Ten local chip startups selected for inaugural SemiconStart Malaysia - MTDC
KUALA LUMPUR: Ten Malaysian semiconductor startups have been selected for the inaugural national semiconductor incubation programme, SemiconStart Malaysia, which aims to help commercialise home-grown technologies and develop globally competitive technology companies.
Chinese ‘CEO in a school uniform’ builds, exports drones, funds start-up by waiting tables
Enterprising youngster with a talent for technology doubles as philanthropist, learned about tools at factory where his mother worked.
How one tech company created 13 new types of jobs because of AI
Box, a Silicon Valley software maker, expects to have more employees, not fewer, as it hires AI architects, AI solutions managers and other new AI-related positions.
Go ask Alice why tech startups are spending big on hype videos
A Mad Hatter and a giant rabbit sit around a table discussing an AI start-up. This is normal behavior around the Bay Area these days.
Japan firm eyeing to invest RM39mil in M’sia
Japan-founded global science and technology venture, Leave a Nest Group, is planning to increase its investment to US$10mil (about RM39.2mil) in 50 local start-ups over the next five years, up from its current investment of RM19mil in 18 Malaysian start-ups.
BALANCING BOLDNESS AND RESTRAINT IN VENTURE CAPITAL
As more institutional capital enters the market, a new generation of fund managers is navigating a fundamentally different operating environment than their predecessors.
Startup wins US$105mil Navy weapon deal
WASHINGTON: Castelion, a small California defence startup, has won a US$105mil US Navy contract to ready its Blackbeard hypersonic missile for use aboard the Navy's carrier-based F/A-18 fighter jets, clearing the way for the weapon to move from the laboratory toward the battlefield next year.
The Big Bang: AI has created a code overload
Companies are scrambling to deal with the glut.
Chinese AI firms defend safety practices, push back on Western criticism
Chinese developers stress cultural context in AI safety, as domestic models narrow the gap with their US rivals to the closest level yet.
SDEC to upgrade S'wak rural broadband network from 4G to 5G soon
KUCHING: The Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation (SDEC) plans to upgrade its Sarawak Rural Broadband Network (MySRBN) from 4G to 5G in the near future.
