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中文(ZH) “灵动芯光”完成数千万元天使++轮融资

Lingdong Xinguang secures millions in funding for silicon photonics tech

The AI coding assistant Copilot and Anthropic's Claude have both increased their prices, leading to discussions about the cost-effectiveness of AI versus human programmers. Separately, DeepSeek has announced a significant update to its offerings. Additionally, a Silicon Photonics company named "Lingdong Xinguang" has secured tens of millions of RMB in its latest funding round, which will be used to advance its optical interconnect technology and product development. AI

IMPACT AI coding tools are becoming more expensive, potentially shifting the balance towards human developers for certain tasks.

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Lingdong Xinguang secures millions in funding for silicon photonics tech

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    "Lingdong Xinguang" Completes Angel++ Round Financing of Tens of Millions of Yuan

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