China Deals Lead Startup Funding as AI Infrastructure Draws Fresh Capital

Startup investors are continuing to back companies with demanding engineering needs, with China-based technology businesses accounting for a large share of the latest financing announcements. The selected deals span AI inference chips, quantum sensing, brain-computer interfaces, robotics, enterprise AI measurement, clinical research software, wealth management, battery manufacturing and industrial automation. China’s Moffett AI announced a Series C+ financing approaching RMB 1 billion for its AI inference technology. Guoce Quantum secured more than RMB 500 million for quantum precision sensing, while Nuanxinjia raised RMB 500 million to advance brain-computer interface technology intended to help restore visual perception. In the United States,…