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Research Anthropic launches Claude Science, an AI workbench for scientific research Chips Amazon designs custom AI chips for Echo and Fire TV Breaking Anthropic launches Claude Science, AI workbench integrating 60+ scientific databases for drug discovery Market OpenAI proposes 5% U.S. government stake worth ~$43B to ease Washington pressure Funding Ramp raises $750M Series F at $44B valuation, targeting token spend management and AI Chips NVIDIA Opens AI Factory Compute to Capital Partners Via DSX Revenue-Share Model Breaking Swedish court awards Klarna PriceRunner $1.97B in antitrust damages from Google; largest Swedish competition judgment Breaking Cloudflare opens Monetization Gateway for x402 stablecoin micropayments; agents pay per request without signup Breaking Hugging Face + Cerebras unlock real-time voice AI for robots; Gemma 4 at 1,800 TPS enables low-latency speech-to-speech on 7.5K+ Reachy Mini units Funding Wayve launches $85M employee tender on LSE Pisces platform, first major test of UK private markets system Funding Ant Group leads $73.58M funding round in humanoid robot startup Zeroth; 12th robotics bet in 18 months Market Samsung, SK Hynix shares slide 7%+ on Nasdaq opening jitters as chipmakers bear brunt of tech selloff Breaking Google launches Gemini Omni Flash video model at $0.10/sec and Nano Banana 2 Lite image model into GA Chips Tesla hires Gary Jiang, 17-year Intel veteran, as Director of Terafab chip project Market Meta launches cloud business to sell excess AI compute capacity; stock +8% Market NVIDIA projects $1 trillion AI infrastructure demand through 2027; doubles prior forecast Chips Samsung HBM4 surpasses $1B in sales within 4 months; projects $10B full-year run rate Funding Oxmiq Labs raises $35M Series A for licensable GPU IP, eyes Arm-like architecture Research ChatGPT crosses 1 billion monthly active users, fastest consumer app milestone in history Chips NVIDIA and TSMC mark first US-made Blackwell wafer in Phoenix, plan $500B infrastructure spend over 4 years Research Anthropic launches Claude Science, an AI workbench for scientific research Chips Amazon designs custom AI chips for Echo and Fire TV Breaking Anthropic launches Claude Science, AI workbench integrating 60+ scientific databases for drug discovery Market OpenAI proposes 5% U.S. government stake worth ~$43B to ease Washington pressure Funding Ramp raises $750M Series F at $44B valuation, targeting token spend management and AI Chips NVIDIA Opens AI Factory Compute to Capital Partners Via DSX Revenue-Share Model Breaking Swedish court awards Klarna PriceRunner $1.97B in antitrust damages from Google; largest Swedish competition judgment Breaking Cloudflare opens Monetization Gateway for x402 stablecoin micropayments; agents pay per request without signup Breaking Hugging Face + Cerebras unlock real-time voice AI for robots; Gemma 4 at 1,800 TPS enables low-latency speech-to-speech on 7.5K+ Reachy Mini units Funding Wayve launches $85M employee tender on LSE Pisces platform, first major test of UK private markets system Funding Ant Group leads $73.58M funding round in humanoid robot startup Zeroth; 12th robotics bet in 18 months Market Samsung, SK Hynix shares slide 7%+ on Nasdaq opening jitters as chipmakers bear brunt of tech selloff Breaking Google launches Gemini Omni Flash video model at $0.10/sec and Nano Banana 2 Lite image model into GA Chips Tesla hires Gary Jiang, 17-year Intel veteran, as Director of Terafab chip project Market Meta launches cloud business to sell excess AI compute capacity; stock +8% Market NVIDIA projects $1 trillion AI infrastructure demand through 2027; doubles prior forecast Chips Samsung HBM4 surpasses $1B in sales within 4 months; projects $10B full-year run rate Funding Oxmiq Labs raises $35M Series A for licensable GPU IP, eyes Arm-like architecture Research ChatGPT crosses 1 billion monthly active users, fastest consumer app milestone in history Chips NVIDIA and TSMC mark first US-made Blackwell wafer in Phoenix, plan $500B infrastructure spend over 4 years

Funding Monday, June 29, 2026 at 04:02 AM

Momenta launches Hong Kong IPO targeting $751M for autonomous driving R&D

Chinese autonomous-driving tech firm Momenta Global, backed by GM, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz and SAIC, kicked off its Hong Kong IPO on Monday, targeting HK$5.89 billion ($751 million) to fund research, robotaxi commercialization, and Level 4 global expansion. The company, founded in 2016 by former Microsoft researcher Cao Xudong, is offering 19.9 million shares at HK$295.60 each, with trading expected to begin July 8. The listing represents a pivot from a failed 2024 US IPO attempt amid geopolitical headwinds targeting Chinese tech acquisitions.

Momenta posted 2.41 billion yuan ($354 million) revenue in 2025 with a 3.46 billion yuan ($509 million) net loss, driven by R&D spending. The company claims 64.5% global market share in urban Level 2 assisted-driving systems and has design wins for 170 vehicle models, with 68 in mass production. Its customer and partner roster spans established automakers and robotaxi platforms (Uber, Grab), underscoring automotive industry confidence in the tech.

For architects tracking autonomous systems and AI compute deployment, Momenta's funding validates continued investment in edge AI for vehicles and robotaxi infrastructure, especially as geopolitical friction tilts Chinese autonomous driving away from US listings and toward Hong Kong capital markets.

Sources

Primary source
investing.com
“Chinese self-driving technology firm Momenta Global launched its Hong Kong initial public offering on Monday, seeking to raise up to HK$5.89 billion ($751.1 million)”