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China AI, Robotics & Semiconductor Briefing
Hosted by Kyungjin Kim · EN
A daily English briefing on China's AI, robotics, semiconductor, and telecom moves: what happened, and why it matters. Hosted by Kyungjin Kim, Lawyer and Former Member of the Korean National Assembly.
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DeepSeek Raises Prices as Unitree Lists | China AI Briefing
2d ago00:23:26Tap to summarizeThis episode covers DeepSeek resuming an $8 billion round at a $74 billion valuation while signaling a significant API price hike, and Unitree fixing its STAR Market IPO price at 150.80 yuan with DeepSeek and Tencent joining as strategic investors. It also examines the report that Samsung Electronics and SK hynix spent two years testing Chinese AMEC etching equipment, and what that means under US export controls. Produced and provided by lawyer Kyungjin Kim. Follow on Apple Podcasts: China AI, Robotics & Semiconductor Briefing: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/china-ai-robotics-semiconductor-briefing/id1896911295 Related show: Daily AI News from Seoul: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-ai-news-from-seoul/id1896911525
Transcribe →China's Independent AI and Robotics Loop | China AI, Robotics & Semiconductor Briefing
3d ago00:22:49Tap to summarizeThis episode covers pressure on mid-tier U.S. AI companies, DeepSeek's new funding talks, Unitree's IPO path and humanoid robotics push, plus Huawei Ascend and CXMT memory expansion. Produced and provided by lawyer Kyungjin Kim. Follow on Apple Podcasts: China AI, Robotics & Semiconductor Briefing: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/china-ai-robotics-semiconductor-briefing/id1896911295 Related show: Daily AI News from Seoul: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-ai-news-from-seoul/id1896911525
Transcribe →China Links AI Models, Robots, Chips, and Networks
4d ago00:20:36Tap to summarizeThis episode covers Unitree’s STAR Market IPO with DeepSeek as a strategic investor, DeepSeek’s planned API price increase, CXMT’s DRAM fab expansion, and pressure on Korean chip supply chains. China is binding models, robots, semiconductors, and uplink networks into one industrial system. Produced and provided by lawyer Kyungjin Kim. Follow on Apple Podcasts: China AI, Robotics & Semiconductor Briefing: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/china-ai-robotics-semiconductor-briefing/id1896911295 Related show: Daily AI News from Seoul: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-ai-news-from-seoul/id1896911525
Transcribe →The AI Death Zone and Robotics War | China AI, Robotics & Semiconductor Briefing
5d ago00:20:57Tap to summarizeThis episode covers Unitree's STAR Market IPO bookbuilding, Moonshot AI's planned $50 billion pre-IPO round, Huawei Ascend 950DT, and CXMT's DRAM expansion. Produced and provided by lawyer Kyungjin Kim. Follow on Apple Podcasts: China AI, Robotics & Semiconductor Briefing: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/china-ai-robotics-semiconductor-briefing/id1896911295 Related show: Daily AI News from Seoul: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-ai-news-from-seoul/id1896911525
Transcribe →China's AI Boom and the Splinternet | China AI, Robotics & Semiconductor Briefing
6d ago00:23:16Tap to summarizeThis episode covers Unitree's STAR Market IPO bookbuilding, Huawei's Ascend 950DT cloud rollout, MiniMax H3's open weights with Korea, the U.S., the EU, and the U.K. excluded, and DeepSeek's low-cost V4-Flash release. Produced and provided by lawyer Kyungjin Kim. Follow on Apple Podcasts: China AI, Robotics & Semiconductor Briefing: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/china-ai-robotics-semiconductor-briefing/id1896911295 Related show: Daily AI News from Seoul: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-ai-news-from-seoul/id1896911525
Transcribe →China's AI API lead and humanoid IPOs | China AI, Robotics & Semiconductor Briefing
1w ago00:22:52Tap to summarizeThis episode follows Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Max open-weight plan, Chinese models leading global API traffic, Unitree's IPO amid US robot import limits, and Huawei's early Ascend 950DT rollout. Produced and provided by lawyer Kyungjin Kim. Follow on Apple Podcasts: China AI, Robotics & Semiconductor Briefing: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/china-ai-robotics-semiconductor-briefing/id1896911295 Related show: Daily AI News from Seoul: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-ai-news-from-seoul/id1896911525
Transcribe →China's AI Race Tightens Around Huawei Chips, Unitree IPO, and US Import Curbs
1w ago00:20:33Tap to summarizeHuawei's Ascend 950DT cloud rollout, Unitree's STAR Market IPO, and ByteDance's Doubao-Feishu consolidation show how China's AI sector is moving from model launches into chips, robots, and enterprise revenue. US import limits and Moonshot AI's pre-IPO round frame the pressure around capital and regulation. Produced and provided by lawyer Kyungjin Kim. Follow on Apple Podcasts: China AI, Robotics & Semiconductor Briefing: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/china-ai-robotics-semiconductor-briefing/id1896911295 Related show: Daily AI News from Seoul: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-ai-news-from-seoul/id1896911525
Transcribe →[Chinese Hospital AI Special 12/12] Reference Guidelines for Artificial Intelligence Application Scenarios in the Healthcare Industry
1w ago00:22:03Tap to summarizeA China AI briefing special based on Chapter 12 of Kyungjin Kim's book How Far Has AI Entered Chinese Hospitals? Reference Guidelines for Artificial Intelligence Application Scenarios in the Healthcare Industry: Original Text · Korean Translation · Summary
Transcribe →Battlegrounds of the AI Cold War
1w ago00:24:56Tap to summarizeThe episode covers the FCC's new restrictions on Chinese robots, Huawei's Ascend 950DT rollout, and the DeepSeek V4-Flash and MiniMax H3 releases. Produced and provided by lawyer Kyungjin Kim. Follow on Apple Podcasts: China AI, Robotics & Semiconductor Briefing: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/china-ai-robotics-semiconductor-briefing/id1896911295 Related show: Daily AI News from Seoul: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-ai-news-from-seoul/id1896911525
Transcribe →[Chinese Hospital AI Special 11/12] Collection of Source Regulations
1w ago00:21:41Tap to summarizeA China AI briefing special based on Chapter 11 of Kyungjin Kim's book How Far Has AI Entered Chinese Hospitals? Chapter 11 Collection of Source Regulations
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