Appier, a startup developing AI-based solutions for precision marketing, has been recognized by Taiwan's National Development Fund as one of two Taiwan-based unicorns.

OmniEyes has developed a car fleet management solution through AI-based analysis of real-time video, according company co-founder and CEO Chou Chun-ting.

Taiwan-based startup Cloud Wine Index Technology (Winedex) aims to set up an international wine/liquor index trading center in Taiwan, according to company co-founder and CEO Ban Lin.

AI-based marketing solution developer AccuHit AI Technology Taiwan has raised NT$70 million (US$2.3 million) in pre series-A funding round, with the fund to be used to enhance R&D and expand scope of products and services, according to company co-founder and CEO Jason Lin.

China-based e-commerce operator Alibaba Group has reported consolidated revenues of CNY161.456 billion (US$23.19 billion) for fourth-quarter 2019, increasing 35.66% sequentially and 37.67% on year.

Despite automation equipment, robotic arms and AGVs (automated guided vehicles), manual operation is still necessary for some manufacturing industries and thus harmonized collaboration between workers and robots is essential to Industry 4.0, according to Shinyi Fukui, executive officer for Technology...

High-definition electronic map provider Kingwaytek Technology has obtained Taiwan's approval for trial operation of autonomous mini-buses, and will start the trial on a road mainly used for sight-seeing trips in central Taiwan in March, according to the company.

Taiwan-based Pumpkin Studio develops VR theme park games and provides planning and interior design services for setting up location-based arcade machines for such games, according to company founder and CEO Peter Liao.

Allxon, a startup spun off from Acer, has launched an open cloud computing-based management platform for all types of Internet devices in a bid to reduce labor- and time-consuming maintenance services, according to company chairman Chen Hsuan-bin.

iStaging has seen a surge in inquiries following China's coronavirus outbreak about its VR/AR solutions that can replace person-to-person contact conventionally entailed in general business operations, according to company COO Rene Fang.

ezTravel, the largest Taiwan-based online travel agency, has cooperated with AI-based solution developer Appier to provide services for customized personal tourism planning using AI-based big data analysis.

The UK Tech Rocketship Awards are open to Taiwan-based startup businesses for the first time, with six candidates to be selected to participate in the London Tech Week 2020 during June 8-12, the British Office in Taipei has announced.

Fintech startup business Aifian in 2019 launched its AI Chia Chia, an artificial intellignece-based app functioning as a broker for personal credit information, and has partnered with DoDoHome, a large car parking service provider in Taiwan, for initial commercial use, according to company founder...

Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) has authorized Taipei Exchange (TPEx) to formulate Taipei Exchange Rules Governing the Operation by Securities Firms of the Business of Proprietary Trading of Securities Tokens and related regulations to oversee the issuing and trading of security token...

The just-concluded CES 2020 has witnessed diverse new tech innovations and applications, such as wearable devices focusing more on diverse health monitoring, AR/VR gears incorporating AI and 8K technologies, and AIoT-driven smart home, providing new development directions and business opportunities...

Taiwan-based Stereotactic surgery navigation solution developer EPED has been tapping overseas markets and expects consolidated revenues for 2020 to exceed NT$100 million (US$3.3 million), according to company chairman and president Douglas Huang.

China's software industry consisting of 40,338 companies generated total revenues of CNY6.462 trillion (US$936.46 billion) in January-November 2019, growing 15.5% on year, according to China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

Computational Intelligence Technology Center under government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has developed an AI-based deep learning solution for use in training robotic arms to load and unload components onto and off production lines.

Future-Action Interactive Art has designed digital games for CTBC Bank to market its financial management services via immersive education of game players, according to company founder Bryan Cheng.

Heroic-Faith Medical Science expects its AI-powered respiratory monitor to receive US FDA clearance this year, according to Taiwan-based startup.

As the auction of 5G spectrums in Taiwan has reached an end, telecom carriers' high bidding prices are expected to prompt them to accelerate the adoption of x86 servers in their equipment sets to save costs, according to sources from telecom carriers.

Twelve startup teams and businesses supported by Taiwan AI x Robotics Accelerator (TAIRA) program being implemented at AI_ROBOT@STSP, a base established in Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) to encourage innovations and cultivate talent in AI and robotics, have shown 20 innovative products or services...

Taiwan's startup delegation to CES 2020 has won business opportunities of more than US$226 million during their stay in the US, according to the Ministry of Science and Technoilogy (MOST).

South Korea-based Robocare exhibited BOMY I and BOMY II, two companion robots for eldercare at CES 2020.

Taiwanese startup AP Plasma has developed AI-base low-temperature air plasma technology for use in automated surface bonding of soles to shoes, according to company chairman and president Jango Chang.