Investing in self-evolving intelligence
Apex Intelligence has completed its angel and angel-plus funding rounds, raising nearly US$50 million in total. The angel round was co-led by IDG Capital, LinkX Capital and XtalPi, with participation from Decent Capital, SEE Fund, Monad Ventures and Winsoul Capital. The angel-plus round was co-led by Zhongguancun Science City Fund, SCGC and Shanghai Engine Fund.
Founded in June 2026, Apex Intelligence is building self-evolving foundation models through recursive self-improvement. The company focuses on scientific research and discovery, with the goal of moving AI from an assistive tool to a co-researcher.
From reproducing knowledge to discovering the unknown
The company will use the financing to advance foundation-model training, expand compute and research infrastructure, build high-quality research-trajectory data systems and recruit research and engineering talent.
Research is not a side application of intelligence. It is the feedback loop through which intelligence can improve.
Apex Intelligence will continue developing systems that can propose ideas, execute experiments, learn from objective feedback and carry verified improvements into the next research cycle.