2026-02-11
This will surprise everyone! For decades, govts & ecosystems from India to China have wooed returnees to revv up innovation & boost startup ecosystems A new study of 596 Indian startups shows homegrown entrepreneurs outdo returnees on nearly all metrics https://www.bloomberg.com/... [image]
Bloomberg
A study of 596 Indian high-tech startups suggests that homegrown entrepreneurs fare better over the long run than returning diaspora with overseas experience
India's fiercely competitive startup field has provided evidence to suggest that homegrown entrepreneurs fare better over the long run …
2026-01-29
DeepSeek is making a bold play in the AI race. Fresh job listings point to an acceleration into native search and autonomous agents. https://www.bloomberg.com/... [image]
Bloomberg
DeepSeek job listings show it hopes to broaden its AI offerings with a search engine capable of supporting multiple languages and more emphasis on agents
2026-01-10
What I saw at CES 2026 in Las Vegas this week — China's humanoids were everywhere, playing table tennis, practising kung fu, trading boxing punches At America's biggest tech showcase, their innovations were a reminder of the US-China race in physical AI https://www.bloomberg.com/... [image]
Bloomberg
Chinese humanoid robotics companies dominated CES 2026, but a wide gap remains between choreographed demonstrations and large-scale, real-world deployment
One of Elon Musk's worries was on full display at CES in Las Vegas this week. Chinese-made human-like robots were everywhere across …
2026-01-09
What I saw at CES 2026 in Las Vegas this week — China's humanoids were everywhere, playing table tennis, practising kung fu, trading boxing punches At America's biggest tech showcase, their innovations were a reminder of the US-China race in physical AI https://www.bloomberg.com/... [image]
Bloomberg
Chinese humanoid robotics companies dominated CES 2026, but a wide gap remains between choreographed demonstrations and large-scale, real-world deployment
One of Elon Musk's worries was on full display at CES in Las Vegas this week. Chinese-made human-like robots were everywhere across …
What I saw at CES 2026 in Las Vegas this week — China's humanoids were everywhere, playing table tennis, practising kung fu, trading boxing punches At America's biggest tech showcase, their innovations were a reminder of the US-China race in physical AI https://www.bloomberg.com/... [image]
Bloomberg
Omdia: global humanoid robot shipments rose more than 5x YoY in 2025 to ~13K units; China accounted for the vast majority, led by AgiBot shipping ~5,168 units
Humanoid robot makers in China accounted for the vast majority of the roughly 13,000 units shipped globally last year …
2026-01-02
DeepSeek touts new training method in a paper co-authored by reclusive founder Liang Wenfeng, as Chinese AI companies strive to build more efficient AI systems @business https://www.bloomberg.com/...
South China Morning Post
DeepSeek researchers detail mHC, a new architecture they used to train 3B, 9B, and 27B models, finding it scaled without adding significant computational burden
DeepSeek has published a technical paper co-authored by founder Liang Wenfeng proposing a rethink of its core deep learning architecture
2025-12-27
This has got to be the IT services deal of the year! India's Coforge (Mar 2025 revenues $1.45B) agrees to buy Encora at an enterprise value of $2.35 billion through a share swap, adding artificial intelligence, data & product engg expertise. Details https://www.bloomberg.com/... [image]
Reuters
Indian IT services provider Coforge agrees to acquire Encora, which offers AI tools for product, cloud, and data engineering, at an enterprise value of $2.35B
Indian IT services provider Coforge said on Friday it would acquire artificial intelligence firm Encora at an enterprise value …
2025-11-19
BIG TAKE Xi Jinping's university drives China's AI boom, filing more patents than Harvard or MIT! Tsinghua Univ, long a hub for top science & engineering talent, now leads the AI revolution Gift link: Free to read till Nov 26 https://www.bloomberg.com/... #AI [image]
Bloomberg
A look at Tsinghua University, which leads China's AI innovation, with 4,986 AI patents between 2005 and 2024, alumni behind startups like DeepSeek, and more
this university might be winning the AI race, and you've probably never heard of it X: Saritha Rai / @saritharai : BIG TAKE Xi Jinping's university drives China's AI boom, filing m...
BIG TAKE Xi Jinping's university drives China's AI boom, filing more patents than Harvard or MIT! Tsinghua Univ, long a hub for top science & engineering talent, now leads the AI revolution Gift link: Free to read till Nov 26 https://www.bloomberg.com/... #AI [image]
New York Times
CEIP study: 87 of the top 100 Chinese AI researchers who were working in the US in 2019 are still doing research at US universities or companies in 2025
Although some Silicon Valley executives paint China as the enemy, Chinese brains continue to play a major role in U.S. research.
2025-10-23
A deep dive into DeepSeek's surge in Africa & Chinese AI's inroads into a continent that could become key to more users, more human-generated data & loads of soft power @business @LoniPrinsloo1 @HelenNyambura (gift link: free to read until Oct 30) https://www.bloomberg.com/... #AI [image]
Bloomberg
A look at DeepSeek's rise in Africa, as China's lightweight, low-cost AI models make inroads into the continent via tech infrastructure built by Huawei and ZTE
Bloomberg : X: @saritharai , @kyleichan , and @davidsacks . Bluesky: @wavesblog . Forums: r/technology X: Saritha Rai / @saritharai : A deep dive into DeepSeek's surge in Africa &...
2025-08-13
India's first AI unicorn Fractal files for $560 million IPO that could value company over $3.5 billion Fractal builds AI products & services for global customers including Citigroup, Nestle, Philips @business Gift link (free to read until Aug 20) https://www.bloomberg.com/... #AI [image]
Bloomberg
Fractal Analytics, which became India's first AI unicorn in 2022, files for an IPO in Mumbai, aiming to raise ~$560M, which would value the company at $3.5B+
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2025-07-26
China robot maker Unitree unveils AI-powered humanoid at starting price of ~$6,000, breaking the price barrier. The R1 has 26 joints, weighs 25 kg, capable of voice & image recognition @business w/China colleague Gift link (free to read until Aug 02) https://www.bloomberg.com/... #AI [image]
Bloomberg
China's Unitree is marketing the R1, a humanoid robot that has multimodal AI and weighs 25kg, for $5,900, drastically lowering the entry price for such machines
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2025-07-10
Manus, the AI agent startup, is shifting from China: laying off employees and shrinking operations in Beijing & Wuhan, while ramping up hiring in Singapore and elsewhere @business @technology My story with China colleagues (free to read until Jul 17) https://www.bloomberg.com/... #AI [image]
South China Morning Post
AI agent Manus' team relocated its HQ to Singapore in June and started recruiting there, while parent company Butterfly Effect reportedly remains based in China
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2025-05-28
In the US-China race to dominate the world with their own AI technologies, Singapore's Sea-Lion AI model effort is to build small, custom, culturally-aligned models for 11 countries in Southeast Asia @business @technology https://www.bloomberg.com/... #AI [image]
Bloomberg
A look at Sea-Lion, a $52M Singapore government-backed AI initiative developing LLMs attuned to the societal and cultural nuances of the Southeast Asian region
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2025-03-13
Unicorn alert! AI drug startup Insilico has raised $110M in a round led by Value Partners at valuation of $1B+ The Boston HQ-ed startup with ops & labs in Shanghai & Suzhou, China is weighing IPO options & could list in Hong Kong @business @technology https://www.bloomberg.com/... #AI [image]
Bloomberg
Boston-based Insilico, which uses AI for drug discovery and has extensive operations in China, raised a $110M Series E led by Value Partners at a $1B+ valuation
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2025-03-12
Motive to hire hundreds as AI unicorns follow Big Tech to India in search of AI talent AI talent density in Bangalore rivals Bay Area, says Motive CEO. AI startups from Abbyy to Glean to Norway's Cognite set up or expand in India @business @technology https://www.bloomberg.com/... #AI [image]
Bloomberg
Bengaluru is becoming an AI talent hub as overseas startups compete with Big Tech; Bain & Co predicts India's AI talent gap will reach 1M workers by 2027
The San Francisco-based startup plans to hire more than 300 people for its AI, product and engineering teams at its Bangalore development center …
2025-01-08
In Seoul, I found a glimpse of our future with robots At tech giant Naver's HQ, 4,500 pple work with 120 robots. Robots glide around bringing coffee, lunch, purchases S.Korea factories have record 1,012 robots to 10,000 workers @business @technology https://www.bloomberg.com/... #AI
Bloomberg
Inside Naver's 1784, a 36-level office tower in Seoul that has ~4,500 employees working with 120+ robots and serves as a testbed for various AI technologies
Saritha Rai / Bloomberg : X: @saritharai X: Saritha Rai / @saritharai : In Seoul, I found a glimpse of our future with robots At tech giant Naver's HQ, 4,500 pple work with 120 ro...
2024-12-22
Southeast Asia's AI infra boom has been fueled by $60B in investments. But the region's own AI startups are languishing, & the geography of 675M people risks falling behind in this new tech frontier Via @business @technology w/ @oliviapohtech https://www.bloomberg.com/... #AI [image]
Bloomberg
Preqin data: Southeast Asia's AI startups raised just $1.7B across 122 deals so far in 2024, out of ~$20B across 1,845 deals for the whole Asia-Pacific region
- While global tech expands in the region, its startups languish — Its homegrown tech industry risks falling behind in AI
2024-12-10
PhDs, radiologists, accountants in places like Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Philippines & Vietnam are teaching AI to perform complex tasks. That could be the secret to businesses making AI use profitable @business @technology w/ @Kai_Schultz https://www.bloomberg.com/... #AI [image]
Bloomberg
A growing cohort of AI startups are recruiting experts to train models on highly specialized tasks for sensitive sectors like finance, defense, and health care
Saritha Rai / Bloomberg : X: @saritharai X: Saritha Rai / @saritharai : PhDs, radiologists, accountants in places like Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Philippines & Vietnam are teachin...
2024-09-18
Lenovo has started making AI servers in India, and opened an R&D lab (its 4th globally) with 75 seats. The Beijing-headquartered co. will spend $1B globally on researching & developing AI platforms & hardware https://www.bloomberg.com/... @technology @business #AI [image]
Bloomberg
Lenovo says the company has started building AI servers in Pondicherry in southeastern India, moving beyond products such as laptops and smartphones
Saritha Rai / Bloomberg :