Tongxin intelligence secures multi-hundred million funding for AGI chip development

Tongxin Intelligence has successfully closed a seed and angel funding round amounting to several hundred million yuan. The investment round involved several notable backers, including Tsinghua Alumni Seed Fund, Beijing General AI Research Institute, Songlin Technology, Pingzhi Information, Anwu Intelligence, and Yuzi Changquan. These newly acquired funds are earmarked primarily for the core architecture design and research phases preceding the chip fabrication process. The company, which was incubated by the Beijing General AI Research Institute and established in April 2026, was founded by Professor Zhu Songchun, an AI scientist and Dean of the Beijing General AI Research Institute, who holds professorships at Peking University and Tsinghua University. Tongxin Intelligence's initial product is designed as an inference chip intended to support AGI algorithms, targeting applications such as large models, world models, and general intelligent agents. The company plans to commence FPGA prototype verification in early December of this year.