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Cambricon Technologies Corp. Ltd.688256 · Shanghai Stock Exchange (STAR Market) · Co-founder, chairman and CEO · 28.35% · as of Mar 2026
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Ticker
688256
Exchange
Shanghai Stock Exchange (STAR Market)
Role
Co-founder, chairman and CEO; largest shareholder (held directly and via Beijing Aixi L.P.)
Stake
28.35%
Stake as of
2026-03-31
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Investment vehicles

Beijing Aixi L.P.holding co
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holding co
Notes
Partnership through which part of Chen's Cambricon stake is held (Chen owns ~2% of it), per Cambricon's Q1 2026 report as cited by Bloomberg.
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Private deals

Cambricon won CSRC registration approval (Sept 9, 2025) for a private share placement of up to 3.985 billion yuan…Sep 2025
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Cambricon won CSRC registration approval (Sept 9, 2025) for a private share placement of up to 3.985 billion yuan (~$559M) to fund large-model chips and software (plan cut from 4.98bn yuan in July 2025).
Date
2025-09
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Cambricon completed the ~4 billion yuan (~$562M) private placement; buyers included GF Fund Management (1.2bn yuan)…Oct 2025
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Cambricon completed the ~4 billion yuan (~$562M) private placement; buyers included GF Fund Management (1.2bn yuan), UBS AG and New China Asset Management.
Date
2025-10-21
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Cambricon reported its first annual profit since its 2016 founding (FY2025 results, published March 2026), helped by…Mar 2026
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Cambricon reported its first annual profit since its 2016 founding (FY2025 results, published March 2026), helped by China's push for domestic AI chips.
Date
2026-03
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Legal & regulatory

Cambricon was added to the US Commerce Department's BIS Entity List on Dec 15, 2022 (export restrictions); it cut ties…
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Cambricon was added to the US Commerce Department's BIS Entity List on Dec 15, 2022 (export restrictions); it cut ties with TSMC and relies on China's SMIC for manufacturing.
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Cambricon benefits from US export limits on Nvidia chips to China and from Beijing's semiconductor self-sufficiency…
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Cambricon benefits from US export limits on Nvidia chips to China and from Beijing's semiconductor self-sufficiency policies; production capacity reported as a constraint (e.g., a reported ByteDance pre-order larger than its projected 2025 shipments).
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What to watch

Cambricon Q3 2026 results (STAR Market companies report Q3 by end of October)Oct 2026
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Any change to US export controls on AI chips to China (Nvidia/AMD access), which drives demand for Cambricon's chips
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Cambricon share-price volatility and valuation, which drives most of Chen's net worth
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