There much talk about unicorns this week! CB Insights estimates that there were 380 unicorns globally at the end of July 2019, up about 50 percent from a year earlier. | Continue reading
Is Google really helping China's military establishment? Peter Thiel's New York Times opinion piece fuels speculation: ours included! | Continue reading
Facial recognition is a big deal in China. Not just because China's facial recognition database includes nearly every one of its 1.4 billion citizens. China is also the world's biggest test-bed for facial recognition payment solutions. | Continue reading
Asia AI News 30 July 2019 – Media coverage continues on the fortunes of STAR Market and the future of SoftBank's Vision 2 Fund. CEO Masayoshi Son disclosed $2 billion of investment in ride-hailin | Continue reading
China is using emerging technologies including AI and Big Data to monitor endangered Amur tigers and leopards, experts said at the International Forum on Tiger and Leopard Transboundary Conservation. | Continue reading
It has been an absolutely mega week for tech fund raising! Check out today';s newsletter for a round-up of Asia tech fund raising. | Continue reading