The United States will put Chinese artificial intelligence company SenseTime on an investment blacklist on Friday, the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the decision, as the company is finalising its Hong Kong IPO. The startup had not been aware it could be added to a US blacklist, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter, adding the news also caught bankers working on the US$767 million (A$1.07 billion) deal by surprise. A call was under way late on Thursday in Hong Kong hours between the company and its advisers to discuss the implications of the ban...