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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.

Inside China's buzzing AI scene year after DeepSeek shock

Before DeepSeek shook up the tech world and put Chinese artificial intelligence on the map, Wu Chenglin's own startup had nearly folded three times – but in the past year it has raised US$30mil (RM121.57mil).

Ant-backed Chinese AI agent developer DeepWisdom aims to help solo entrepreneurs

The system, powered largely by open-source AI models, seeks to deliver a finished product without the user writing a single line of code.

OpenAI expects another ‘seismic shock’ from China amid speculation of new DeepSeek release

There is heightened anticipation about a potential major DeepSeek release around the Lunar New Year.

DeepSeek stays mum on next AI model release as technical papers show frontier innovation

Hangzhou-based start-up's technical papers bode well for potential advances in its next major AI models.