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Gobi backs university labs after missing China’s LLM wave
Gobi, a venture capital firm, is backing university labs as part of its artificial intelligence investment strategy.
The move comes after the firm missed the wave of large language models in China.
Large language models are AI systems that can process and generate text.
Managing partner Chibo Tang has explained the firm’s approach to investing in AI.
He says Gobi does not want to follow the herd.
The available details do not say which labs Gobi is backing or what its next investments will be.
Gobi is backing university labs after missing China’s large language model wave.
Managing partner Chibo Tang explains the venture capital firm’s AI investment strategy.
Tang also explains why Gobi is not interested in following the herd.
The article was published by Tech in Asia on November 10, 2026.
- Who
- Gobi, with its managing partner Chibo Tang discussing the firm’s strategy.
- What
- Gobi is backing university labs after missing China’s large language model wave.
- When
- November 10, 2026, the article’s publication date.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- The article discusses Gobi’s AI investment strategy and why it is not interested in following the herd.
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- Firm
- Gobi
- Managing partner
- Chibo Tang
- Investment focus
- AI
- Backed institutions
- University labs
- Publication date
- November 10, 2026