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The Decoder · Reported · Unitree Robotics

China now has its own AI circular financing scheme: Unitree Robotics rose 460 percent in its Shanghai IPO to a valuation of about $50 billion. An FT report says much of its robot demand comes from state-backed training centers that buy machines and sell the resulting data back to manufacturers, a circular business model. The scheme echoes Nvidia criticism in the US.

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China now has its own AI circular financing scheme: Unitree Robotics rose 460 percent in its Shanghai IPO to a valuation of about $50 billion. An FT report says much of its robot demand comes from state-backed training centers that buy machines and sell the resulting data back to manufacturers, a circular business model. The scheme echoes Nvidia criticism in the US.

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