Chapter 509 [Intel's Anxiety]

After these 12 companies were exposed at this summit, they have really become the darlings of capital and the new stars of the industry, and many VC institutions have silently begun to pay attention to these 12 companies and further evaluate their investment value.

Even the tech giants of Silicon Valley are paying attention to this, and although these 12 companies are in the initial stage, they are all in the current hot field, and they represent a trend and the future.

The strategic investment departments of technology giants such as Microsoft and Google also can't help but want to invest a sum of money to occupy a pit and protect the bottom, and if they do not stand out in the fierce competition in the future, they will not be completely out.

Well, if you find that you can't beat you, then join you, you may win, but I don't lose either.

In technical terms, that's ...... Hedge.

On the main stage of the summit, Luo Sheng walked back and forth calmly and confidently: "Digital drives the future, looking at the investment direction of Shengfeng Capital in recent years, it is not difficult for you to find that artificial intelligence has become the area we are most concerned about, which has been reflected in the product line of Cote d'Azur and Bluestar Technology, whether it is the 'Blue Core' series processor of Cote d'Azur in hardware, or the open source deep learning framework of Bluestar Technology in software, we have chosen R&D + investment and taken the path of diversified development." ”

"We believe that different AI tasks require different computing power, so we must provide a variety of software and hardware collaborative optimization solutions with different characteristics to improve our customer experience in a targeted manner."

Speaking of this, Luo Sheng on the stage stopped his pace and bowed his head and was silent for a moment, and then raised his eyes to the audience: "Today, Shengfeng Capital has developed the habit of investing in at least 170 start-up technology companies every year, and the investment amount is basically maintained between 150~21 billion US dollars per year, and the 12 start-ups introduced above, Shengfeng Capital invested more than 2.7 billion US dollars in them last year. ”

Many practitioners in the field are looking at it, which means that each of these 12 companies has received an average investment of 225 million US dollars from Shengfeng Capital, and has also obtained orders from super customers such as Cote d'Azur and Bluestar Technology, supporting them in both capital and business to support their rapid growth.

In contrast, other entrepreneurs either break their legs for financing or run for business, and most of the time the final harvest of desperate storytelling is the shaking of heads of investors and customers.

It's just envious of the rhythm of jealousy and hate.

Luo Sheng: "...... We have reason to believe that with the investment of these cutting-edge technologies, we will soon be able to blossom and bear fruit in multiple technical fields such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing services, and Internet of Things devices, further improve our ecological layout, and build a perfect technical moat, and we look forward to everyone joining us. ”

The opening speech, which lasted for nearly half an hour, ended, and the audience ushered in a round of warm applause, the speech was not long, and it can be said that this opening speech was Luo Sheng showing off.

But it's also full of dry goods.

Next, the founders of 12 companies such as Lingqueyun have appeared on the main stage of the summit, and they have 5~8 minutes to further tell their careers and tell their stories.

For industry insiders and VCs, it seems to have found the direction of struggle and the focus of investment.

What Luo Sheng is doing, just follow it and invest it.

After that, it will be the exhibition conference, and Shengfeng Capital will provide the venue and platform to connect the major entrepreneurial teams who come to participate, and they will show what they are doing at the three-day summit.

This year's Venture Capital Summit attracted more than 800 entrepreneurial teams in the field of science and technology to participate, and the purpose was also clear.

Promote your products, promote your own stories, impress investors, and get angel round financing.

The VCs who came to the scene today also grabbed a lot of them, not to mention the host Shengfeng Capital, SoftBank, Goldman Sachs, Sequoia Capital and other well-known VC institutions are also listed.

In addition to attracting the attention of investors, there are still many teams that hope to win the favor of customers and make themselves known.

After all, the influence of Shengfeng Capital's venture capital summit is increasing day by day, like Luo Sheng's personal appearance for the 12 start-ups today, and he has become the darling of the industry and capital overnight, and a rising star.

However, the most excited are the people who eat melons, especially those who participate in this kind of event for the first time, there is a sense of freshness everywhere, and they can touch some scientific and technological products or hot cutting-edge ideas that cannot be touched in daily life.

Although they all come to see the world with the mentality of eating melons, there is no doubt that it is a great benefit for them, at least for being able to broaden their horizons and cognition, they may not be able to see it in the short term, but in the long run, it is also a huge help to self-improvement.

Almost 99% of the people who came to the scene to eat melons were Luo Sheng's die-hard fans, and the fans forcibly named him the title of "Archbishop of Science and Technology", and claimed to be a disciple under the archbishop, Luo Sheng never came out to deny that he would confirm it, anyway, after so many years, everyone started from the beginning for fun, and now it has become natural.

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Nowadays, the grand event in front of the stage is in full swing, with the passage of time, there are successive news that there are entrepreneurial teams on the scene to get VC favor and get financing, and various media reporters who come to the scene are also spreading the news here, and there are also a large number of science and technology UP masters who go to the scene to record videos among the people who eat melons, both domestic and foreign.

The on-site summit is getting hotter and hotter.

However, Luo Sheng has retreated to the background, and he has not appeared in public much since the opening speech, nor has he been interviewed by any media.

In an office in the background, Luo Sheng and Meng Qiu, the general manager of Shengfeng Capital, are here.

"Last year's investment projects were generally very good, and I already have a general understanding of the companies that have invested in them, and more than a third of them are high-quality investment projects with broad prospects."

Meng Qiu smiled modestly when he heard Luo Sheng's outspoken performance, but he didn't say anything like "where the duty lies, what is within the boundary", and he was not shocked in the face of praise and humiliation, but it made Luo Sheng appreciate it even more.

One-third of the invested companies have a lot of imagination, which is a very good achievement, not to mention that the one-third of the enterprises can eventually produce results, even if 10% of them can finally stand out from the encirclement, then the money spent last year can even earn back with interest, and achieve the strategic goal of building a technological moat.

Even taking a step back, as long as the 12 companies that have just been exposed in a high-profile manner can succeed, even if the more than 100 start-ups behind them fail, it will be a great success for Shengfeng Capital.

After all, Luo Sheng's investment layout is not a specific company, but the layout of the entire track, as for who is competing on the track, it really doesn't matter at all.

"Mr. Luo, we have noticed that Intel has continued to increase investment since November last year, and since this year, it has made frequent moves and started frequent acquisitions around the world, during which Shengfeng Capital has also had a direct collision with Intel." Meng Qiu immediately talked about some important things in the recent period of time, and reported it verbally like Luo Sheng.

However, after a while, Meng Qiu added: "Intel's various performances in the past few months seem to me to be quite anxious, as if I have encountered some big trouble, and from the stock market, Intel's current market value is only 104.1 billion US dollars, and it has been declining for nearly half a year, and I am afraid that it will not be long before it falls below the 100 billion dollar mark." ”

Hearing this, Luo Sheng couldn't help laughing and said: "Intel Corporation, which was once invincible in the era of personal computers, has lost extremely miserably in the era of mobile chips in the past five years. ”

It is not surprising that Luo Sheng has collided with Intel, after all, he has begun to lay out the Cell chip business a few years ago, intending to spy on the hinterland of Intel's kingdom, kick the x86 architecture of the toothpaste factory from the throne, end its dominance, and achieve the goal of the new king ascending the throne.

However, Intel, an old international manufacturer, is not a company that can be overturned, and the other party is also making progress and developing.

Luo Sheng looked at Meng Qiu and asked, "By the way, you just said that Shengfeng Capital and Intel collided, in which field are you fighting?" ”

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