StartupsGlobal / Other·Ranked Saturday, July 4, 2026

Tsinghua chip veteran’s US$1.8bn 3D AI chip startup targets China’s GPU gap

Tsinghua veteran Wei launches Shanghai Orient, $1.8B 3D AI chip startup.

China's AI chip sector has a heavyweight new entrant: veteran semiconductor figure Shaojun Wei has formally unveiled Shanghai Orient Computing Core Technology Co., a 3D AI compute chip startup now valued at CNY12.2 billion (approx. US$1.8 billion), just two y…

AI score breakdown

#2 that day4.35/ 10

Technology breakthrough · weight 30%6/10

Economic impact · weight 25%5/10

Job impact · weight 20%3/10

Regional relevance · weight 15%2/10

Policy & geopolitics · weight 10%4/10

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