{"id":13099,"date":"2021-07-25T19:49:07","date_gmt":"2021-07-25T19:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/china-roundup-kai-fu-lees-first-europe-bet-weride-buys-a-truck-startup\/"},"modified":"2021-07-25T19:49:07","modified_gmt":"2021-07-25T19:49:07","slug":"china-roundup-kai-fu-lees-first-europe-bet-weride-buys-a-truck-startup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/tech\/china-roundup-kai-fu-lees-first-europe-bet-weride-buys-a-truck-startup\/","title":{"rendered":"China Roundup: Kai-Fu Lee\u2019s first Europe bet, WeRide buys a truck startup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello and welcome back to\u00a0TechCrunch\u2019s China Roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world. Despite the geopolitical headwinds for foreign tech firms to enter China, many companies, especially those that find a dependable partner, are still forging ahead. For this week\u2019s roundup, I\u2019m including a conversation I had with Prophesee, a French vision technology startup, which recently got funding from Kai-Fu Lee and Xiaomi, along with the usual news digest. Spotting opportunities in China Like many companies working on futuristic, cutting-edge tech in Europe, Prophesee was a spinout from university research labs. Previously, I covered two such companies from Sweden: Imint, which improves smartphone video production through deep learning, and Dirac, an expert in sound optimization. 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