Zheng Li has always been interested in Blue Star's semiconductor technology.
The magical civilization has developed a completely different technological path in information and communication equipment compared to Earth.
The mages discovered that the DNA strands of carbon-based life forms are the perfect information carriers, and based on this, they developed the biological computer as defined on Earth.
After arriving on Earth, Zheng Li discovered that both technological approaches had their own advantages and disadvantages.
The bio-computer route makes it easier to develop artificial intelligence, and its computing power is more powerful than that of silicon-based chips.
However, computers on Earth are easier to mass-produce, and even the simplest models can be used as productivity tools.
Unlike the mage civilization, the mage tower has a central biological computer that provides entertainment functions to citizens within its jurisdiction via transmission.
It's somewhat similar to the concept of cloud computing, where mages allocate a portion of the computing power of the biological cloud for the entertainment of ordinary people, who only have access to information and communication devices.
“Cheng Gang, try talking to Secondmind in England. Let’s try to acquire them.”
After Kechuang Bio completed its IPO and raised funds, Zheng Li gave instructions to Cheng Gang during a remote meeting.
Cheng Gang looked somewhat bewildered: "Secondmind? Sorry, Chairman Zheng, I've never heard of this company."
Zheng thought for a moment: "You should first understand it, and then implement it. The reason why we are looking for SecondMind is because I personally believe in their technology approach. I think their technology approach in the field of autonomous driving is correct."
SecondMind is an AI chip company that mainly works in the field of autonomous driving.
"My vision for the future of brain-computer interfaces is that our main expansion of brain-computer interfaces in the past two years has been in the fields of mobile phones and assistive medical care."
"These two can be handled by standard MSC chips."
"After laying a solid foundation, we will consider developing more advanced applications, such as autonomous driving."
"In the future, brain-computer interface driving will serve as an insurance measure, while autonomous driving will be the primary mode of driving. We need to combine brain-computer interface and autonomous driving."
"SecondMind is a good company."
After Cheng Gang ended his remote video conference with Zheng Li, he asked his secretary to compile the company's information and submit it to him.
"SecondMind? An English AI chip company that Tencent invested in during its Series B funding round two years ago?"
"Tencent's reach is too wide; they've even invested in a little-known company like SecondMind."
England has many AI chip companies, the two most famous being OneTrust and Graphcore.
OneTrust recently secured 510 million US dollars in Series C funding led by SoftBank.
OneTrust has a customer base of over 8,000 organizations.
Another AI chip company called Graphcore has been collaborating with Alibaba and Baidu, and is a long-term partner of domestic public cloud vendors.
As for SecondMind, it has no highlights compared to the two companies mentioned above and is far inferior. Cheng Gang doesn't quite understand Zheng Li's considerations.
OneTrust might be more expensive, but SecondMind won't be much cheaper either.
Secondmind completed its Series B funding round in 2019, valuing the company at 100 million US dollars.
Today it's much cheaper than OneTrust, but it's still estimated to cost around 300 to 400 million US dollars.
Cheng Gang felt it was better to buy from a leading company; buying SecondMind was expensive and didn't offer any particularly outstanding features.
Cheng Gang made a direct phone call to the head of Tencent's strategic investment department.
The other party preemptively said, "Mr. Cheng, what brings you to call me? Your Kechuang Biotechnology is enjoying great success lately, with its market value about to surpass one trillion."
Currently, there are only eight companies in the A-share market with a market capitalization exceeding one trillion yuan.
"Our biggest regret as Tencent's strategic investment department is not investing in Kechuang Bio. Back then, Shunwei Capital invested 50 million yuan and acquired a 10% stake."
When people are successful, they should be humble: "Compared to Tencent, Kechuang Bio is still just an infant in swaddling clothes. It has a long way to go."
"Our Chairman Zheng approached Shunwei Capital out of desperation. It's because Chairman Zheng wasn't a student at Pengcheng University back then. If he had been, he would definitely have approached Pony Ma."
The story of Shunwei Capital's investment in Kechuang Bio became a legend in the investment circle after Kechuang Bio went public. Investors were saying that they should pay more attention to the projects of their alumni, because maybe it will be the next Kechuang Bio.
Furthermore, startups with patents containing sufficient technological content, such as those by university professors and PhDs, can easily attract investment.
Previously, we might have considered the universality of your patent and its advantages compared to products currently on the market.
The head of Tencent's strategic investment department lamented, "We've recently looked at many projects founded by PhDs, but none of them have caught my eye like Endorphins."
"Back then, I heard that Zheng Li directly approached Lei Jun to discuss it. President Lei is indeed a man of great courage; he didn't even blink at 50 million."
Cheng Gang, not wanting to waste time on endless small talk, interrupted, "If Kechuang Bio wants to grow in the future, it will definitely need a dedicated investment department and should learn from Tencent's rich experience in strategic investment."
"If Tencent has any good projects that we can't handle alone, they can come to us anytime."
Zheng Li was not very enthusiastic about establishing a dedicated investment department.
The problem is that there are too few people who possess the Magic Coin right now, and only two people have the Magic Brain, so his plan cannot be implemented yet.
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