Krstar Evening News | Musk: The biggest competitor in the humanoid robot field will come from China; Huang Renxun: NVIDIA is collaborating with Intel to develop a customized X86 processor
Large Companies:
36Kr learned that according to the Aiqicha App, recently, Shenyang Geely Automobile Co., Ltd. was established. The legal representative is Wang Quanxin, and the registered capital is 100 million yuan. Its business scope includes the manufacturing of auto parts and accessories, the retail of auto spare parts, the R & D of auto parts, and information technology consulting services. Shareholder information shows that the company is wholly - owned by Zhejiang Jirun Automobile Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Geely Automobile.
36Kr learned that Efort Robotics issued a notice on the price adjustment of some products. Recently, the pressure on the global manufacturing supply chain has continued to rise. The prices of bulk raw materials represented by non - ferrous metals such as copper and aluminum and storage chips have fluctuated significantly upward. (Since the beginning of last year, copper has risen by more than 38%, aluminum by more than 25%, and storage chips by about 300% and are still increasing). This has directly led to a significant increase in the costs of many types of the company's industrial robot products. Based on this, after multiple rounds of careful evaluation and comprehensive judgment by the company's board of directors and management, it has been decided to optimize and adjust the selling prices of some of the company's industrial robot products, with a price adjustment range of 5% - 12%. The official effective time of this price adjustment is February 1, 2026.
Hyundai Motor's fourth - quarter sales reached 46.84 trillion won
Hyundai Motor released its fourth - quarter financial report on January 29, showing sales of 46.84 trillion won, operating profit of 1.70 trillion won, and net profit of 1.03 trillion won. (Jiemian)
Hyundai Motor released its financial report on January 29, showing that last year's sales reached 186.25 trillion won (about 906.5 billion yuan), a year - on - year increase of 6.3%, setting a new record. The operating profit was 11.47 trillion won, a year - on - year decrease of 19.5%. During the same period, Hyundai Motor's sales volume was 4.1384 million vehicles, a year - on - year decrease of 0.1%. Among them, the domestic sales volume in South Korea was 712,900 vehicles, and the overseas sales volume was 3.4254 million vehicles. In addition, the sales volume of electric vehicles was 275,700 vehicles, and the sales volume of hybrid models (HEV) was 635,000 vehicles, with a total of 961,800 vehicles, a year - on - year increase of 27%. (Jiemian)
MINISO becomes the trendy toy partner of the 2026 CCTV Spring Festival Gala
36Kr learned that according to MINISO, MINISO has cooperated with the CCTV Spring Festival Gala for the first time and become the trendy toy partner of the 2026 CCTV Spring Festival Gala.
BMW has successfully registered multiple trademarks related to its brand logo
36Kr learned that since February 2026, BMW will use a new brand logo on all its models, and this logo change covers all product lines. The Aiqicha App shows that Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) has successfully registered multiple "BMW" trademarks, and the international classifications involve fuel and oil, metal materials, education and entertainment, etc.
36Kr learned from Cainiao that as the Spring Festival approaches, the consumption of New Year goods has increased explosively. The order volume of Cainiao's global supply chain in the food industry has increased by more than 35% year - on - year. Among them, the snack chain stores of WanChen Group, Bottle Planet, Pepsi and other groups, Meijian Plum Wine, Lay's potato chips, as well as cereals, beverages and nuts of brands such as Seamild, Jianlibao and Liangpinpuzi led the growth.
36Kr learned that VF Corporation recently released its performance report for the third quarter of fiscal year 2026 (as of December 27, 2025). The report shows that the revenue during the period reached $2.876 billion, a year - on - year increase of 1% (a decrease of 1% at constant exchange rates). After excluding the Dickies business, the revenue increased by 4% year - on - year (an increase of 2% at constant exchange rates).
Investment and Financing:
Alibaba will merge its autonomous driving business with Zelos
Alibaba will merge its autonomous driving business with Zelos and will obtain shares in Zelos. (Sina Finance)
One of Malaysia's largest convenience store chains is planning an initial public offering
According to people familiar with the matter, one of Malaysia's largest convenience store chains is planning an initial public offering (IPO), and its market value will reach about $750 million. These people said that KK Super Mart plans to go public in the second half of this year. They added that this IPO may account for more than 25% of its equity value. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (Sina Finance)
36Kr learned that recently, Beijing True Talents Connect Information Technology Co., Ltd. (TTC) announced the completion of a Series A financing worth tens of millions of dollars. This round of financing was led by Houxue Capital and strategically invested by Baidu. This round of financing will be mainly used to strengthen the R & D of large AI models and Agent technology, continuously upgrade the product experience of "Xiaomai Recruitment", and deepen the construction of the professional talent service team in the AI and hard - tech sectors.
Deutsche Bank approved a €1 billion share buy - back plan
Deutsche Bank's net profit attributable to shareholders in the fourth quarter was €1.3 billion, compared with a market expectation of €1.12 billion. The revenue from fixed - income and currency business in the fourth quarter increased by 6%. Deutsche Bank set aside €395 million for credit loss risks in the fourth quarter. The company approved a €1 billion share buy - back plan. (Cailian Press)
New Products:
Jiushi and Cainiao will jointly build the RoboVan Super Carrier and start dual - brand operation
36Kr learned that Jiushi Intelligence and Cainiao's unmanned vehicle division jointly announced that the two parties have reached a deep strategic integration in the unmanned vehicle business. Cainiao has become a shareholder of Jiushi by injecting its unmanned vehicle business and making cash investments to support Jiushi in building the RoboVan Super Carrier. This marks the official start of in - depth collaboration between the two parties in the RoboVan field.
36Kr exclusively learned that ByteDance launched the official version project of Doubao Mobile Assistant at the end of 2025, and the new phone is expected to be released in the middle to late Q2 of 2026. Some supply chain sources said that ByteDance has high expectations for the new phone, which is a significant improvement over the first - generation test version. In terms of the model, the second - generation Doubao phone will still cooperate with ZTE Nubia, with ZTE responsible for the hardware and Doubao responsible for AI. ByteDance has not yet responded to this.
XPeng Motors' new patent for a manipulator was announced
36Kr learned that according to the Aiqicha App, recently, a patent for an invention named "A Manipulator and a Robot" by Guangzhou XPeng Motors Technology Co., Ltd. was announced. The abstract shows that the manipulator described in this patent can reduce the risk of damage to the driving parts of the manipulator, thereby reducing the use cost of the robot.
Goertek's invention patent for AR glasses was authorized
36Kr learned that according to the Aiqicha App, recently, the invention patent application of Goertek Inc. for "A Calibration Method, System, Electronic Device and Storage Medium for AR Glasses" was authorized. The abstract shows that the technical field of this patent belongs to augmented reality technology, which can improve the image display quality of AR glasses.
Today's Views:
Jensen Huang: NVIDIA is collaborating with Intel to develop a customized X86 processor
Jensen Huang: NVIDIA is collaborating with Intel to develop a customized X86 processor. (Sina Finance)
Elon Musk: The biggest competitor in the humanoid robot field will come from China
On January 28 local time, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said at the earnings conference that Grok of xAI can be used to manage Tesla's autonomous driving fleet or a large number of Optimus robots, and Grok will become the "conductor" of the entire system. Musk pointed out that without AI chips, the Optimus robot would be "completely useless". Musk said that the biggest competitor in the humanoid robot field comes from China, and China has strong manufacturing capabilities. "We have not found any other important competitors except China," Musk said. "China's robot technology has reached a new height." (Jiemian)
Other Noteworthy News:
On January 29, the Shanghai Head Office of the People's Bank of China held a press conference for the first quarter of 2026 to introduce the financial operation in Shanghai in 2025. Regarding the next - step work plan, Zhou Peng, the deputy director of the Monetary and Credit Research Department of the Shanghai Head Office of the People's Bank of China, introduced that in 2026, the Shanghai Head Office of the People's Bank of China will base on the actual situation, cooperate with the head office to do a good job in the work related to the development of offshore finance in Shanghai, promote the expansion of the pilot comprehensive reform of offshore trade financial services in the Lingang New Area, continuously promote the internationalization of the RMB, actively promote the implementation of pilot policies for foreign exchange management reform, steadily promote the institutional opening of the financial market, do a good job in the "five major articles" of finance, continuously optimize the financial business environment, and coordinate to promote a good start for the construction of Shanghai as an international financial center in the 15th Five - Year Plan period. (Shanghai Securities News)
The German government lowered its economic growth forecast for 2026 to 1%
The German Federal Government released its annual economic report on January 28, predicting that the German economy will grow by 1% in 2026, a 0.3 - percentage - point reduction from the forecast in the autumn of last year. German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Katrin Göring - ECKARDt said at the report release conference that one of the main reasons for the downward adjustment of the forecast was that the economic recovery in the second half of 2025 was weaker than expected. In addition, the effect of the large - scale fiscal expenditures of the federal government in areas such as infrastructure and national defense in boosting the economy was also less than expected. (Xinhua News Agency)