Krypton Evening News | Trump says gold will not be subject to tariffs; Did Zhao Ming, former CEO of Honor, join Zhijie Automobile? A person familiar with the matter: The news is false; Douyin e-commerce cracks down on infringement and counterfeiting, and has dealt with more than 24,000 accounts of violating influencers.
Large Companies:
Tesla's North American Market Service Director Resigns
Piero Landolfi, Tesla's North American market service director, announced on August 11 local time that he had decided to leave the company after serving for eight and a half years.
On August 12, it was rumored that Micron, a US storage chip manufacturer, was adjusting its business in China. In response to this change, Micron said that given the continuous weak financial performance of mobile NAND products in the market and the slowdown in growth compared with other NAND opportunities, the company will stop the future development of mobile NAND products globally, including terminating the development of UFS5 (the fifth - generation universal flash storage). Micron said that this decision only affects the development work of global mobile NAND products. Micron will continue to develop and support other NAND solutions, such as SSDs and NAND solutions for automotive and other end - markets. Micron will also continue to develop and support the mobile DRAM (memory chip) market globally and provide an industry - leading DRAM product portfolio.
According to a mid - day report on August 12, there have been recent rumors that former Honor CEO Zhao Ming has joined Zhijie Automobile. People familiar with the matter said that the news is false. On August 7, Chery and Huawei signed a strategic cooperation agreement for Zhijie brand 2.0 at Huawei's headquarters in Shenzhen, announcing a joint investment of over 10 billion yuan, the establishment of a 5,000 - person R & D team, and the founding of an independently operated "Zhijie New Energy Company".
36Kr learned that Douyin E - commerce's Security and Trust Center issued a governance announcement on cracking down on infringement and counterfeiting. The announcement said that since 2025, the Douyin E - commerce Intellectual Property Protection Platform has received more than 64,000 complaints against the infringement and counterfeiting of Douyin influencers. As of now, the platform has verified and disposed of each case, involving more than 24,000 violation - related influencer accounts.
On August 11, MiniMax launched the world's first Agent Remix Marketplace platform. It is reported that the platform allows users to recreate published mature works with one click, and the original authors can get 100 Credits for each Remix. At the same time, MiniMax launched a global challenge with a total prize pool of $150,000, with both original and Remix tracks, covering directions such as web applications, data analysis, and research. More than 180 awards are open to non - technical users.
The World's First Robot 4S Store Debuts in Yizhuang, Beijing
36Kr learned that according to Beijing Release, the 5 - day 2025 World Robot Conference is about to conclude successfully today. Different from previous sessions, a new consumption scenario was added during this conference - the world's first embodied intelligent robot 4S store (ROBOT MALL) was officially opened to the public. The staff introduced that similar to car 4S stores, the robot 4S store provides services such as sales (Sale), spare parts supply (Sparepart), after - sales service (Service), and information feedback (Survey). The biggest difference between the robot 4S store and the car 4S store is that it is not a single - brand display but an aggregation area for robots.
Bayer Reaches a Global Exclusive License with Kumquat
Bayer will be responsible for the subsequent clinical development and commercialization of the KRAS G12D inhibitor developed by the US biotech company Kumquat Biosciences. According to the agreement, Kumquat is responsible for completing the Phase 1a trial, after which Bayer will take over to promote its market launch.
Unitree Officially Announces Participation in the First World Humanoid Robot Games
36Kr learned that according to Unitree's official WeChat public account, the company will participate in the first World Humanoid Robot Games to be held from August 14 to 17. Unitree said that in addition to the Unitree team, several other teams will also use Unitree's robot hardware to participate in the games (using their self - developed algorithms). Due to the compact and numerous event items, Unitree will only participate in some, not all, of the projects.
Douyin E - commerce: Has Subsidized Merchants by More Than 16.5 Billion Yuan in Total
36Kr learned that Douyin E - commerce released data showing that as of the end of July, various policies of Douyin E - commerce have subsidized merchants by more than 16.5 billion yuan this year. In July, Douyin E - commerce waived the service fees for merchants in the shelf scenario (i.e., no commission for product cards), saving merchants more than 1 billion yuan. As of July 31, the price - cut policy for freight insurance in 2025 has saved merchants more than 3.8 billion yuan, with the fee reduction amount in July alone exceeding 700 million yuan.
New Products:
Huawei Releases AI Inference Innovation Technology UCM
On August 12, Huawei officially released the AI inference innovation technology UCM (Inference Memory Data Manager). It is understood that as an inference acceleration suite centered on KV Cache, UCM integrates multiple types of cache acceleration algorithm tools, manages the KV Cache memory data generated during the inference process in a hierarchical manner, can expand the inference context window, achieve high - throughput and low - latency inference experience, and reduce the inference cost per Token. This technology has taken the lead in conducting pilot applications of intelligent financial AI inference acceleration in three business scenarios of China UnionPay, namely "Customer Voice", "Marketing Planning", and "Office Assistant", and has achieved results. In addition, Huawei plans to officially open - source UCM in September 2025, and it will be launched on the Moqing Community first.
Swire Properties Launches AI Agent TK Mates
36Kr learned that Swire Properties launched a privately - deployed AI agent - TK Mates. This product was jointly developed by Swire Properties and the spatial intelligence enterprise Yuanjing based on a fashion - specific AI model and can generate personalized dressing suggestions.
Investment and Financing:
"Ronghe Yuanchu" Completes Over 100 Million Yuan Series B Financing
36Kr learned that "Ronghe Yuanchu" recently completed a strategic Series B financing of over 100 million yuan, jointly invested by CIMC Capital, Yongkang Industrial Investment, and Yuanxin Capital.
Today's Views:
Elon Musk: Apple Violates Antitrust Laws, and xAI Will Take Legal Action Immediately
Elon Musk posted on the social media platform X on August 11 local time, saying, "The X platform is the world's number - one news app, and Grok ranks fifth among all apps. Why does Apple refuse to list X or Grok in the 'Essential' category of the Apple Store?" Musk said that Apple's actions prevent any AI company other than OpenAI from ranking first in the Apple Store rankings, "which undoubtedly violates antitrust laws." xAI will take legal action immediately.
Other Noteworthy News:
Trump Says Gold Will Not Be Subject to Tariffs
President Donald Trump said on Monday that gold would not face tariffs, overturning a ruling by US customs officials that precious metal bars imported from Switzerland were subject to tariffs. "Gold will not be taxed!" Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. After the announcement, the closing price of gold futures fell 2.48% to $3,404.70 per ounce.