Asia AI News

Asia AI News is a daily news digest covering artificial intelligence news across Asia - to include industry updates, geopolitics, AI policy, R&D, startups and funding.

Previous issues

India's big facial recognition bid; Google to allow Indian users to book services

#81 Sep 21, 2019

Singapore's Advance.ai raises $80m; AI chipmaker Iluvator CoreX closes Series B

#80 Sep 20, 2019

Huawei's $1.5b ecosystem play; Amazon launches Hindi for Alexa

#79 Sep 19, 2019

#78

Sep 18, 2019

Time for Startup India 2.0; Global AI surveillance index released – Good morning,Two big events starting this morning. Huawei Connect 2019 in Shanghai and Cypher 2019 in
#77

Sep 17, 2019

Hong Kong not a 'smart city', say residents; China quiet in killer robot debates? – Good morning,Well, we have a real potpourri of news and comment this morning!From India's project to
#76

Sep 16, 2019

Ericsson acquires Niche AI; AEye SoftLabs offer surveillance as a service – Good morning,An interesting week ahead with Deal Street Asia's PE-VC Summit taking place in Singapore
#75

Sep 14, 2019

AI pharma startup Insilico secures $37m; Climate Connect makes top 25 list – Good morning,Here's your last newsletter of the week! In case you missed yesterday's newsletter, I've
#74

Sep 13, 2019

ABB builds $150m Shanghai robotics plant; Trump puts back tariffs hike – Good morningA few deals to share today, including Thailand's Pomelo Fashion raising $52 million in a
#73

Sep 12, 2019

Making a sewer robot army; Does Bolton's exit bode well for China? – Good morning,Lots of news and comment today, although - again - all too quiet on the startup front. H
#72

Sep 11, 2019

Mithril invests in Inmobi's Glance; Where now for China's AI ambitions? – Good morning,The biggest AI deal news of the past 24 hours is Baidu's $202 million investment in Neus
#71

Sep 10, 2019

Huawei is laying off workers; Smart speaker privacy concerns Koreans – Good morning,Startup news is, apparently, very thin on the ground as this week starts.However, the bi
#70

Sep 9, 2019

Chinese shoppers adopt facial payments; Microsoft sides with Huawei – Good morning,Marina Bay Sands in Singapore seems to be the place to be this week, with The AI Summit
#69

Sep 7, 2019

Asia AI News - Issue #69 – Good morning,Short on time today, so we'll have to forgo the usual summary. However, I can tell you t
#68

Sep 6, 2019

SenseTime valued at $7.5b; Baidu reshapes China's smart speaker market – Good morning,Here's Friday's edition of Asia AI News. Let's see if I can get through this without lea
#67

Sep 5, 2019

Yitu to list on STAR Market; China, Japan to top AI spending growth (2018-2023) – Good morning,We seem to now starting to leave the height of the summer behind as funding news starts
#66

Sep 4, 2019

China's facial-recognition giants; HK startup develops new drug in 21 days – Good morning,A couple of funding deals to report - Guiji Zhineng, a Chinese AI applications developer
#65

Sep 3, 2019

AutoX to launch 100 robotaxis in Shanghai; India uses AI to fight TB – Good morning,Well, two of the most interesting stories out of the World Artificial Intelligence Confe
#64

Sep 2, 2019

SenseTime announces new China HQ; New automotive AI chips launched at WAIC – Good morning,The last day of the World Artificial Intelligence Forum in Shanghai saw a flurry of anno
#63

Aug 31, 2019

New initiatives announced at WAIC; Interview with Domino's digital chief – Good morning,Lots of announcements coming out of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shan
#62

Aug 30, 2019

Seoul earmarks $20 billion for R&D; WAIC 2019 day one coverage – Good morning,A very light week on AI investment and deal news. Again, not much to report there and no

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