·HSK 4

AI (artificial intelligence)
AI
AI
programming / coding
biānchéng
编程
startup company
chūchuàng gōngsī
初创公司
Factory (AI coding startup)
Factory
Factory
to obtain / to receive
huòdé
获得
$150 million
1.5 yì měiyuán
1.5亿美元
fundraising / to raise capital
róngzī
融资
，
valuation
gūzhí
估值
to reach / to amount to
dá
达
$1.5 billion
15 yì měiyuán
15亿美元
。

AI (artificial intelligence)

programming / coding

biānchéng

编程

startup company

chūchuàng gōngsī

初创公司

Factory (AI coding startup)

Factory

currently / in the process of

zhèngzài

正在

to carry out / to conduct

jìnxíng

进行

a new round

xīn yī lún

新一轮

fundraising

róngzī

融资

negotiation / talks

tánpàn

谈判

，

to plan

jìhuà

计划

to raise / to collect (funds)

chóují

筹集

$150 million

1.5 yì měiyuán

1.5亿美元

，

by / led by

yóu

由

Khosla Ventures (venture capital firm)

Khosla Ventures

to lead (an investment round)

lǐngtóu

领投

，

company

gōngsī

公司

valuation

gūzhí

估值

will / shall

jiāng

将

to reach / to attain

dádào

达到

$1.5 billion

15 yì měiyuán

15亿美元

。

April 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM

AI (artificial intelligence)

programming / coding

biānchéng

编程

startup company

chūchuàng gōngsī

初创公司

Factory (AI coding startup)

Factory

currently / in the process of

zhèngzài

正在

to carry out / to conduct

jìnxíng

进行

a new round

xīn yī lún

新一轮

fundraising / to raise capital

róngzī

融资

negotiation / talks

tánpàn

谈判

，

to plan

jìhuà

计划

to raise / to collect (funds)

chóují

筹集

$150 million

1.5 yì měiyuán

1.5亿美元

。

this round / the current round

běn lún

本轮

fundraising / to raise capital

róngzī

融资

by / led by

yóu

由

well-known / prominent

zhīmíng

知名

venture capital

fēngxiǎn tóuzī

风险投资

institution / organization

jīgòu

机构

Khosla Ventures (venture capital firm)

Khosla Ventures

to lead (an investment round)

lǐngtóu

领投

，

company

gōngsī

公司

valuation

gūzhí

估值

will / shall

jiāng

将

to reach / to attain

dádào

达到

$1.5 billion

15 yì měiyuán

15亿美元

。

Factory (AI coding startup)

Factory

to develop / to build

kāifā

开发

structural particle

的

artificial intelligence

réngōng zhìnéng

人工智能

tool / instrument

gōngjù

工具

can / able to

kě

可

to help / to assist

bāngzhù

帮助

software

ruǎnjiàn

软件

engineer

gōngchéngshī

工程师

automatically

zìdòng

自动

to complete / to finish

wánchéng

完成

repetitive / recurring

chóngfùxìng

重复性

programming / coding

biānchéng

编程

task / assignment

rènwù

任务

。

the company

gāi gōngsī

该公司

structural particle

的

product

chǎnpǐn

产品

to be able to / capable of

nénggòu

能够

to understand / to comprehend

lǐjiě

理解

codebase / code repository

dàimǎ kù

代码库

，

and / also

bìng

并

under (a condition)

zài

在

minimum / least

zuìshǎo

最少

manual / human

réngōng

人工

intervention / interference

gānyù

干预

under the circumstances of

de qíngkuàng xià

的情况下

to execute / to carry out

zhíxíng

执行

complex / complicated

fùzá

复杂

operation / task

cāozuò

操作

。

along with / as

suízhe

随着

AI (artificial intelligence)

programming / coding

biānchéng

编程

tool

gōngjù

工具

market

shìchǎng

市场

competition

jìngzhēng

竞争

to intensify / to escalate

jiājù

加剧

，

Factory (AI coding startup)

Factory

currently

zhèng

正

to seek / to pursue

xúnqiú

寻求

to accelerate / to speed up

jiākuài

加快

product

chǎnpǐn

产品

development

kāifā

开发

and

hé

和

market

shìchǎng

市场

expansion

kuòzhāng

扩张

。

if / should

ruò

若

fundraising / to raise capital

róngzī

融资

smoothly / successfully

shùnlì

顺利

to be completed

wánchéng

完成

，

Factory (AI coding startup)

Factory

will / shall

jiāng

将

to join the ranks of / to enter

jīshēn

跻身

unicorn (startup valued over $1 billion)

dújiǎoshòu

独角兽

ranks / category

hángliè

行列

，

zài

在

AI (artificial intelligence)

programming / coding

biānchéng

编程

market

shìchǎng

市场

within / among

zhōng

中

further / one step further

jìn yī bù

进一步

to improve / to enhance

tíshēng

提升

competitiveness

jìngzhēng lì

竞争力

。

in recent years

jìn nián lái

近年来

，

multiple / several (companies)

duō jiā

多家

AI (artificial intelligence)

programming / coding

biānchéng

编程

company

gōngsī

公司

to receive / to obtain

huòdé

获得

large-scale

dà guīmó

大规模

investment

tóuzī

投资

，

the entire / the whole

zhěnggè

整个

market segment / sector

sàidào

赛道

to attract

xīyǐn

吸引

aspect particle (completed action)

了

a large amount of

dàliàng

大量

capital

zīběn

资本

attention / interest

guānzhù

关注

。

New Words

AI (artificial intelligence)

biānchéng

编程

programming / coding

chūchuàng gōngsī

初创公司

startup company

Factory

Factory (AI coding startup)

zhèngzài

正在

currently / in the process of

jìnxíng

进行

to carry out / to conduct

xīn yī lún

新一轮

a new round

róngzī

融资

fundraising / to raise capital

tánpàn

谈判

negotiation / talks

jìhuà

计划

to plan

chóují

筹集

to raise / to collect (funds)

1.5 yì měiyuán

1.5亿美元

$150 million

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AI Coding Startup Factory Raises 150 Million Dollars at 1.5 Billion Dollar Valuation

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