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Tencent-backed Enflame to debut in Shanghai on Friday in $912 million IPO

By Thomson Reuters Sep 9, 2026 | 7:22 AM

BEIJING, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Tencent-backed AI chipmaker Shanghai Enflame Technology will make its Shanghai stock market debut on September 11, an ​exchange filing showed on Wednesday.

Enflame, one ‌of China’s leading AI chip startups known locally as the “four little GPU dragons”, raised 6.12 billion yuan ($912 million) by selling 43 million new shares at 142.18 yuan each ‌in ​the initial public offering, ⁠the filing showed.

The offer ⁠price values Enflame at about 61.19 billion yuan ($9.12 billion), according to the filing. Only 4.16% of Enflame’s post-offering shares, or 17.9 million shares, ​will be available for trading when it lists on Shanghai’s tech-focused STAR Market.

Enflame, which ⁠develops and sells chips and ⁠related products used in AI computing, ​forecast a January to September net loss of ​700 million yuan to 860 million yuan, narrowing ‌from 887.8 million yuan a year earlier.

It forecast revenue of 2.3 billion yuan to 3 billion yuan, up 326% to 455%, the filing ⁠showed.

Enflame said it expects to break even or turn a profit in 2026 or 2027, depending on revenue ⁠and profit ‌margins.

Tencent will hold a 17.95% ⁠stake after the IPO, making it ​Enflame’s biggest ‌shareholder, the filing showed. Tencent ​was also ⁠Enflame’s largest end customer in 2025, accounting for 83.79% of its revenue, the filing showed.

($1 = 6.7077 Chinese yuan renminbi)

(Reporting by Xiuhao Chen and Liz Lee and Yantoultra Ngui; Editing by Jan Harvey and ​Alexander Smith)