Tongxin Intelligence Raises Hundreds of Millions Yuan for AGI Inference Chip, Targets December Prototype Validation

Tongxin Intelligence has completed seed and angel funding rounds totaling hundreds of millions of yuan to advance development of its first AGI inference chip. Investors in the round include Tsinghua Alumni Seed Fund, Beijing Institute for General Artificial Intelligence, Songlin Technology, Pingzhi Information, Anwu Intelligence, and Yuzi Zhangquan. The capital will fund core architecture design and R&D ahead of tape-out. Founded in April 2026 by AI scientist Zhu Songchun — president of BIGAI and chair professor at Peking University and Tsinghua University — Tongxin Intelligence targets large models, world models, and general-purpose agents with its chip. The company plans FPGA prototype validation in early December 2026.