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Chinese AI start-up ModelBest, partner to Samsung and Huawei, launches pre-IPO process

Chinese AI start-up ModelBest has kicked off its pre-initial public offering (IPO) tutoring process for a listing in mainland China, capitalising on growing demand for compact artificial intelligence models that run locally on devices like smartphones and laptops, and in cars. The four-year-old company also appears to be banking on its small-model strategy to overcome China’s acute shortage of advanced American computing chips by training lightweight systems optimised for domestic...

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Published: 12 August 2026
Source: SCMP Tech (HK/CN)
Category: News
Topics: Finance, VC & PE
Retrieved: 13 August 2026

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ethics.ai (12 August 2026), “Chinese AI start-up ModelBest, partner to Samsung and Huawei, launches pre-IPO process,” evidence record 19013, https://ethics.ai/record/19013 (originally published by SCMP Tech (HK/CN)).

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