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<a href="/company/bytedance">ByteDance</a> is in advanced talks to sell Moonton, creator of <em>Mobile Legends: Bang Bang</em>, to Saudi Arabia’s Savvy Games Group for USD 6–7 billion. The companies have reached broad agreement on terms and could seal a deal this quarter. ByteDance bought the studio in 2021 at a roughly USD 4 billion valuation.

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More than 130 million people tried using Qwen’s AI for shopping for the first time during the Lunar New Year holiday, according to data released by the app’s operator on February 17. Ticket orders rose 22-fold in two days, transport bookings climbed more than sevenfold, and movie ticket purchases jumped 372-fold, with nearly half of orders coming from county-level areas.

Robot orders jumped 150% in the first two hours of China’s televised Lunar New Year gala, with <a href="/company/jd">JD.com</a> searches rising more than 300%. Unitree, which showcased humanoid robots performing complex routines, is targeting 10,000–20,000 shipments in 2026. Galbot’s RMB 700,000 model reportedly secured hundreds of orders within 24 hours.

<a href="/company/byd">BYD</a> and <a href="/company/geely">Geely</a> have reportedly made the final shortlist to acquire a vehicle factory in Guanajuato, Mexico. The plant produces the Mercedes-Benz GLB and Nissan Sentra, and has established production capacity and supply chains, offering access to North and South American markets.

<a href="/company/bytedance">ByteDance</a> has launched Doubao 2.0, upgrading China’s most widely used AI chatbot with complex reasoning and multi-step task execution capabilities. The company said the Pro version matches <a href="/company/openai">OpenAI’s</a> GPT 5.2 and Google’s Gemini 3 Pro while cutting usage costs by roughly an order of magnitude.

<a href="/company/bytedance">ByteDance</a> said it is strengthening safeguards in its Seedance 2.0 video model after Disney sent a cease-and-desist letter alleging infringement of characters from the Marvel and Star Wars franchises. The backlash includes criticism from SAG-AFTRA and the Motion Picture Association, as well as a Japanese government investigation into <a href="/industry/ai">AI</a>-generated anime content.

CaoCao Mobility has expanded its robotaxi fleet in Binjiang, Hangzhou, to 100 vehicles, marking a milestone in its shift toward fully driverless operations. The company also launched a mobility hub equipped with automated battery swapping and dispatch systems, and plans to debut a purpose-built robotaxi model this year with a target of deploying 100,000 units by 2030.

Genki Forest posted double-digit growth for a third straight year, with founder Tang Binsen saying profitability and operational efficiency improved further in 2025 after an initial breakthrough in 2024. Vitamin water sales jumped about 128% YoY, iced tea rose 56%, and the company expanded its retail footprint to 1.28 million outlets by year's end.

<a href="/company/minimax">MiniMax</a> has launched M2.5, a foundation model it said delivers state-of-the-art coding and agentic performance, including 80.2% on the SWE-Bench Verified benchmark. Served at up to 100 tokens per second (TPS), the model can reportedly run continuously for about USD 1 per hour at 100 output tokens per second, with a lower-speed version priced at roughly half the cost.

<a href="/company/tencent">Tencent</a> has integrated Uber into its mobility-focused WeChat mini program, allowing users to book rides overseas without downloading a separate app. The feature spans more than 20 countries and regions, including Hong Kong, Japan, the UK, and the US, covers over 1,000 destinations, and supports WeChat Pay without the need for currency exchange.

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