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Enflame’s $912M STAR IPO Closed +179% — Tencent Is 84% of 2025 Sales
Reuters said Shanghai Enflame Technology (688801.SS) raised 6.12 billion yuan ($912 million) on September 11, 2026, and closed up 179%. Tencent is the largest shareholder and accounted for 83.79% of 2025 revenue. The company lost 1.16 billion yuan on 990.2 million yuan of sales. First-day cap is not a diligence mark.
Enflame listed. Shanghai Enflame Technology started trading on Shanghai’s STAR Market on September 11, 2026, as 688801.SS. It raised 6.12 billion yuan ($912 million) — Reuters’ dollars at $1 = 6.7061 yuan. Reuters. Last verified September 11, 2026.
The number that matters is not the +179% close. Tencent accounted for 83.79% of 2025 revenue. Largest shareholder after the deal: 17.95%. That is a customer-concentration IPO, not a diversified GPU book.
Five-minute decision
| If you need… | Verdict |
|---|---|
| What happened | Listed. STAR Market. $912M (~¥6.12B) primary. Ticker 688801.SS. |
| First-day tape | Open 410 yuan vs offer 142.18. High 475. Close 397, +179%. |
| Cap | Offer ~61.2B yuan (~$9.1B). Close ~171B yuan (~$25.5B). Not a live mark. |
| Profits | None. 2025: revenue 990.2M yuan (~$148M), loss 1.16B yuan (~$173M). |
| vs Unitree | Same venue, different product. Unitree is humanoids (688836.SH, Aug 19). Enflame is AI accelerators. Both first-day pops decay; do not freeze opens. |
Investigate further when: you can diligence non-Tencent revenue and whether 2026–27 breakeven guidance is a forecast or a wish.
Wait or pass when: you need a US ticker, current US-dollar cap, or a private-round comparable.
The listing
| Field | Detail |
|---|---|
| Shares | 43.04 million new shares · 10% of enlarged capital (Reuters) |
| Offer | 142.18 yuan |
| Close | 397 yuan · +179% |
| Use of proceeds | Fifth- and sixth-generation AI chips, related software, large-scale systems (prospectus via Reuters) |
| 9M 2026 guide | Revenue 2.3–3.0B yuan; net loss 700–860M yuan |
| Profit timing | Breakeven or profitable 2026 or 2027, “depending on revenue growth and margins” (company via Reuters) |
Press shorthand groups Enflame with Moore Threads, MetaX, and Biren as China’s “four little GPU dragons.” That is a nickname, not a financial statement.
Public China vs private US silicon
Unitree’s STAR IPO already taught the open-vs-close lesson. Same week in US press: Positron AI told Reuters it raised $875 million at $5 billion — a private inference-silicon mark, not a VCT permalink yet. Do not add Positron’s $5 billion to Enflame’s close cap.
Groq remains a US private inference name. Different listing venue, different customer mix, different disclosure.
What remains undisclosed
Non-Tencent 2026 run-rate. Export-control impact on the book. How much of the close is subscription mechanics versus a long-term holder. A US ADR.
Related: September 10–11 index · Unitree STAR IPO · Groq.
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