fusion energy, brain - computer interfaces, embodied intelligence, and 6G. These industries are on the verge of technological breakthroughs, and today's future industries may become tomorrow's emerging pillar industries. (Securities Times)
Due to market concerns that the industry impact brought by artificial intelligence may squeeze corporate profits, the net outflow of foreign capital from Indian information technology stocks reached a seven - month high in February. Data released by the National Securities Depository Limited of India on Friday showed that foreign portfolio investors sold a net 169.49 billion rupees (about $1.85 billion) of Indian IT stocks that month. This directly led to a 19.5% plunge in the Indian IT index, the worst monthly performance since the global financial crisis hit the stock market in September 2008. (Sina Finance)
The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology of Indonesia issued a statement saying that the government will ban children under 16 from having accounts on digital platforms identified as high - risk. The statement said that the authorities will gradually implement the new regulations starting from March 28th, starting with platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X, Bigo Live, and Roblox. The department said that the responsibility for protecting children lies with the platforms that manage the digital space. (Caixin)