{
  "id": 15223823,
  "title": "Chinese Startup StepFun Launches a Phone Built Around an AI Agent, Not Apps",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/chinese-startup-stepfun-launches-a-phone-built-around-an-ai-agent-not",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-17T15:01:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Decrypt",
    "slug": "decrypt",
    "url": "https://decrypt.co/381202/chinese-startup-stepfun-phone-ai-agent"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "StepFun's STEPX Neo opened for pre-orders in China on Oct. 13 at 3,999 yuan, with an AI agent built into the operating system instead of bolted on as an app.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}