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Friday 22 May 2026

Innovation at the edge: Semiconductor startup highlights from Plug and Play Silicon Valley May Summit 2026

At the recent Plug and Play Silicon Valley May Summit, the semiconductor and supply chain sessions highlighted a critical shift toward hardware-level security, energy efficiency for...

Thursday 21 May 2026

Anthropic estimates show US$559 million operating profit on US$10.9 billion quarter

Anthropic has unlocked an era of explosive commercial growth, hitting a milestone with its first-ever profitable quarter. According to The...

Thursday 21 May 2026

Moonshot AI abandons offshore structure to pursue landmark Hong Kong IPO

Moonshot AI, the Beijing-based generative AI unicorn behind the widely popular Kimi chatbot, has informed its shareholders that it intends to dismantle...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Anthropic buys Stainless, forcing OpenAI and Google to rebuild or migrate SDK tooling

Anthropic acquired developer tools startup Stainless and shut down its public SDK generator, removing an automated API-to-SDK workflow used by major AI providers and forcing rivals...

Monday 18 May 2026

Palo Alto Networks integrates CyberArk, Koi and Portkey and launches Idira to bolster AI and identity security

Palo Alto Networks said it completed the acquisition of CyberArk in February 2026 and began integrating CyberArk's privileged access management capabilities into its Cortex and Strata...

Sunday 17 May 2026

Galatek targets advanced packaging market, eyes Taiwan foundries

Singapore-based AI automation startup Galatek said it is tackling yield bottlenecks in micron-level packaging with AI-embedded equipment as demand for AI and high-performance computing...

Wednesday 13 May 2026

Anthropic in talks to acquire Stainless, SDK startup serving Google and OpenAI

Anthropic is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire Stainless, a startup that builds software development kits for AI companies, including Google and OpenAI. The deal could value...

Monday 11 May 2026

DeepSeek's US$7bn funding bid puts China's AI race on notice

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is seeking to raise as much as CNY50 billion (US$7.35 billion) in its first external funding round. The deal could value the company at more than CNY350...

Monday 11 May 2026

Anthropic's AI expansion reportedly fuels US$1.8 billion Akamai cloud deal

AI startup Anthropic has reportedly signed a US$1.8 billion computing agreement with Akamai Technologies as demand for generative AI services...

Monday 11 May 2026

Emtar: Building the 6G Satellite 'Brain' with Canadian Support

As Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite competition intensifies, satellite communication has evolved from a terrestrial supplement into a core infrastructure for AI and cloud...

Monday 11 May 2026

From Quantum Origins to Analog AI: How Irreversible is Redefining Edge Computing

As the global technology industry descends on Taipei for COMPUTEX 2026 this June, a Canadian startup is preparing to challenge the fundamental architecture of modern...

Wednesday 6 May 2026

Seetel secures JC-STAR dual certification to enter Japan energy storage market

Taiwan startup Seetel New Energy announced on May 5 that its self-developed energy management and battery management systems have passed Japan Cyber STAR certification from the Information-technology...

Wednesday 6 May 2026

How Plug and Play is bridging Taiwan's deep tech startups with Silicon Valley capital

For much of the past decade, Taiwan watched from the sidelines as global venture capital poured into software. The island's world-class manufacturers, semiconductor giants, and precision...

Tuesday 5 May 2026

Tron Future Tech's T.MicroSat-2 completes downlink verification

Tron Future Tech's successful Ka-band downlink verification for T.MicroSat-1 and T.MicroSat-2 signals progress toward global low-earth-orbit (LEO) communication services, validating...

Monday 4 May 2026

Anthropic reportedly in talks with Fractile to buy inference chips amid AI compute crunch

Anthropic has been in talks with Fractile, a London-based startup, to purchase its inference chips for running its AI models more efficiently, as inferential AI tasks have pushed up...

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