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ChatGPT’s wind blew, and the US group Wang Xing was tempted.

Yesterday afternoon, Wang Xing, the founder of Meituan, announced in a high-profile circle of friends that the AI ? ? model made him "both excited and worried". In the future, he will personally participate in the A round investment of Wang Huiwen’s startup company "light years away" and serve as a director.

The original text of this circle of friends is: "The AI ? ? big model makes me both excited about the huge productivity that will be created soon and worried about its future impact on the whole world. Lao Wang and I have been on the road to entrepreneurship for nearly 20 years.Since he is determined to embrace this big wave, I must support it. "

Source: screenshot of Wang Xing’s circle of friends

Just last month, Wang Huiwen, another core founder of Meituan, published articles on social platforms continuously, announcing that he would start a business in AI, with the goal of creating "China version of OpenAI". Recently, ChatGPT, which is very popular in the technology circle, is the product launched by OpenAI.

His concrete measure is to contribute 50 million dollars., valued at $200 million, set up Beijing Lightyear Technology Co., Ltd.. However, its own funds only account for 25% of the shares. In his AI Heroes List, he wrote that another 75% of the shares are used to invite top R&D talents.

If these shares have not been issued by the time the company goes public, a non-profit fund will be set up to "invest in projects with unclear development path, slim realization hope and unclear commercial value".

As soon as this move came out, the four sides moved.

Some researchers questioned its capital and technology, and some people yearned for it, but never expected that the first big fish caught in this project was actually an old partner Wang Xing.

At this point, we look back,Recently, the investment and entrepreneurship of AI, Big Model, ChatGPT and other related tracks have entered the stage of racing against time.

Not only Wang Xing and Wang Huiwen’s "Double Kings" combination, but also Ali, JD.COM, Baidu and Tik Tok are actively participating in the competition.

After Wang Huiwen took out $50 million in real money, Wang Xiaochuan, a former Sogou CEO, also posted on social media that he was about to enter the "China’s OpenAI" battlefield.

On February 26th,Zhou Bowen, the former head of JD.COM technology, announced the recruitment of partners to build a China version of ChatGPT.

In the last two days, Yan Li, the core figure of AI technology research and development in Aauto Quicker, has also started a big AI model business as a new company founded after leaving Aauto Quicker.

Mu Li, a great technical god, and Alex Smola, his former mentor, started their business together, and the track they chose was also a big model-related project.

Coupled with this high-profile announcement by Wang Xing,At present, the domestic AI model entrepreneurial track has been crowded with big names, including many serial entrepreneurs and technical gods.

As the "best co-production venture combination" recognized in the Internet industry, the re-joining of Wang Xing and Wang Huiwen has brought a beautiful imagination to the industry.

On December 18, 2020, Meituan issued an internal letter, and Wang Huiwen, the co-founder and senior vice president of Meituan, officially retired as planned.

On the occasion of Wang Huiwen’s retirement, Wang Xing wrote a letter for him, briefly summarizing his ten-year entrepreneurial achievements.

"Joined the US Mission in 2010 to help the company stand out from the Thousand Regiments War; Three years later, we will build a US group take-out from 0 to 1, and then go deep into the upstream and downstream of the catering industry chain to build local service business scenarios such as store, home and travel; One year before leaving office, Lao Wang was still promoting the building of platform capabilities such as user platform, basic research and development, big data and Al. "

Wang Huiwen

It can be seen that Wang Huiwen plays a cornerstone role in today’s Meituan Empire. However, before the establishment of the US Mission, Wang Xing and Wang Huiwen had already cooperated many times.

In 1997, 18-year-old Wang Xing walked to Tsinghua University from Longyan No.1 Middle School in Fujian. At that time, the first classmate he knew was his roommate Wang Huiwen.

Since 2003, they decided to start a joint venture. It is said that Wang Xing interrupted his doctoral studies in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering of the University of Delaware, and Wang Huiwen also dropped out of the Institute of Acoustics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

In a year, Wang Xing tried 10 entrepreneurial projects until.In 2005, the real-name registration system social networking platform "Intranet", which was jointly founded by them, went online, and finally made a name in the industry.

This social platform, similar to Facebook, quickly took off in China. However, due to the broken capital chain and lack of entrepreneurial experience, Wang Xing’s team sold the campus network to Thousand Oaks Group for $2 million in less than one year.

Three years later, in 2009, Thousand Oaks Group renamed its famous campus network Renren. By 2011, when Renren was listed in the United States, its market value reached 7.482 billion US dollars, surpassing Sohu, Youku, Netease, Ctrip and Sina, becoming the third company with internet market value in China.

Source: Renren. com official website

In this story, although the "two kings" group left early, their keen judgment and industry judgment on the Internet still surprised everyone.

After the campus network project, Wang Xing and Wang Huiwen went to toss up the projects such as Fanbu, hainei and Taofang, but none of them improved much.

In 2010, the two men got together again and jointly founded Meituan., and then completed the expansion of thousands of regiments, takeaway wars, big retail and big travel.

In a short sentence, how many wars are raging? After several wars and standing out from the crowd, Wang Xing and Wang Huiwen combined to gain a firm foothold, and more people began to call them "industry bosses". As we all know, the super entrepreneurial strength displayed by the two of them together is an important factor that makes everyone look askance.

Thousand regiments war

It is worth noting that after Wang Huiwen retired, he never stopped to invest in the technology industry.

Specifically, in April last year, Wang Huiwen’s signature on Instant was still "All in Crypto". After half a year, his interest shifted from Crypto and web3 to artificial intelligence, and he wanted to build the China version of OpenAI.

By the way, he also invested in LI and met Wang Xing in the investment field. In the last round of financing before the ideal IPO, Wang Huiwen’s name appeared on the ideal investment list together with Wang Xing.

Not only does Wang Huiwen continue to explore in the science and technology circle, but Wang Xing has gradually become an investment tycoon in the field of hard technology.

According to incomplete statistics, in addition to his ideals, Wang Xing’s personal investment projects also include mutual assistance, convenience, e-driving, Qingping Technology, Maibu Technology, flight steward, Tiger Securities and so on.

Wind data shows that there are 121 affiliated enterprises of Wang Xing and 39 foreign-invested enterprises, of which 34 are surviving. The enterprises they invest in are mainly engaged in scientific research and technical services, information transmission, software and information technology services, and leasing and business services.

Source: wind

It can be seen that the exploration of the two people joining hands to enter the AI industry is not as simple as a "supporting friends". In fact, there are both sides’ continued emphasis on the technology industry and their recognition of entrepreneurial ideas.

In the open letter of Wang Huiwen’s retirement, Wang Xing wrote that "Lao Wang and I are classmates and roommates with common interests, partners who work together to start a business, comrades who fight side by side, and lifelong friends who can collide with each other and talk with each other".

Different from the rhetoric in Wang Huiwen’s hero list, when the two really entered the AI industry, of course, all the spectators were most concerned about:What are you going to do and what kind of business model are you going to establish?

From the current mainstream point of view, the AI ? ? big model and ChatGPT entrepreneurship actually require high R&D investment. In fact, the only team in China that is most suitable for competition and has a greater possibility of success is BAT, an Internet giant with a cloud computing platform and a large number of users and related data.

Some insiders have calculated the relevant costs. "ChatGPT hardware needs 30,000 top-level GPUs, plus CPU, memory, hard disk, network and data center power supply and buildings, which is close to 10 billion yuan.Training takes several months at a time, and besides the huge cost of materials and electricity, there is also the cost of software development. "

In the past few years, both Ali and Tencent have invested no less than $50-10 billion in OpenAI. However, from the landing effect, the results are not obvious.

The same is true for Wang Xing and Wang Huiwen.They face as many difficulties as Ali.

At present, the advantages of the two men in the process of starting a business are rich entrepreneurial experience, keen market insight, talking about ideals, talking about feelings and grabbing talents. Wang Xing and Wang Huiwen are very powerful.

Earlier news showed that recently, Liu Jiang, vice president of Beijing Zhiyuan Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, wrote in a circle of friends that he had decided to join Wang Huiwen’s "light years away", and he also called other "AI heroes" to join the team.

It shows the appeal of the two of them, but in addition to the above competitive factors, the specific landing scenarios, related business models and profit models of the AI ? ? big model are still being explored.

Is it ToB, facing the business side, using ChatGPT and big model as an interface to improve the efficiency of production and service, or ToC, putting the AI big model technology to the ground and making a more reliable and intelligent chat robot?

Just like several keywords mentioned by Wang Huiwen in the continuation of the hero list, "unclear, vague and unclear" indirectly summarizes the mentality of both surprise and anxiety about related technologies in the industry.

Wang Xing and Wang Huiwen took a group photo.

What we can make clear is that in the process of AI entrepreneurship, in addition to technical belief, it is necessary to have sufficient capital and the support of related industries, and it is actually very difficult to simply explore technology without landing scenes.

Wang Xing and Wang Huiwen stood up and supported the industrial development with actual funds. They played more of the role of "investors". This move deserves more people’s follow. After all, no matter how difficult the technical research is, someone must promote it.

Betting on AI entrepreneurship is a new journey for these two Internet giants, and the whole Internet industry is waiting for the day when the truth comes out.

Author | Lao Dian

Live broadcast on March 11 th, Beijing time on Sunday morning, Dortmund will usher in the Ruhr Derby against Schalke. In an interview before the game, Dortmund coach Terzic talked about the game.

Terzic said: "Derby always comes at the right time. Not only are we looking forward to it, but the whole Ruhr area is looking forward to it. This is a regular game, but the atmosphere and intensity of the game are different. It is meaningless to look at the league rankings of the two teams. Schalke’s performance is very good and he will try to put pressure on us. "

"After being eliminated by Chelsea, we were disappointed. We criticized ourselves and now we are very eager to win. There are still 14 games this season, including 11 Bundesliga games and 3 cup games. We hope to win in these 14 games. "

This is Alai’s first time to participate in the Ruhr Derby, and Terzic said: "This is the competition they want to participate in. When they join Dortmund, they want to participate in such a competition. This is a very special game. When the football game is defined with a new name, you will know the importance of the game. After defeating Leipzig last week, the fans asked us to win the derby, and we don’t want to live up to their expectations. "

With the countdown to the release of Baidu Wenxin, AIGC is bound to detonate the technology circle again. Li Yanhong, founder and chairman of Baidu, said in an internal letter after the release of the financial report: "AI technology has developed to a critical point, and all walks of life are inevitably changed. The China AI market is about to usher in explosive demand growth."

If 2022 is the first year of AIGC, then 2023 will usher in the outbreak of AIGC, and the enthusiasm for AI applications such as ChatGPT of OpenAI, Wen Xinyi of Baidu, and Yuyan of Netease Fuxi’s Chinese pre-training model will inevitably lead to a new round of fanatical demand for AI computing power.

Zhao Lei, vice president and CTO of domestic server manufacturer Ning Chang, pointed out that as far as ChatGPT is concerned, TB-level computing training library or even P-Flops computing power is needed. "There is no such thing as ChatGPT, and artificial intelligence computing power is never enough." Zhao Lei admits that the AI industry will need at least 100 times more computing power in the next 5 to 10 years.

At present, under the trend of digital transformation, enterprises’ demand for computing power is increasing, and there are many uncertainties in the development of the industry. What enterprises need more is computing power that can face increasingly complex application scenarios and balance the current business needs and future development needs.

As an AI computing expert, Ningchang provides computing solutions for users through its own technical capabilities and product solutions. Ningchang product series has covered all products such as artificial intelligence server, general server, edge server and multi-node server, meeting the needs of different scenarios and realizing flexible customized configuration. In addition, based on the existing industry energy-saving pain points, Ningchang provides traditional air cooling, cold plate liquid cooling and immersion liquid cooling and other multi-scenario cooling methods. Taking a computer room with a total load of 10MW as an example, Ningchang liquid cooling scheme can help users save 15.8 million yuan in electricity bills every year.

On the court, the dream-chasing football teenager showed his style with flexible dribbling, sharp breakthrough, powerful assists, wonderful shooting and persistent defense. Think about how happy children are now to be able to play in such a professional venue-even if they lose the ball in the game, the coaches on the sidelines are actively encouraging them … In recent seven years, Tianjin Football Association has focused on youth training, which has achieved increasing results.

A few days ago, the 2022 Tianjin Youth Football Top 100 "Stars of Hope" Awards Conference hosted by the Municipal Sports Bureau and hosted by the Municipal Football Association was held in the lecture hall of the Municipal Sports Bureau. This is the seventh consecutive year that Tianjin has organized the "Stars of Hope" selection activities.

In the selection and testing of "Stars of Hope" in 2022, the Municipal Football Association selected 167 people to participate in the selection according to the performance of municipal youth football matches throughout the year, and finally selected 100 "Stars of Hope" in the year through physical special tests and group competition tests.

"Star of Hope" has set a benchmark and an example for football teenagers in Jinmen and inspired many teenagers to dream of greenery. Through the selection of "Star of Hope", a football youth training system with Tianjin characteristics has been formed, which has further promoted the training of Tianjin youth football reserve talents, laid a solid foundation for the development of Tianjin football youth training, and inspired all sectors of society to pay more attention to and support Tianjin football youth training.

Since 2016, Tianjin has held 7,692 youth competitions, with a total of 54,801 participants and 4,434 teams. In the past seven years, a total of 700 players have emerged as the "promising stars" of Tianjin youth football. Starting from 2017, the Municipal Sports Bureau and the Municipal Football Association will also select the "Star of Hope" team to go to Spain, Serbia, Brazil and other football countries to carry out training competitions and exchange studies, feel the football atmosphere, receive on-site guidance, encourage young players to strive to improve their technical and tactical level, and enhance their determination and confidence to strive for Tianjin football.

Although Tianjin has been changed into a city of volleyball, we are delighted to see that Tianjin Football Youth Training has not been depressed, but the system has been continuously improved and developed, which has consolidated a strong population base of Tianjin mass football. More and more rich events make the coverage of local youth football increase, the competition system improve and the competition level improve. Maybe in the near future, we can really get out of a few young players with national prefixes.

These seven years are seven years in which the staff of Tianjin Football Association have worked overtime and worked hard. It is a 7-year joint struggle of Tianjin Football Associations at all levels and districts; It has been seven years of joint popularization and promotion by schools, parents, coaches and other enthusiastic football professionals. These seven years are also seven years of self-dedication of many retired footballers Do not forget your initiative mind. It is the joint efforts of friends from all sides that have promoted the development of Tianjin youth football training in a professional, high-level and deep-seated direction, and vigorously cultivated many excellent reserve football forces.

Chong Yong, vice chairman of Tianjin Football Association, thanked all the friends who loved football and contributed their strength. He told Xibaile Football that with the support of the leaders of the Municipal Sports Bureau, Tianjin Football Association will intensify its efforts this year to make every holiday and weekend a stage for amateur mass football, and strive to set several representative youth training echelons as benchmarks to inspire everyone to make persistent efforts.

He believes that it is equally important, and even more important in a sense, to popularize the youth football population while doing a good job in cultivating football elites. "So we should focus on the cultivation of competitive elites and popularize the football population at the same time, which is the long-term solution for the cultivation of football talents."

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In the years of development, Tianjin Football Association regards improving players’ skills, grasping basic skills training as the "top priority", and taking "practicing all-round skills, practicing all-round skills, and practicing skills in running and confrontation" as its team training purpose, and constantly improving players’ development concepts, competition concepts, training concepts and coaching concepts. By hosting various football matches, Tianjin Football Association is committed to popularizing football, promoting scientific and healthy football development concepts, promoting the establishment and development of grass-roots football social organizations, and expanding the football population through matches. Nowadays, echelons of all ages have performed well.

"It’s very nice here. The coach is very professional and the venue conditions are good. The supporting guarantee during children’s training is also very well done. " Xiao Pang has been one of the top 100 teenagers for years, and his father is particularly proud. As a participant and witness of Tianjin youth training, he told Xibaile football reporters that he especially supported the Football Association in promoting teaching by competition, promoting learning by competition, creating a training atmosphere combining theory with practice, and promoting the integration of training and competition, and the children all benefited a lot.

Xiao Guo was elected for the first time this year. He said that he could wake up happily in his dreams. His parents agree with Pang’s point of view. He said that during the training and competition, he saw many small players around him improve their technical and tactical level and gain their own breakthroughs and progress.

Yang Cheng, Bo Yue, Bo De … The future football youth training in Tianjin can be expected. Wait, the future u20, Tianjin doll will take the lead.

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The growth rate of global server industry’s shipments this year is approaching the "Guarantee 1" war. However, with the rise of self-driving, AIoT and edge computing and the explosion of artificial intelligence (AI) chat robot "ChatGPT", AI servers will become a pioneer in the growth of server niche this year. It is estimated that the annual growth rate of shipments will reach 8%, and Taiwan Province supply chains such as TSMC, Weiying and Quanta are expected to benefit.

According to the report of TrendForce, a research institute, under the leadership of emerging application themes in 2018, many large cloud operators began to invest heavily in the construction of AI-related equipment. By 2022, it is estimated that the annual shipment of AI servers equipped with GPGPU(General Purpose GPU) accounts for nearly 1% of the total server.

It is estimated that in 2023, with the application of chat bots, it is expected to stimulate AI-related fields again. It is estimated that the annual growth rate of shipments will reach 8%, and the compound growth rate from 2022 to 2026 will reach 10.8%.

In 2022, the proportion of AI server procurement is dominated by Google, AWS, Meta and Microsoft, the four major cloud providers in North America, accounting for 66.2%. In recent years, with the intensification of localization in mainland China, the wave of AI construction has warmed up, and ByteDance, Tencent, Alibaba and Baidu are the providers with large purchases.

In terms of computing specifications, ChatGPT is mainly based on NVIDIA A100 and exclusively uses Microsoft Azure cloud service resources. If other Microsoft applications are merged, the annual demand for Microsoft AI servers is 25,000. Baidu Wenxin adopts NVIDIA A800 in a word and combines other applications. The annual demand for Baidu AI servers is about 2,000 units.

Taiwan Province AI server supply chain includes TSMC, IC design factory Creative and Purui -KY, server foundries Quanta, Weiying and Inventec. The market is promising. With the contrarian growth of AI servers, the supply chains of related factories are expected to benefit.

Among them, whether it is AI computing or data center, most of the back graphics cards are manufactured by TSMC, especially on the AI chips led by Nvidia, including GPU A100/H100. Related accelerators and chip design applications are mainly produced by TSMC’s 5-nanometer family process.

Wei Ying pointed out that in 2022, AI servers will be less than 20% in terms of shipment or revenue. At present, more than 50% of newly opened cases are AI-related servers.

Quanta has invested in the field of AI servers many years ago. Although the revenue proportion of AI servers has not been announced, the legal person pointed out that the unit price of the main board of AI servers is twice as high as that of standard products, and it is difficult to manufacture, and the gross profit margin is rising, which is beneficial to the improvement of product portfolio.