🎙 The CTR Podcast — 18 September 2026
Your audio digest of China technology news. Today's podcast covers 3 stories.
Latest News
- ByteDance deployed Doubao-Seed-2.1-pro on Volcengine, integrating advanced multimodal coding. This allows the LLM to generate executable code from diverse inputs, including visual data, moving beyond purely text-based processing for complex tasks.
Read the original story at ByteDance Deploys Doubao-Seed-2.1-pro with Multimodal Coding on Volcengine - ByteDance spin-off Anew Labs secured $290 million in funding to accelerate AI drug discovery. The company uses sophisticated machine learning to speed up the identification and validation of novel drug candidates, validating deep-tech investment in biotech.
Read the original story at ByteDance Spin-off Anew Labs Secures $290M to Accelerate AI Drug Discovery - D-Robotics raised $400 million in a Series C round to scale its industrial automation. The firm specializes in adaptive robotic systems for unstructured environments, focusing R&D on next-gen sensor fusion and predictive maintenance.
Read the original story at D-Robotics Secures $400M Series C to Scale Industrial Automation