A look at iRobot, founded in 1990, and its slow collapse after US and EU regulatory pressure killed Amazon's $1.7B deal in 2024 amid growing Chinese competition
There's something painfully American about the arc of iRobot, the company that taught your vacuum to navigate around the furniture.
A look at Mexico City's Nuevo Polanco neighborhood, where Huawei, TikTok, and other Chinese firms have opened offices, fueling a growing Chinese tech community
A growing Chinese techie community in Nuevo Polanco is fueling a boom in restaurants and markets to serve them. LinkedIn: Ivy Yang , Daniela Dib , and Jorge Guajardo LinkedIn: Ivy Yang : “Most Chinese...
Q&A with Francis Dufay, CEO of Jumia, Africa's largest e-commerce platform, on Temu and other rivals, adding Chinese sellers to stay competitive, AI, and more
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How Benchmark's investment in Chinese startup Manus highlights a philosophical divide in Silicon Valley over China, patriotism, and the pursuit of profit
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Sources: Uber is in talks with Travis Kalanick to help fund his acquisition of Pony.ai's US arm; Pony.ai has permits to operate robo taxis in the US and China
and Uber might help Natalie Lung / Bloomberg : Uber in Talks With Kalanick to Fund Pony.AI Bid, NYT Says Mike Isaac / The Straits Times : Uber in talks with founder to help buy US unit of China's self...
Q&A with Feng Ji, the founder of top Chinese quant fund Baiont, on using AI to develop trading strategies, its small team, China's quant landscape, and more
The founder of one of China's top-performing quant funds explains how his team of young computer scientists are using machine learning to disrupt the sector X: @zijing_wu X: Zijing Wu / @zijing_wu : F...
NetEase has lost at least three senior executives in recent months, as CEO William Ding pulls back on investments and cuts jobs in a bid to boost profits
Simon Zhu, NetEase's president for global investments and partnerships, said he was leaving the Chinese video-game company in a social media post on Friday.
Sources: DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng told associates he isn't in a hurry to get investment, including from government entities, fearing outside influence
Chatbot startup has problems, but its founder doesn't want new shareholders to be one of them — The founder of Chinese artificial …
DeepSeek recruiting recent graduates from China's top universities reflects a growing trend among the country's top AI talent to pursue opportunities at home
Young Chinese engineers focus on homegrown innovation, drawn by fewer visa hurdles and the chance to build a future on their own terms.
A profile of ex-eBay and HP CEO Meg Whitman, who became US ambassador to Kenya in late 2021, as the US seeks to counterbalance Chinese tech influence in Africa
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