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Hangzhou's 'New Eight Steeds' Focus on Tech Infrastructure

Hangzhou's latest tech bets focus on deep-tech companies building infrastructure for China's next AI cycle.

The city’s ‘New Eight Steeds’ are eight deep-tech companies in fields like smart glasses, inference GPUs, and compute-in-memory chips.

These companies operate further up the industrial chain, serving companies and institutions rather than consumers.

Their focus on infrastructure is a strategic pivot from the ‘Six Little Dragons’ that previously made Hangzhou a tech hub.

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