Krypton Evening News | Sony Group plans to issue dollar bonds for the first time in nearly 30 years; Oracle laid off about 21,000 employees in the last fiscal year; Doubao released the 2.1 Pro model
Large Companies:
Oracle Laid Off About 21,000 Employees Last Fiscal Year
Oracle laid off about 21,000 employees last fiscal year, with a larger scale of staff reduction than previously known, including positions eliminated due to the use of artificial intelligence (AI). Oracle said in its annual financial regulatory filing on Monday, "Our adoption and deployment of AI technologies across various businesses have led to and may continue to lead to a reduction in the number of employees in the future."
NVIDIA Announces That the Vera Rubin NVL4 System Will Be Available for Supply Starting from Q4
On June 22, NVIDIA announced the launch of the Vera Rubin supercomputing platform to support high - intensity HPC and AI integrated workloads such as climate modeling, computational fluid dynamics, and energy exploration. This platform combines Rubin GPUs and Vera CPUs and achieves an integrated design through NVLink, InfiniBand, and liquid - cooling architecture. A single system can provide over 7 exaflops of AI computing power and approximately 5 PF of FP64 scientific computing capabilities, and supports a maximum density of 144 GPUs per rack. Manufacturers such as Dell, HPE, and Supermicro will also launch high - density supercomputing systems based on this architecture, which are expected to be launched sequentially starting from Q4 2026.
Domino's Promotes Chief Operating Officer Jordan to CEO
Domino's Pizza announced on Monday that it has appointed Chief Operating Officer Joe Jordan as Chief Executive Officer, hoping that his rich experience can lead the company through the current uncertain economic environment, especially when consumers are spending cautiously.
Samsung Electronics' HBM4 Chip Sales Exceed $1 Billion Four Months After Launch
According to industry insiders on Tuesday, the sales of Samsung Electronics' sixth - generation high - bandwidth memory chip, HBM4, have exceeded $1 billion. Just four months ago, this South Korean technology giant became the world's first company to start mass - producing and shipping HBM4 chips in February this year. Industry insiders expect that the sales of Samsung's HBM4 chips will exceed $1.2 billion by the end of June.
SpaceX Reaches a Billion - Dollar Agreement with AI Startup Reflection to Provide Computing Power
It is reported that SpaceX has signed a multi - billion - dollar agreement with AI startup Reflection AI to provide computing resources for the latter. Reflection announced on Monday that it will pay $150 million per month to SpaceX's AI department from July this year to 2029 to use the hardware of SpaceX's Colossus 2 data center in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Sony Group Plans to Issue US Dollar Bonds for the First Time in Nearly Thirty Years
The last time Sony Group entered the investment - grade US dollar bond market, it was busy promoting the first - generation PlayStation. Nearly thirty years later, it is ready to make a comeback. According to an unnamed source, this Japanese corporate group will issue two series of senior fixed - rate bonds. The underwriters of the 5 - year bonds have given a yield about 70 basis points higher than the yield of US Treasury bonds of the same term, and the spread of the 10 - year bonds is about 90 basis points. The bonds may be priced later today.
BASF China Exits Joint Venture with PetroChina
36Kr learned that Tianyancha App shows that recently, BASF Jihua Neopentyl Glycol Co., Ltd. has undergone industrial and commercial changes. The original shareholders, BASF (China) Co., Ltd. and BASF SE, have exited, and the registered capital has been reduced from 150 million RMB to 60 million RMB. The company was established in November 1995, with Chen Jianjun as the legal representative. Its business scope includes the manufacturing of basic chemical raw materials, the manufacturing of special chemical products, and the sales of special chemical products. It is now wholly - owned by PetroChina.
Nissan Reportedly Stops Developing Electric Version of Qashqai
According to multiple sources, Nissan Motor has stopped developing the electric version of its best - selling model in Europe, the Qashqai. This move is part of the Japanese automaker's efforts to streamline its product line and cut costs. Although shelving the project can save money, if Nissan reconsiders, it may not be able to bring this car to the market until the early next decade, which is likely to make it lag behind its competitors in the key market segment.
New Products:
Weimob Starlight GEO Overseas Version Enters Internal Testing Phase
36Kr learned that on June 23, Weimob Group announced that the "Weimob Starlight GEO Overseas Version Solution" has entered the internal testing phase. The solution will provide systematic and full - link services for brand influence building in the overseas AI ecosystem.
36Kr learned that on June 23, Volcengine held the 2026 Summer FORCE Conference in Beijing, where it released the Doubao large - model 2.1, as well as multiple new models in video, image, and audio, and upgraded the cloud service system for Agents. It is understood that Doubao 2.1 Pro has achieved a leap in capabilities in three core directions: Coding, Agent, and VLM (Visual Language Model).
Investment and Financing:
36Kr learned that Xiaozhu Driverless Vehicle, a driverless logistics vehicle brand under Youjia Innovation, is about to complete independent financing with a valuation of hundreds of millions of US dollars. The investors include leading capital in the autonomous driving industry. The funds from this round of financing will be mainly invested in the full - stack R & D of physical AI technology and software and hardware for full - area map - less autonomous driving, and to expand the mass - production capacity of the whole vehicle. Public data shows that as of 2025, Xiaozhu Driverless Vehicle has been put into operation in 18 cities across the country. Combining with the company's recent order disclosures, the cooperation scale exceeds 8,000 vehicles.
Today's Views:
During the Volcengine FORCE Conference, President Tan Dai said when talking about the charging issue of Doubao, "Doubao is not within Volcengine's business scope, but as far as I know, Doubao will remain free and serve a large number of users with high quality. At the same time, it will soon launch a professional office task mode for productivity scenarios, which will be equipped with our newly launched 2.1 Pro." Note from Xiaocai: On June 3, Doubao's release statement said that it plans to launch a professional version of Doubao for the productivity needs of professional people, and the functions of Doubao for the daily use of the general public will remain free as before.
Other Noteworthy News:
Two Departments: Domestic Passenger Cars Can Be "Bought and Licensed on the Same Day"
Today (the 23rd), the General Office of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the General Office of the Ministry of Public Security jointly issued a notice. In the future, the information of motor vehicle certificates will be shared in real - time, and domestic passenger cars can be "purchased, taxed, and licensed on the same day." It is understood that the biggest change in this new model is that the information of motor vehicle certificates can be shared in real - time between the industry and information department and the public security department, realizing "second - level" data transmission and further improving the efficiency of vehicle purchase and licensing.
The Government Procurement Law Is Being Revised
The revised draft of the Government Procurement Law was submitted to the 23rd meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress for the first review on June 23. The revision of the Government Procurement Law adheres to the leadership of the Party, problem - orientation, the unity of power and responsibility, and the principle of making steady progress. It systematically improves the government procurement system and mechanism, providing legal guarantee for the basic institutional rules of the unified market and the construction of a unified national market. The revised draft consists of 10 chapters and 104 articles. The main contents of the revision include: adjusting and optimizing the scope of legal application, strengthening the policy function of government procurement, strengthening the whole - process management, promoting the standardization and efficiency of trading rules, improving the fair competition mechanism, and strengthening power supervision and institutional anti - corruption.