India's Union Budget for fiscal year 2026–27, unveiled on February 1, 2026, emphasizes manufacturing, semiconductors, and AI-linked infrastructure as central pillars of economic growth. The measures aim to strengthen supply chains, reduce import dependence, and institutionalize compliance frameworks for both domestic and foreign investors.
A recent survey by the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) shows that Japanese companies operating in Vietnam remain committed to expansion, even as they increasingly view China as their main competitive threat.
Pegatron and Sysgration announced a strategic partnership on February 5, under which Pegatron will invest NT$.21 billion (US$38.3 million) in Sysgration through a private placement of common shares. Pegatron will subscribe to 22,000 shares at NT$55 per share, bringing the total size of the funding round to NT$1.375 billion.
Following the launch of its first AI smart glasses, Vive Eagle, HTC has continued to roll out operational initiatives, including expanding sales regions, building out its ecosystem and services, adding new channel partners, and refining product compatibility and lineup to drive overall sales momentum for its AI glasses.
Apple has introduced AI agent integration in its integrated development environment (IDE) Xcode, supporting Anthropic Claude and OpenAI Codex. This allows AI to autonomously build, test, and debug code, aligning with the rising trend of vibe coding.
Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, on February 5, 2026, released an updated AI model as investors continued to reassess the impact of rapid advances in generative AI on the traditional enterprise software sector.
Global quantum technology is shifting from research to commercialization. South Korea is advancing its national strategy centered on its first quantum comprehensive plan. The government recently unveiled its first quantum cluster basic plan. The aim is to build a robust quantum ecosystem and catch up with the currently leading countries.
OpenAI is accelerating on multiple fronts, but the pace of progress across the generative AI landscape is making it harder for the company to claim uncontested leadership. As Google's Gemini models close capability gaps and Anthropic pushes aggressively into enterprise and agentic AI, OpenAI finds itself under intensifying pressure; not only to ship ever more powerful models, but also to prove it can turn technical leadership into a profitable business.
Nvidia has postponed the release of its next-generation gaming graphics processing units (GPUs) this year as a global shortage of memory chips intensifies, underscoring how the artificial intelligence (AI) boom is reshaping priorities across the semiconductor industry.
Wistron reported a record-strong revenue of NT$228.3 billion (US$7.24 billion) in January 2026, marking a 10.5% month-on-month decline but a robust 151.5% year-on-year increase. The company attributed this performance to its AI servers becoming the largest growth driver for the group, alongside early PC customer orders that softened typical seasonal slowdowns in the first quarter of 2026.
Amazon reported record revenue on accelerating cloud growth, but investor attention shifted to its plan to spend about US$200 billion in capital expenditure in 2026. The scale of AI-driven spending has raised concerns over near-term margins and the timing of returns despite strong AWS momentum.
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