A Chinese investment fund is targeting key foreign companies controlling lithography and chip design tools to bolster domestic AI capabilities.
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Updated Jun 27
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What happened
A Chinese investment fund is targeting key foreign companies controlling lithography and chip design tools to bolster domestic AI capabilities.
Who's involved
What this event is mainly aboutHow it developed
Newest first. Tap a step to see who reported it.- Alibaba invested in Changxin Memory Technologies, a Chinese AI startup specializing in chip manufacturing.Sub-event
- State-backed fund targets ASML, Synopsys, and Cadence to eliminate tech choke-points for domestic AI.
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The entities involved
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DeepSeek
Chinese artificial intelligence company
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Alibaba Group
Chinese multinational technology company
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Coverage
Newest first; wire copies grouped- Unknown outlet