Hangzhou is doubling down on tech – minus the viral hype
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Relevance
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Freshness
25/25
Authority
18/20
Brand Signal
5/15
Depth
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A year ago, a Unitree robot kickboxing could light up social media. When DeepSeek released its latest open-source artificial intelligence (AI) model, developers around the world rushed to test it. This year, however, Hangzhou’s latest technology bets have barely made a ripple. The city’s “New Eight Steeds” – eight deep-tech companies in fields ranging from smart glasses and inference graphic proce

