Source | Investment.com
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[Venture Capital Focus]
1. Waymo Acquires Artificial Intelligence Company Latent Logic
According to a report by NetEase Technology quoting Britain's “Guardian”, recently, Waymo acquired Latent Logic, an artificial intelligence (AI) company in the UK that specializes in testing autonomous vehicles, showing its interest in international expansion.
2. Dong Mingzhu shouted at Lei Jun: Xiaomi's Internet without manufacturing is just a cloud
Dong Mingzhu, head of Gree, said that without manufacturing, Xiaomi's Internet is just a cloud. As the manufacturing industry develops with the times, it needs to improve its efficiency, and will apply computers to intelligent equipment and manufacturing. Dong Mingzhu said bluntly that he doesn't know what Internet thinking is, but he knows there is no end to innovation.
3. Vanguard Group Joins Hands with Ant Financial to Enter China Fund Investment Business
The US Vanguard Group and Ant Financial Services Group, which have an asset management scale of 5.9 trillion US dollars, announced the establishment of a partnership. The joint venture between the two companies will provide fund investment business services for individual investors in China, and provide customized services to investors through Ant Wealth, a comprehensive wealth management platform on Alipay, according to investors' investment goals, investment terms and risk preferences.
In November, production and sales of new energy vehicles reached 110,000 units and 95,000 units respectively, down 36.9% and 43.7% from the previous year
Data show that in November, production and sales of new energy vehicles reached 110,000 units and 95,000 units respectively, down 36.9% and 43.7%, respectively, from the previous year. Among them, the production and sales of pure electric vehicles reached 96,000 units and 81,000 units respectively, down 29.6% and 41.2%, respectively, from the previous year.
[Frontline of science and technology]
1. Xiaopeng Motor responds to “Shareholders collectively surrender all shares”
In response to the “shareholders' collective sale of all shares,” Xiaopeng Motor said that the change in business information was a normal adjustment of group directors, and Alibaba is still a board member and important shareholder of Xiaopeng Motor. Earlier, according to the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System, the 47 shareholders of Guangzhou Chengxing Zhidong Auto Technology Co., Ltd., the operator of Xiaopeng Motor, had sold all of their shares. All of the pledgeholders were Guangzhou Xiaopeng Automobile Technology Co., Ltd., and the equity rating date was December 10.
2. 2019 Q3 Global Wearable Wrist Device Shipments: Xiaomi/Apple/Huawei Top 3
Canalys has released its wearable device shipment volume report for the third quarter of 2019, focusing on wearable wrist devices. According to the report, the global wearable wrist device market grew by 65% in the third quarter of 2019; Xiaomi's wearable wrist device shipments were the highest in the world and reached a market share of 27% in the current quarter; Apple ranked second with a 15% market share; and Huawei ranked third with 5.9 million units shipped and a 13% market share.
3. Amazon Joins Exchange Open Source Projects: Or Disrupt Broadcom and Other Chip Manufacturers
The Linux Foundation announced that Amazon will contribute to an open source software called Dent, which may help the internet giant's physical stores. By creating open source alternatives, Amazon and its trading partners can reduce the control of these companies and the prices of their products. With the addition of Amazon, Dent is likely to influence the data center networking market, particularly at the underlying chip level. Dent can help small chip makers that compete with market leader Broadcom, as well as small companies in the switch market dominated by Cisco.
4. iPhone 12 full series rendering revealed
According to information revealed by foreign media 9TechEleven, there is a difference between the information that came to light before. The current renderings show that the 2020 new iPhone will offer iPhone 12/12 Max, iPhone 12 Pro/12 Pro Max, and iPhone SE2. The appearance of the first two is consistent with the iPhone 11 series, and will still use the full-screen design with bangs, but the area of the bangs has been reduced. The screen sizes are 5.4/6.1 inches and 6.1/6.7 inches, respectively; the rear “Yuba” camera module has added a 3D sensor lens to the original three cameras. As for the iPhone SE2, which many users have been looking forward to for a long time, the appearance of this machine is basically the same as the iPhone 8, with almost no changes.
5. Tesla plans to achieve the mass production target of 750,000 EVs at Gigafactory 4 in Europe
According to foreign media reports, Tesla recently announced the address of their automobile and battery factory in Europe - Gigafactory 4 (Gigafactory 4). Now everyone finally knows the size of this factory. It is reported that Tesla plans to eventually allow Gigafactory 4 to produce 750,000 vehicles. German Agriculture Minister Axel Vogel revealed the news in a statement submitted to the local parliament. According to its disclosure, although the annual production of this No. 4 Gigafactory in Berlin will be 250,000 vehicles in Phase 1, it will increase to 750,000 vehicles by Phase 3. Up to now, Tesla's annual production worldwide is only about 360,000 vehicles.
6. Analyst: Apple's 5G iPhone sales next year will disappoint investors
Gene Munster (Gene Munster), a famous Apple analyst and managing partner of Loup Ventures, said the media said that Apple investors need to adjust their expectations for the 5G iPhone in 2020. Munster said, “Investors will be disappointed in the iPhone's first year of 5G launch.”