From Yancheng to Shenzhen Venture Capital, with a dual-track layout of the industry side and the financial side, VAST’s combination of talent, data, and globalization is set to reshape the competitive landscape for general world models.

Mars Finance reports that the general artificial intelligence company VAST has completed two funding rounds, Series A+ and A++, with a total amount of nearly $200 million. Investors include industry players such as Yance Capital and China Life Yangtze River Delta Innovation Fund, as well as financial investors such as Shenzhen Capital Group and Yuan Sheng Capital, with some existing shareholders continuing to co-invest. The funds will be used for talent, algorithm iteration, and data accumulation for AI 3D large models and general world models, and to advance the company’s global market layout and development of the industry ecosystem.