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Coverage from NVIDIA's official blog, Xinhua, People's Daily, CCTV and other national and regional media, plus government sources. Every item links to the original.
DAWA wins the Excellence Award at the mid-term round of the 2026 NVIDIA Inception Showcase
At the mid-term round in Suzhou on October 15, DAWA won the Excellence Award for its Scenes AI real-time world model. Thirty companies were selected from more than 580 to present; it is DAWA's second award at the Showcase this year, after Outstanding Company in Shenzhen in August.
- 2026.08.13/Media/In ChineseChongqing Daily
Yongchuan's DAWA wins Outstanding Company at the 2026 NVIDIA Inception Showcase
Explains the 34B-parameter (4B active) Scene Foundation Model and sparse micro-diffusion behind LiveStage, with 25 FPS and 3,600 consecutive consistent frames.
ScenesAI↗ - 2026.08.12/Media/In ChineseChina News Service
DAWA named an Outstanding Company at the 2026 NVIDIA Inception Showcase
On August 5, DAWA presented the LiveStage real-time world model at the 2026 NVIDIA Inception Showcase in Shenzhen and received an Outstanding Company certificate.
ScenesAI↗ - 2026.08.12/WeChat/In ChineseYongchuan Release (official WeChat)
Yongchuan's DAWA wins Outstanding Company at the 2026 NVIDIA Inception Showcase
Yongchuan District's official account announces DAWA's 2026 NVIDIA Inception Showcase award for LiveStage.
ScenesAI↗ - 2026.07.08/NVIDIA/In ChineseNVIDIA China Blog
DAWA builds an LLM-powered intelligent sales assistant on NVIDIA DGX Spark
An NVIDIA case study: DealCat runs LLM inference on NVIDIA DGX Spark to cut conversation latency and improve concurrency and memory retrieval.
DealCat↗ - 2026.06.15/Media/In ChineseChongqing Daily
Yongchuan Tech Film Studio reshapes film production with AI
With FilmOS, the 85-episode short drama Li Ge 1999 was shot in Yongchuan in 10 days, and script breakdown dropped from one or two weeks to 15 minutes.
FilmOS↗ - 2026.04.04/Media/In ChineseChongqing Daily
New Chongqing Contribution Award winner Lu Qi sets a benchmark for virtual production
DAWA founder Lu Qi, who spent eight years in Yongchuan building the tech film studio, receives the New Chongqing Contribution Award.
Company↗ - 2026.03.15/Industry/In Chinese36Kr
Industrial AI video company raises again, with 120 TB of exclusive data and revenue over RMB 100M
DAWA closed a round of nearly RMB 100 million led by Yicun Capital and Baojiehui Innovation Fund, to fund model iteration and FilmOS commercialization.
Company↗ - 2026.02.11/Media/In ChineseXinhua News Agency
Yongchuan, Chongqing: turning on-screen attention into a lasting industry
Xinhua reports that the DAWA-operated Yongchuan studio took on 60+ projects in 2025 at 90% utilization.
Yongchuan Studio↗ - 2026.02.11/Media/In ChinesePeople's Daily · Feb 11, 2026, p. 8
Technology powers the film-industry production line
A People's Daily reporter visits the studio: LED virtual production cuts production time by nearly 40% and costs by 30%.
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- 2025.11.07/Government/In ChineseChongqing Municipal Government
Yongchuan Tech Film Studio: a “dream factory” between the virtual and the real
A profile of the studio's virtual production and industrial set-building; it has hosted 50+ productions.
Yongchuan Studio↗ - 2025.09.02/Media/In ChineseChongqing Daily
25 films and series in six months: why this Yongchuan studio leads China in utilization
In the first half of 2025, the DAWA-run stage hosted 25 film and TV productions at 90% utilization.
Yongchuan Studio↗ - 2025.07.06/Media/In ChineseScience and Technology Daily
Technology lights up the screen: the 2025 SCO Film Festival shows Chongqing's path in tech-driven film
The 2025 SCO Film Festival was held at Yongchuan Tech Film Studio, which raises crew efficiency by more than 40%.
SCO Film Festival↗ - 2025.06.19/Media/In ChineseCCTV.com
Booked through year-end: why film crews are flocking to Yongchuan, Chongqing
The studio is booked through the end of the year; the report notes DAWA's virtual production work on films including The Battle at Lake Changjin.
Yongchuan Studio↗ - 2025.06.07/NVIDIA/In ChineseNVIDIA China Blog
NVIDIA Inception delegation wraps up BEYOND Expo 2025
At BEYOND Expo 2025, CyanPuppets was one of eight NVIDIA Inception members to win a BEYOND Awards Innovation Award.
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- 2023.09.19/NVIDIA/In ChineseNVIDIA China Blog
2023 NVIDIA Inception Showcase Shenzhen wraps up
NVIDIA's recap features CYAN.AI, which generates full face, finger and body motion data from 2D video in real time.
CyanPuppets↗ - 2023.05.06/Government/In ChineseChongqing Municipal Government
China Film Sci-Tech Summit held in Yongchuan as the Tech Film Studio officially opens
Yongchuan Tech Film Studio was unveiled at the summit, where DAWA demonstrated hyper-realistic virtual production.
Yongchuan Studio↗ - 2023.04.06/NVIDIA/In ChineseNVIDIA China · via EET China
How NVIDIA powers CyanPuppets' real-time 2D-video-to-3D-skeleton AI model
CYAN.AI uses NVIDIA GPUs for wearable-free motion capture of 208 keypoints with latency as low as 0.1 s.
CyanPuppets↗