A company developing quantum-inspired AI
ShanghaiAIFounded 2021
2 sources · checked 2 times, last 9d ago
Developing: it holds up against its sources so far, and firms up as more reporting lands.
The latest round’s amount was not disclosed separately. “Nearly 100 million yuan” refers to the combined total across the Series A and Series A+ rounds, not this round alone.
| Round | Amount | Announced | Lead | Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series A Series A+ | n/a | 2026-09-23 | not stated | No recent discussion |
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Qingxing Heterogeneous Computing builds quantum-inspired AI models and software that run on conventional GPUs and other existing chips for industrial, quantum-computing, and edge/embodied-device applications.
Qingxing is tackling a practical gap: general-purpose quantum computers are not yet mature, so it uses simulated quantum computing to generate model parameters and then deploys the trained models on conventional GPUs, aiming to make smaller and more efficient AI usable now. The bet has early commercial signals—RiverONE reportedly reached at least 95% of NVIDIA Ising Calibration 1 on a specialized chart task with 1.9 billion parameters, while the company reports private deployments and cloud-service testing and has raised nearly 100 million yuan across two rounds in three months—but broader performance and revenue remain unproven.
Checked against 13 sources on Sep 25
Also named as backers in company research: Tsinghua University, MPlus HK I Limited