Krypton Evening Post | Ele.me: In 2023, it has initiated a pilot program for social insurance contributions for Blue Knight riders, accelerating the comprehensive protection of riders; It is reported that 01.AI is planning to split its digital human business; Tianwen-2 has arrived at the launch site and is planned to be launched in the first half of the year.
Big Companies:
TCL Becomes a Global Partner of the Olympics
36Kr learned that on February 20, the signing ceremony of TCL & the Olympics as global partners was held at the Water Cube in Beijing. Bach, the President of the International Olympic Committee, and Li Dongsheng, the founder and chairman of TCL, attended the ceremony and completed the signing. This signing marks that TCL has officially become a global partner of the Olympics. In the future cooperation, TCL will provide technical, product and service support for the Olympic Movement in the fields of intelligent terminals and panel displays mainly including televisions, air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines, etc.
36Kr learned that Ele.me issued a statement that under the unified guidance of the human resources and social security department, Ele.me has launched a pilot project for occupational injury protection for new employment forms in the first batch of 7 provinces and cities across the country, and has fully and adequately paid the premiums for riders. In the future, we will continue to fully and actively respond to the unified deployment of the human resources and social security department and promote the coverage of "new occupational injury" insurance in more cities. Since February 2023, Ele.me, together with its ecological partners, has carried out a pilot project in some cities as planned to pay social insurance for Ele.me Blue Knights, and continues to increase the intensity and scope of special subsidies for stable riders. We will continue to implement various social insurance plans for new employment groups as advocated and required by policies, and comprehensively accelerate the promotion of all-round rights and interests protection for delivery riders.
36Kr learned that according to Tianyancha App, on February 19, Yihai Kerry Fuxiang (Fuyu) Food Industry Co., Ltd. was established. The legal representative is Chen Xuesong, and the registered capital is 150 million yuan. The business scope includes food production, food sales, grain processing food production, health food production, feed production, feed additive production, fertilizer production, etc., and is jointly held by Fuxiang Pharmaceutical and Jinlongyu. Previously, Fuxiang Pharmaceutical issued an announcement stating that based on the optimistic outlook for the field of synthetic biology and biomanufacturing, the two sides decided to carry out close cooperation. On February 8, Fuxiang Pharmaceutical and Jinlongyu have jointly established Fuxiang Yihai Kerry (Fuyu) Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
ZeroOneWorld Is Reportedly Planning to Split Its Digital Human Business
36Kr learned from multiple independent sources that ZeroOneWorld, an AI unicorn founded by Kai-Fu Lee, has recently undergone many internal changes: It plans to split the digital human business, led by Yang Changpeng, the head of the digital human business R & D of ZeroOneWorld; Lan Yuchuan, the person in charge of the AI video remix project of ZeroOneWorld, and the new project SparkView is an AI video editing tool. In response to the above information, ZeroOneWorld replied: ZeroOneWorld had an income of more than 100 million yuan last year, and this year it will grow rapidly. ZeroOneWorld is not only continuously launching more applications to explore value. In this process, ZeroOneWorld will also quickly adjust the project according to the market PMF, including strengthening the investment in some businesses, encouraging projects with commercial potential to conduct independent financing, and also including shutting down some projects.
36Kr learned that Bilibili released its fourth quarter and annual financial report for 2024. The financial report shows that Bilibili's annual total revenue in 2024 reached 26.83 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 19%. Among them, the total revenue in the fourth quarter reached 7.73 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 22%. In the fourth quarter, Bilibili's advertising business revenue was 2.39 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 24%; the game business revenue was 1.80 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 79%.
36Kr learned that NetEase released its fourth quarter and annual financial report for 2024. The financial report shows that NetEase achieved a total revenue of 105.3 billion yuan in 2024, of which the revenue in the fourth quarter was 26.7 billion yuan. The annual revenue of the game and related value-added services was 83.6 billion yuan, and the revenue in the fourth quarter was 21.2 billion yuan. Thanks to the outstanding performance of the end-game "Naraka: Bladepoint", the World of Warcraft, Hearthstone and other agency games, the end-game revenue in the fourth quarter increased by 57% year-on-year. In addition, NetEase's R & D investment in 2024 was 17.5 billion yuan, which is also the fifth consecutive year that NetEase's R & D investment has exceeded 10 billion yuan.
Alibaba Releases the Third Quarterly Financial Report of the 2025 Fiscal Year
The revenue for this quarter is 280.15 billion yuan, compared with 260.348 billion yuan in the same period last year, and the market expectation is 277.374 billion yuan.
DingTalk Freely Opens AI Enterprise Search Service
36Kr learned that DingTalk announced that its AI enterprise search is freely open to all users, and at the same time, it newly supports the slow-thinking mode and full-network search, and supports DingTalk versions 7.6.45 and above on the mobile and desktop terminals.
Investment and Financing:
"Qingti Diancan" Obtains Tens of Millions of US Dollars in Series A Financing
36Kr learned that "Qingti Diancan" under Hebei Juliwangluo Technology Co., Ltd. has obtained tens of millions of US dollars in Series A financing, led by VentureSpring Capital and Global Growth Partners. The funds will be used to upgrade the "in-store + takeout" solution, and the core functions include: NFC second-ordering (efficiency ↑ 40%), intelligent scheduling (cost reduction 18%, fulfillment rate 98%), and full-scene coverage. The solution breaks through the commission pressure through "in-store drainage + takeout cost reduction", with an average of 100,000 orders per day for three years, covering hundreds of cities.
"SenseTime Healthcare" Completes Over 100 Million Yuan in Pre-A Round Financing
36Kr learned that "SenseTime Healthcare" recently completed the first round of financing of over 100 million yuan, led by Yingfeng Holdings and Renwei Technology Development Company, an investment platform under People's Medical Publishing House, with the participation of multiple investment institutions. This financing will be used to promote the research and development and landing of its medical large model "Dayi" and the "SenseCare® Smart Hospital" comprehensive solution, and to continuously consolidate and strengthen commercial cooperation.
New Products:
iFLYTEK Releases an All-Stack Localized Integrated Machine
36Kr learned that recently, iFLYTEK has launched two all-stack localized AI infrastructure products: Xinghuo DeepSeek Tower Integrated Machine and Xinghuo DeepSeek Integrated Machine. Both products adopt a fully localized technical architecture from the underlying chip to the upper-layer application, and ensure a data security closed loop through physical isolation. Among them, the iFLYTEK Xinghuo DeepSeek Tower Integrated Machine supports flexible deployment in the office, and the iFLYTEK Xinghuo DeepSeek Integrated Machine is suitable for deployment in the computer room, covering a variety of deployment scenarios, helping developers and technology innovation enterprises to accelerate business innovation.
US Research Institute Releases the Largest AI Model Evo 2 in the Field of Biology
The Arc Institute in the United States released a communique on its official website on the 19th, stating that the artificial intelligence (AI) biology model Evo 2, jointly developed by researchers from the institute, the US chip manufacturer NVIDIA Corporation, and Stanford University in the United States, was officially released on the same day. The communique stated that on the basis of the previous generation model Evo 1, Evo 2 has developed into the largest AI model in the field of biology at present. This model is trained based on 9.3 trillion nucleotides from more than 128,000 genomic data. (Xinhua News Agency)
Other News Worth Noting:
The People's Bank of China Holds the 2025 Macroprudential Work Conference
36Kr learned that from February 17 to 18, the People's Bank of China held the 2025 Macroprudential Work Conference. The conference requires that the macroprudential work in 2025 should strengthen the analysis and judgment of the macroeconomy and finance, be based on the development of the real economy and the needs of the people for financial services, explore and expand the macroprudential and financial stability functions of the central bank, improve the macroprudential policy system, innovate macroprudential policy tools, promote the continuous recovery and improvement of the economy, and maintain the stable operation of the financial market. Improve real estate financial management, help the real estate market stop falling and stabilize, and support the construction of a new model for real estate development. Promote the cross-border use of the RMB, enhance cross-border payment, pricing, investment and financing functions, and further promote the facilitation of trade, investment and financing. Develop the RMB offshore market, give full play to the role of currency swaps and RMB clearing banks, accelerate the construction of the Shanghai International Financial Center, and consolidate and enhance the status of the Hong Kong International Financial Center.
36Kr learned that on the afternoon of February 19, the seminar on "Artificial Intelligence Empowering Scientific Research" was held in Beijing. At the meeting, Alibaba Group revealed that the number of derivative models of its "Tongyi Qianwen" open-source model has exceeded 90,000. In the scientific community, "Tongyi Qianwen" has derived professional large models such as astronomy and the moon, effectively empowering scientific research.
Tianwen-2 Arrives at the Launch Site and Is Planned to Be Launched in the First Half of the Year
Today, the Tianwen-2 mission detector of the China Planetary Exploration Project has arrived at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The Tianwen-2 mission will implement multiple tasks such as accompanying, sampling, returning of asteroid 2016HO3 and accompanying exploration of main-belt comet 311P through a single launch. Currently, the facilities at the launch site are in good condition, and the pre-launch tests and preparations are being carried out in an orderly manner as planned. The launch is planned to be implemented in the first half of this year. (CCTV News)