AI investment enters a critical verification phase, autonomous driving mobility draws closer... Goldman Sachs predicts the ten key industry themes for 2026.
The year 2026 is considered a critical juncture for the success or failure of AI commercialization. Goldman Sachs has identified ten key industry themes: from the rise of generative AI and agent-based search to the deep integration of advertising, e-commerce, and social commerce; from high capital expenditure and cloud return on investment challenges to the accelerated deployment of autonomous driving; and further to spatial computing, interactive entertainment, health technology, and the rebalancing of corporate growth and investment, collectively shaping the main industrial trends for the new year.
CLSA: AI-driven market trends are expected to reach a tipping point next year, with India and Indonesia likely to benefit from market rotation.
In its global equity strategy report, CLSA noted that the artificial intelligence (AI) gold rush has been driven by abundant liquidity and has dominated this year’s investment landscape. Looking ahead to next year, the bank sees substantial evidence suggesting that AI trades are about to lose momentum. However, the bank's core assumption is that momentum and profitability will continue into the first half of next year before reaching a tipping point. Consequently, the bank set its mid-next-year target for the S&P 500 Index at 7,200 points. The bank currently maintains an “overweight” rating on South Korea, as its preferred investment destination benefiting from AI momentum; it also considers India, and to a lesser extent Indonesia, as key markets for rotation should the tech rally subside in the first half of next year.
The Hang Seng Index rose 347 points in the morning session, with HSBC hitting a new high and commodity stocks performing well.
The Central Economic Work Conference was held in Beijing. The meeting emphasized the need to strengthen internal capabilities to address external challenges, continue implementing a moderately accommodative monetary policy, and flexibly and efficiently utilize various policy tools such as reserve requirement ratio (RRR) cuts and interest rate reductions. Efforts should focus on stabilizing the real estate market, proactively and orderly mitigating local government debt risks, and further advancing initiatives to boost consumer spending by eliminating unreasonable restrictions in the consumption sector. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index closed at record highs, while Hong Kong stocks rose this morning (December 12). The Hang Seng Index opened 230 points higher, extending gains to rise by 378 points to reach an intraday high of 25,908 points. By midday, it had risen 348 points, or 1.4%, to 25,878 points, with the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index also showing gains.
SenseTime's share price rose as Da Xiao Robotics is set to launch a robot dog product, with a target shipment of over a thousand units next year.
SenseTime rose nearly 5%, trading at HKD 2.21, with a turnover of HKD 922 million.
Express News | SenseTime's registered capital increased to RMB 3.5 billion, a 75% rise.
YouLian Intelligence completes a USD 5 million angel round of financing, led by Guoxiang Capital with participation from CMB International.
Sina Tech News, December 11th, morning report - Youlian Intelligent has announced the completion of a US$5 million angel round of financing. This round was led by SenseTime Guoxiang Capital, with China Merchants Bank International participating as a follower, and Gengxin Capital China serving as the financial advisor. The proceeds from this round of financing will be primarily allocated to the research and development, engineering validation, and mass production system construction for three major physical AI infrastructure platforms: embodied intelligence brain domain control systems, motion control systems, and 800V AI data center power systems. Public information indicates that Youlian Intelligent, established in 2022, is a physical AI infrastructure enterprise focused on overseas expansion, having already developed three core technologies.
The widow of SenseTime's (00020.HK) founder has established a charitable fund, with the first phase donating 20 million yuan.
The "Mingxin Charity Fund," established by Yang Qiumei, the widow of the late SenseTime (00020.HK) founder Tang Xiaou, has officially launched with the goal of promoting education and the development of innovative technologies. In its initial phase, the fund will donate 20 million Hong Kong dollars to establish endowed professorships and scholarships at universities to facilitate scientific research breakthroughs and cultivate talent in artificial intelligence. In this first phase, the fund will contribute 10 million Hong Kong dollars as seed funding to the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) to establish the "Tang Xiaou Professorship in Engineering," along with a total of 10 million Hong Kong dollars dedicated to the "Tang Xiaou Scholarship" for CUHK, the University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore to award students engaged in artificial intelligence research.
Co-founder of Oaktree Capital: The market's disregard for AI-driven demand growth is entirely unpredictable.
Howard Marks, Co-Founder of Oaktree Capital, published an article in his blog warning that the market assumes artificial intelligence (AI) will lead to a productivity boom while ignoring issues such as who will purchase the additional output if millions become unemployed. He expressed concern over a small group of highly educated billionaires residing on the East and West coasts of the United States creating technologies that could result in millions losing their jobs. The article also highlighted that some companies, in order not to fall behind in this 'winner-takes-all' AI arms race, have been compelled to take on "aggressive" levels of debt. Marks further noted that investor behavior has already taken on a "speculative" tone.
SenseTime (00020.HK) has incubated an embodied intelligence company and will conduct large-scale commercial promotion of its proprietary robotic dog next year.
SenseTime-W (00020.HK) has incubated an embodied intelligence company named "Daxiao Robotics," which will release a mechanical dog product mid-this month, focusing on autonomous navigation capabilities. Wang Xiaogang, co-founder of SenseTime and chairman of Daxiao Robotics, stated that this mechanical dog possesses spatial autonomy and will undergo large-scale commercial promotion next year. Initial applications will primarily focus on cultural tourism and smart city scenarios to validate its utility, with a target of shipping over a thousand units next year. Wang Xiaogang noted that Daxiao Robotics excels in model development, while hardware design and production will be carried out in collaboration with ecosystem partners before launching integrated hardware-software products. He also mentioned that current mechanical dog products on the market rely heavily on manual control and high precision.
SenseTime (00020.HK): Domestic chip computing power has achieved double-digit growth, with plans to launch a new generation of AI models in the spring.
Dahua Lin, Co-founder of SenseTime-W (00020.HK), stated that the company's computing power using domestically produced chips has achieved double-digit growth and plans to launch a new generation of AI models in the spring of next year. It is reported that by adapting to domestic chips such as Huawei Ascend, the proportion of domestic computing power in SenseTime’s SenseCore AI infrastructure continues to increase. The company’s latest NEO multimodal architecture breaks through traditional modular limitations, significantly improving performance. Lin revealed that the company is currently promoting deep compatibility between large models and domestically produced chips to enhance supply chain resilience.
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX, stock code: 00388.HK) launched the 'HKEX Tech 100 Index' to track 100 technology companies listed in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Exchange (00388.HK) announced the expansion of its index business and launched the "Hong Kong Exchange Tech 100 Index" today (September 9), marking the group’s first Hong Kong stock index. The Hong Kong Exchange Tech 100 is a broad-based equity index that tracks the performance of the 100 largest technology companies by market capitalization listed on the Hong Kong Exchange. All constituent stocks of the index are eligible for Stock Connect, catering to the investment needs of both international and Mainland Chinese investors. The industries of these companies cover six major innovation themes, including artificial intelligence, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, electric vehicles and intelligent driving, information technology, the internet, and others.
SenseTime (00020.HK) launches its sustainable ecological intelligence platform in the Red Sea region of Saudi Arabia.
In response to Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030, SenseTime, in partnership with the Saudi national sovereign wealth fund PIF, has established a joint venture, SenseTime MEA Red Sea, to create the world’s first AI-powered one-stop sustainable ecological intelligence platform — the "AI Eco-360 Panoramic Ecological Analysis Platform." This platform fully integrates real-time data from over 50 environmental and ecological indicators across sky, land, and underwater ecosystems. It provides 360-degree panoramic monitoring and intelligent analysis management for the Red Sea region of Saudi Arabia, offering decision-makers actionable and sustainable development recommendations. The platform comprehensively supports ecological conservation and resource management, driving Saudi Arabia’s green initiatives forward.
Express News | Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao: Promote the consumption of large durable goods and advance 'Artificial Intelligence + Consumption.'
Four key 'tailwinds' to support the stock market in 2026! JPMorgan recommends focusing on AI, cyclical stocks, and markets such as China.
① JPMorgan strategists believe that, despite the weakness in the stock market due to concerns over AI trading and uncertainty regarding the Federal Reserve's rate-cutting path, now is the time to strategically increase equity exposure; ② A robust outlook for the U.S. economy, sustained strong corporate earnings, receding tariff concerns, and an optimistic international market outlook are expected to drive the stock market through early next year.
The Hang Seng Index rose 48 points in the morning session, with strong interest in robotics-related stocks.
Market expectations for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates have further intensified, with Hong Kong stocks showing volatility but closing higher in the morning session. The Hang Seng Index opened 43 points higher, initially dropped 111 points to a low of 25,649 points, then rebounded and rose as much as 110 points to a high of 25,871 points, ending the half-day session up 48 points or 0.2% at 25,809 points. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index rose 34 points or 0.4% to 9,062 points, while the Hang Seng Tech Index gained 32 points or 0.6% at 5,567 points. Total turnover in the morning session amounted to HKD 92.278 billion. The FTSE China 50 Index quarterly review included Hongqiao (01378.HK), CATL (03750.HK), and Hengrui Pharma (012...)
Express News | Wang Xiaogang, Co-founder and Executive Director of SenseTime, has been appointed as the Chairman of Da Xiao Robotics.
SenseTime (00020.HK) has unveiled the NEO architecture, which is expected to be the industry's first deeply integrated native multimodal architecture.
SenseTime (00020.HK) announced the official release and open-sourcing of the entirely new multimodal model architecture "NEO", co-developed with S-Lab at Nanyang Technological University. This marks the industry’s first viable native multimodal architecture (Native VLM), achieving deep fusion through an innovative design purpose-built for multimodality, starting from fundamental principles. By integrating multimodal capabilities at the core architectural level, it achieves a comprehensive breakthrough in performance, efficiency, and versatility, laying a new architectural foundation for the SenseNova series of multimodal models. This development signifies that AI multimodal technology is entering the era of "native architecture."
SenseTime open-sources the NEO multimodal model architecture, achieving deep unification of vision and language.
Sina Tech News, December 2nd, afternoon report: SenseTime has released and open-sourced an entirely new multimodal model architecture, NEO, developed in collaboration with Nanyang Technological University's S-Lab. The company announced that, starting from fundamental principles, it aims to break free from the constraints of traditional "modular" paradigms by achieving deep multimodal integration at the core architectural level, thereby unifying vision and language at a deeper level. This effort is set to bring comprehensive breakthroughs in performance, efficiency, and versatility. Reportedly, driven by architectural innovation, NEO demonstrates exceptionally high data efficiency—requiring only one-tenth of the data volume (390 million image-text examples) compared to models of equivalent performance in the industry to develop top-tier visual capabilities.
The strongest open-source model rivals top closed-source models! DeepSeek releases the V3.2 series, with reasoning capabilities on par with GPT-5.
DeepSeek has released and open-sourced two models in the V3.2 series. The V3.2 model focuses on everyday applications, with reasoning capabilities reaching the level of GPT-5, marking the first time that a thinking mode has been integrated with tool invocation. The V3.2-Speciale model is dedicated to achieving extreme reasoning performance and has won gold medals in four international competitions: IMO, CMO, ICPC, and IOI. Both models have now been open-sourced on HuggingFace and ModelScope, indicating that the performance gap between open-source and closed-source commercial models continues to narrow, with open-source models now reaching top-tier standards.
SenseTime donates HKD 3 million to support fire relief efforts in Tai Po, Hong Kong.
Gelonghui, November 28th | On November 28th, SenseTime donated HKD 3 million to support fire relief efforts in Tai Po, Hong Kong.