Manus ‘friends’ investors with $500 million fundraising as former buyer turns rival
Returning investors like the AI agent operator for its experience making and selling practical software as Meta and other tech companies compete for the same work Manus has raised more…
How AI agents are reshaping China’s office ecosystem
China’s AI office race is heating up as tech giants and software vendors push agents beyond chatbots toward execution of workplace tasks as ‘digital employees’ By CLS Marketwatch The…
JD.com slows its bleeding, but investors want growth
The e-commerce giant has reduced the pain from its entry to food delivery, but weak retail sales and crowded new battlefields show its next growth engine remains elusive Key Takeaways:…
Tencent Music sings the blues under ByteDance assault
China’s leading online music site recorded its slowest growth in two years as it continued to lose market share to the Douyin parent Key Takeaways: Tencent Music’s revenue rose just…
ByteDance’s $600 billion question: What are investors really buying?
The company’s latest valuation suggests it is being priced like a sprawling platform built on Douyin’s domestic cash flow, TikTok’s global reach and an aggressive AI push Key Takeaways ByteDance’s…
The next creative frontier: How Seedance 2.0 is powering China’s AI content generation wave
New AI video tools led by ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 are accelerating the commercialization of content such as AI-generated anime across China’s digital media industry By CLS Marketwatch Early 2026…
NEWS WRAP: TikTok strikes deal to spin off U.S. business, ending standoff
The popular short video app owned by ByteDance has signed an agreement to sell its U.S. business to a U.S.-led group including software giant Oracle By Lee Shih Ta…
