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title: "Weekly AI Worldview | Shuimu Molecular Near ¥100M Angel; Zhuoshi ¥100M+ B+; Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs Tops $1B"
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# Weekly AI Worldview | Shuimu Molecular Near ¥100M Angel; Zhuoshi ¥100M+ B+; Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs Tops $1B

_Unique Research · Company / Weekly digest · August 19, 2024_

## China funding

**Zhuoshi Tech (卓世科技)** — generative LLM firm closes **¥100M+-class B+** led by Shenzhen Cowin; Qingdao Haifa and TusStar follow. Own foundation model + MoE; MaaS-Agent low-code platform; focus eldercare & education digital humans. Founder Tu Jing (ex-Baidu); team from Baidu/Lenovo. (Lenovo Capital / 联想之星)

**Xinyue Intelligence (心跃智能)** — AI counseling assistant SaaS; **¥1M+-class seed** from angels. Mini-program ~10k registered users; web version planned August; privacy-first; voice UX next. (Company)

**Shuimu Molecular (水木分子)** — biopharma LLM; **near ¥100M angel** led by Huashan Capital; Daotong and iFlytek Venture. Funds multimodal models and conversational drug-discovery assistant **ChatDD**; ChatDD-FM100B on C-Eval; incubated at Tsinghua AIR; partners include Fosun Pharma. (TusStar Online)

**Avolution.ai / Luying (鹿影科技)** — AI video for anime; angel from BlueRun and Redpoint China. Co-founders Huang Zhaoyang (LCM), Li Qian, Wang Chaoqi; Motion-I2V and AnimateLCM; C-end product YoYo. (36Kr)

## Overseas funding

**CodeRabbit** — AI code review; **$16M Series A** led by CRV (Flex Capital, Engineering Capital). ~600 paying orgs; Fortune 500 pilots; funds sales/marketing, product, security vuln analysis.

**EliseAI** — AI property management; **$75M Series D** at **$1B** valuation (CEO Minna Song). Chatbots for tours, maintenance, renewals, delinquencies; expand to healthcare scheduling/billing.

## Events

**Meiqi Interactive** (founder Liu Qingsun, ex-Xueersi online GM) takes investment from Northern Light and TAL affiliate; product VALA World for ages 8–12 (AI × education × games).

**World Labs** (Fei-Fei Li) — NEA leads **$100M** round; valuation **\>$1B** (from ~$200M in April). Spatial intelligence / 3D physical world models; Li on leave from Stanford through Dec 2025, remains HAI co-director.

**Google Pixel 9** series — Gemini default assistant; Tensor G4 + Titan M2; 7 years OS/security updates; Pixel 9 from **$799**, Pro **$999**, Pro XL **$1,099**.

## People

**Chen Yangyu** (ex-ByteDance core tech) founds Qingshan Info for AI / virtual livestream; top USD fund backing; Tencent veterans joining. (Baoliaotai)

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