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Tuesday 2 September 2025
China's GPU startup Lisuan secures US$70 million as Dosilicon deepens stake, despite heavy losses
Dosilicon Co. has doubled down on Lisuan Technology, a Chinese GPU startup with no revenue but soaring investor attention. The Shanghai firm raised CNY500 million (US$70 million)...
Monday 1 September 2025
Taiwan EMS embraces startup collab, Innolux, Compal lead the way
In response to the threat of tariffs from the Trump administration, Taiwan's electronics contract manufacturing industry has been expanding into the US, adding to its already vast...
Monday 1 September 2025
Cambricon's second act: From Huawei's castoff to China's AI hopeful
China's Cambricon Technologies, a leading domestic AI chip startup, has endured a turbulent rise marked by the brilliance of its founding brothers and the pressure of shifting geopolitics...
Friday 29 August 2025
India-based boAt, HrdWyr unveil indigenously designed chip with Tata Electronics support
boAt has partnered with semiconductor startup HrdWyr to launch the HrdWyr Indus 1011, a high-volume chip fully designed in India, with assembly, packaging, and testing enabled by...
Friday 29 August 2025
Perplexity offers $42.5m to publishers as lawsuits pile up
AI search engine startup Perplexity has announced a content revenue-sharing program, pledging US$42.5 million to partner media outlets. This move comes amid ongoing copyright controversies...
Thursday 28 August 2025
Silicon Valley advanced manufacturing tech startup Arris Composites strengthens production in Taiwan
Cutting-edge manufacturing tech startup Arris Composites from Silicon Valley is leveraging innovative processes and materials science as its core driving force by establishing the...
Wednesday 27 August 2025
Rebellions unveils chiplet AI accelerator to challenge Nvidia in hyperscale market
Korea-based Rebellions unveiled its next-generation AI accelerator, REBEL-Quad, at the Hot Chips 2025 symposium in California, positioning itself as a direct rival to Nvidia's Blackwell...
Tuesday 26 August 2025
Southern Taiwan emerges as global semiconductor and AI hub with 300 international startups
The 2025 Meet Greater South, held August 22-23 at the Kaohsiung Exhibition Center, brought together 300 startup teams from nine countries. Centered on the themes of semiconductors,...
Tuesday 26 August 2025
Saudi AI startup Mumain begins construction of data centers ahead of 2026 launch
Saudi Arabia's artificial intelligence startup Mumain has started building its first data centers in Riyadh and Dammam, with operations expected to commence in early 2026, reports...
Tuesday 26 August 2025
Musk's xAI sues Apple and OpenAI over alleged anticompetitive practices
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup, xAI, along with his social network X, filed a lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI in federal court in Texas on August 25, 2025. The lawsuit...
Sunday 24 August 2025
DeepSeek’s shock fades, leaving China’s AI to face reality
More than six months after DeepSeek's surprise rise shook global markets and challenged US dominance in artificial intelligence, the Chinese startup's trajectory illustrates a shift...
Saturday 23 August 2025
Rebellions takes on Nvidia with Saudi expansion, Aramco partnership
South Korean AI chip startup Rebellions has opened a subsidiary in Riyadh, making it the first Korean AI semiconductor company to establish a local unit in Saudi Arabia, according...
Thursday 21 August 2025
Chinese AI startup Butterfly Effect moves HQ to Singapore as its AI agent Manus surges to US$90M run rate

China's AI startup Butterfly Effect has revealed financial results for the first time, projecting an annualized revenue run rate of US$90...

Thursday 21 August 2025
Taiwan-Germany robotics ties deepen with new joint venture agreement
German humanoid robot startup Neura Robotics GmbH and Taiwanese firm Kenmec Mechanical Engineering have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly explore robotics market opportunities...
Wednesday 20 August 2025
China's DeepSeek releases V3.1, boosting the AI model's capabilities
DeepSeek announced what appeared to be an update to its older V3 artificial intelligence model on Tuesday, declaring an enhanced version ready for testing.
The V3.1 has a longer...