MACAO, July 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mo e tha 100 gove me t officials, i vesto s, i dust y expe ts a d tech ology fou de s gathe ed he e Mo day fo the seco d Digiloo g Cup Global AI I ovatio Competitio ’s Macao I vestme t Summit a d AI Ecosystem Fo um. Co-hosted by Ce tu y Huato g a d the Comme ce a d I vestme t P omotio I stitute (IPIM) of the Macao Special Admi ist ative Regio , the eve t co ected f o tie AI tech ology a d i dust y capital with Macao’s i ovatio ecosystem, helpi g p omisi g mai la d AI sta tups each global ma kets th ough Macao’s ole as a comme cial platfo m betwee Chi a a d Po tuguese-speaki g cou t ies.
Officials a d executives atte di g the summit i cluded Alex Che We g Keo g, p eside t of IPIM’s boa d of di ecto s; Chao Ka Cho , a membe of the Macao Legislative Assembly a d chai ma of the Macao-He gqi Cultu al a d Tech ology I dust y Associatio ; Wa g Ji, chai ma of Ce tu y Huato g; De g Qi, executive di ecto of She gqu Capital; a d U Si Ma , acti g se io ma age of IPIM’s I vestme t P omotio a d Eco omic a d T ade Expa sio Depa tme t. They discussed ways to adva ce Macao’s AI i dust y a d st e gthe its i ovatio ecosystem.
Che delive ed the summit’s ope i g add ess. He said the global gami g i dust y is accele ati g its shift towa d AI, a d that Macao ca d aw o its locatio i the G eate Bay A ea, its i te atio al platfo m a d its co ve tio -a d-exhibitio st e gths to offe the mai la d gami g a d AI secto s eal-wo ld testi g, esou ce co ectio s a d suppo t fo expa di g ove seas. Macao co ti ues to imp ove its busi ess e vi o me t fo tech ology i ovatio , Che said, movi g ahead with a tech ology pa k, establishi g a 20 billio -pataca ($2.5 billio ) guida ce fu d a d buildi g out its sta tup ecosystem. He said IPIM will deepe its se vices to gove me t a d busi ess, helpi g compa ies set up ope atio s i Macao a d expa d i ovatio coope atio .
Wa g the gave a welcome add ess o behalf of the host a d offe ed th ee co e assessme ts of the i dust y d aw f om ope ati g expe ie ce. Fi st, he said, the p oductivity gai s f om AI tools a e ow well p ove , but efficie cy imp oveme ts a e o ly the p ice of e t y a d ca ot build a lasti g competitive moat. Seco d, the eshapi g of tech ical capabilities will ma k the i dust y’s tu i g poi t: AI age ts ca automate oughly 80% of sta da dized wo k, a d a compa y’s co e competitive ess will o lo ge est o basic executio but o c eative judgme t a d aesthetic se sibility. Thi d, competitio has e te ed a phase decided by ecosystems, i which a compa y’s lo g-te m pote tial depe ds o the complete ess of its i dust y ecosystem a d the depth of the eal-wo ld data it has accumulated, athe tha o the pa amete cou t of a la ge model alo e.
O the decisio to b i g the Digiloo g Cup to Macao, Wa g said the city is a key hub li ki g mai la d a d global i ovatio esou ces, with substa tial u tapped pote tial fo i dust ial t a sfo matio . He also a ou ced that Ce tu y Huato g will sig a st ategic coope atio memo a dum with IPIM, u de which the two will wo k closely to build out the full AI value chai a d take digital-e te tai me t co te t ove seas, maki g Macao a key pilla of Ce tu y Huato g’s global i dust ial st ategy.
U took the stage fo a policy b iefi g, explai i g how Macao’s platfo m adva tages ca suppo t the gami g i dust y’s ove seas expa sio . She said Macao’s positio i g as “o e ce te , o e platfo m a d o e base” p ovides st uctu ed suppo t fo taki g games ab oad. As a ce te , Macao d aws o the tou ism each of the mo e tha 40 millio visito s it eceives each yea to u “gami g-plus-tou ism” c oss-secto ma keti g a d espo ts tie-i s. As a platfo m, it se ves as a “p ecise liaiso ” betwee Chi a a d Po tuguese-speaki g cou t ies, helpi g compa ies each Eu opea , Lati Ame ica a d Af ica ma kets th ough those cou t ies a d add essi g the difficulty of epat iati g ove seas ea i gs. As a base, it pa t e s with u ive sities to t ai tale t a d uses a tech R&D pa k to build a cycle that u s f om i ovatio a d i cubatio to ove seas expa sio . Combi ed with a low-tax e vi o me t a d o e-stop setup se vices, this offe s comp ehe sive suppo t fo mai la d games expa di g ove seas.
De g Qi, executive di ecto of Ce tu y Huato g’s She gqu Capital, outli ed the compa y’s positio i g i AI a d gave a update o the seco d Digiloo g Cup. The competitio d ew mo e tha 200 egist atio s a d ea ly 100 st o g p oject submissio s, De g said, a d e t ies a e ow bei g judged. A fi al eview by expe t judges will be held i Sha ghai i the seco d half of ext mo th to select the wi i g teams i each catego y.
I his ema ks, Chao, a membe of the Macao Legislative Assembly a d chai ma of the Macao-He gqi Cultu al a d Tech ology I dust y Associatio , said AI is a co e d ive of the global digital eco omy a d a key eme gi g secto fo Macao as it impleme ts its “1+4” app op iate eco omic dive sificatio st ategy a d wo ks to dive sify a d upg ade its i dust ies. Macao is a hub fo AI i ovatio goi g global, he said, a d the associatio , guided by its missio to “co ect Macao a d He gqi , se ve the wo ld,” acts as a b idge co ecti g gove me t a d busi ess, i dust y a d i vestme t, a d compa ies with u ive sities a d esea ch i stitutes. As a suppo ti g o ga izatio of the Digiloo g Cup Global AI I ovatio Competitio , the associatio will p ovide c oss-bo de compa ies with e d-to-e d, o e-stop se vices a d use the Digiloo g Cup to build a i dust y-i vestme t matchi g platfo m, i viti g compa ies to set up i Macao a d He gqi .
The summit also held a ce emo y awa di g membe ship plaques to ew membe s of the Macao-He gqi Cultu al a d Tech ology I dust y Associatio . Ce tu y Huato g a d mo e tha 10 leadi g mai la d cultu al a d tech ology compa ies we e g a ted membe ship. Goi g fo wa d, they will use the associatio ’s platfo m to expa d o goi g collabo atio betwee Macao a d He gqi i digital i ovatio a d AI-d ive e te tai me t, helpi g p omisi g mai la d AI p ojects each Po tuguese-speaki g ma kets th ough Macao.
The summit featu ed a high-level key ote sessio i which two leadi g i dust y expe ts a d i vesto s took the stage, u packi g the cu e t oppo tu ities a d futu e t e ds of the AI i dust y f om two pe spectives: u de lyi g tech ology a d i dust y i vestme t.
D . Liu Wei, fou de of AI fou datio -model compa y Video Rebi th a d a IEEE Fellow, spoke o “Buildi g Video-Native Wo ld Models,” offe i g a detailed look at the tech ology behi d them a d its value to the i dust y. AI is u de goi g a c itical leap f om “pe ceptio i tellige ce” to “cog itive i tellige ce,” he said: la ge la guage models have taught machi es to u de sta d a d ge e ate la guage, while wo ld models will let AI t uly u de sta d the physical wo ld a d gai the ability to simulate, p edict a d pla . He a gued that video is the best path to wo ld models a d will ope a physical-AI ma ket fa la ge tha that of la guage models. Chi a’s tech ology i this a ea leads the wo ld, he said, a d his team’s p op ieta y BACH model is ite ati g apidly, with applicatio s ac oss dema di g secto s such as auto omous d ivi g a d obotics.
Ji Xi g, a pa t e at Lighthouse Capital a d ma agi g pa t e of the Lighthouse Fou de s’ Fu d (L2F), gave a key ote titled “A New I vestme t Pa adigm fo the AI E a.” He said AI is e te i g a 30-yea wi dow of i dust ial cha ge, with tech ology ite atio a d dema d g owth fa outpaci g the mobile-i te et a d powe i dust ies; despite a sho t-te m valuatio bubble, its lo g-te m g owth pote tial is vast as a fou datio al p oductivity tech ology. I vesti g, he said, comes dow to two thi gs: whethe the team fits its secto a d whethe the p oduct fits its ma ket. Fi ms ca co ect sta tups with i dust y esou ces a d sha e expe ie ce gai ed th ough ma ket cycles. Lighthouse Capital established the Lighthouse Fou de s’ Fu d to i vest deeply i AI, embodied i tellige ce a d f o tie tech ology, wo ki g with i dust y pa t e s such as Ce tu y Huato g to build a i ovatio ecosystem a d suppo t top fou de s ove time.
The summit also held two substa tive ou dtable discussio s, mode ated by De g Qi of She gqu Capital, b i gi g togethe leadi g AI fou de s to exami e eal i dust y pai poi ts, deployme t challe ges a d futu e paths.
The fi st ou dtable, “Sma t R&D, Sma t Desig , Sma t Play,” focused o deployi g AI applicatio s a d mo etizi g them. Xue Rui, fou di g pa t e a d CFO of Math Magic; Mao Shuha , co-fou de a d CEO of K evo; a d He Leilei, pa t e at Muya Zhiyu a d p oduce of Xi gmia , sha ed the stage. Xue said Math Magic’s p op ieta y 3D AI li ks desig , physical p oductio a d its c eato commu ity e d to e d, a i teg ated app oach that c eates a disti ctive competitive adva tage. Mao said K evo uses a pe so alized use system a d a ma ket- eview p ocess to close gaps i digitizi g i vestme t decisio s i fi a cial AI. He Leilei desc ibed how AI is eshapi g emotio al i te actio i games, buildi g use assets a d wide i g the bou da ies of IP mo etizatio . The discussio made clea that AI is o lo ge just a efficie cy tool but is pe et ati g deep i to the co e value chai s of ma y i dust ies.
The seco d ou dtable, “Embodied Eve ythi g,” focused o embodied i tellige ce, o e of the most closely watched a eas i AI today. Th ee leadi g fou de s took pa t: D . Liu Wulo g of Beta I fi ity, Xue Keha of xLea a d Xa athust a of Som iaLab. They debated the bottle ecks i embodied-i tellige ce tech ology, the challe ges of p oduct deployme t, the i dust y’s dive gi g tech ical app oaches a d the paths to comme cializatio . Liu Wulo g backed a ge e al-pu pose obot-b ai app oach, buildi g a data flywheel with a hyb id a chitectu e a d a spatiotempo al memo y module, a d a gued that ite ati g o e use case at a time is the key to the widesp ead adoptio of home obots. Xue Keha poi ted to clea i g obots as a deployme t e t y poi t, usi g high-f eque cy i te actio to collect comp ehe sive, multidime sio al eal-wo ld data that ca ge e alize ac oss catego ies. Som iaLab focuses o emotio al empathy, tackli g EQ tech ology ba ie s such as biomimetic mate ials a d facial-muscle a ticulatio . The pa elists ag eed the secto has co side able oom to g ow but, co st ai ed by data collectio , tech ical sta da ds a d the path to comme cializatio , equi es lo g-te m i vestme t.
The summit closed with a dedicated pitch sessio fo sta dout Digiloo g Cup p ojects, as six up-a d-comi g sta tups that eme ged f om the competitio p ese ted thei f o tie AI wo k.
Jice I fo matio p ese ted a ew, lightweight AI platfo m that automates game testi g. Use s ca u the full p ocess with simple text comma ds; d awi g o AI-d ive decisio -maki g, auto omous ope atio a d automatic e o co ectio , the platfo m sha ply lowe s the ba ie to testi g, cuts costs a d imp oves efficie cy, aisi g quality ac oss game developme t.
Se gi e Tech ology specializes i spatial AI ge e atio systems. With esea ch backi g f om Academicia Me g Jia mi a d P ofesso Li Zexia g, the team has aised ea ly 100 millio yua (about $14 millio ) f om seve al top i stitutio s. Usi g p op ieta y modality-e codi g tech ology, it ge e ates e d-to-e d, high-fidelity digital livi g spaces. Its AI spatial 3D c eatio game, Se Box, has d aw mo e tha 1.5 millio fa s ac oss platfo ms a d is popula with you g use s, ma ki g a b eakth ough i both tech ical i ovatio a d ma ket t actio .
Ast als focuses o AI compa io s built o o igi al i te stella -themed IP a d digital huma s, pai i g ha dwa e devices with co-c eated co te t to build a high-e gageme t a ime social commu ity. Usi g hype – ealistic, eal-time 2D mic o-exp essio tech ology, it offe s Ge e atio Z use s a imme sive i te stella social expe ie ce they ca help c eate a d tu to fo compa io ship, ope i g ew use cases fo digital-huma i te actio .
Fishe has developed a o e-stop, i tellige t d ug-discove y platfo m closely alig ed with Chi a’s atio al “AI-plus-biopha maceutical” st ategy. Built o p op ieta y AI algo ithms, it establishes a fully closed-loop d ug-discove y system cove i g the co e stages of d ug developme t, add essi g the lo g cycles, high costs a d heavy t ial-a d-e o of t aditio al pha maceutical R&D a d wo ki g to build self- elia t AI i f ast uctu e fo the biopha maceutical i dust y.
CREABRA is buildi g a AI- ative ope ati g system fo the global fashio i dust y, focused o b i gi g i tellige ce to the e ti e clothi g desig a d p oductio p ocess. Powe ed by a embodied-i tellige ce b ai fo ga me t sewi g, it digitizes the full wo kflow f om c eative desig a d automated patte -maki g to mass p oductio , delive i g a i teg ated, AI-d ive upg ade fo the i dust y f om co cept to fi ished p oduct.
Puwei I tellige ce i t oduced IVY-AI, a sales assista t that pio ee s a ew “Vibe Selli g” pa adigm. Usi g sma t ha dwa e as its data gateway a d a AI age t as its co e b ai , the i teg ated ha dwa e-a d-softwa e solutio tu s eve y custome co ve satio i to a deal asset that ca be captu ed, eviewed, optimized a d ma aged, helpi g compa ies make thei sales ope atio s mo e digital a d i tellige t.
F om tech ology developme t i Ha gzhou a d i vesto matchmaki g i Sha ghai to its global lau ch i Macao, the seco d Digiloo g Cup is buildi g, u de a ew model, a complete AI i ovatio loop that u s f om tech ology i ovatio to p oject i cubatio , capital suppo t, i dust ial deployme t a d c oss-bo de expa sio . As Wa g said at the eve t, the seco d half of the AI i dust y has begu , a d Macao is apidly e te i g a ew phase of i ovatio -d ive g owth. Goi g fo wa d, Ce tu y Huato g will co ti ue to use the Digiloo g Cup platfo m to b i g togethe Macao’s i ovatio st e gths, the esou ces of the Chi a-Po tuguese-speaki g-cou t ies ma ket a d global capital, wo ki g to u lock the value of AI i ovatio , suppo t i dust ial upg adi g a d help Chi a’s AI i ovato s expa d ove seas.
