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South Korea announced an 800 trillion won ($520 billion) semiconductor investment plan, the largest in history, to build four new chip fabrication plants and three AI data centers. Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix will e…
Elon Musk announced on June 28, 2026 that xAI's Grok 4.5 has entered private beta at SpaceX and Tesla, marking its first deployment before a wider release. Built on xAI's 1.5 trillion-parameter V9 foundation model, Grok …
Maruti Suzuki India Limited has partnered with five startups—MiniMines, Easework AI, Sarvam AI, Siftly, and CodeMate AI—selected from the fifth cohort of its incubation program to work on battery recycling, procurement a…
Flat Capital has divested its AI and software-related portfolio for 180 million Swedish kronor, generating a gross profit of approximately 152 million kronor and a gross return of about 6.3x Moic and 147% IRR. The total …
South Korea announced nearly 900 trillion won ($583 billion) in semiconductor investments led by Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, including four new memory fabs in the southwest and HBM packaging hubs, aiming to double …
Six leading UK fund managers revealed underrated stocks with long-term growth potential, including Eli Lilly, Lion Finance Group, Frasers Group, RELX, and Bloom Energy, spanning healthcare, financial services, retail, an…
South Korea unveiled a blueprint for three flagship megaprojects centered on semiconductors, AI data centers and physical AI, with investments totaling over 1.8 quadrillion won ($1.2 trillion). President Lee Jae Myung co…
Stockholmsbörsen förväntas öppna svagt uppåt med en indikerad uppgång på 0,5 procent, medan tech- och AI-sektorn pressas globalt. Robert Oldstrand, aktiestrateg på Swedbank, ser rotationen som odramatisk och menar att Sv…
South Korea unveiled sweeping chip and AI megaprojects worth US$650 billion on Monday, as President Lee Jae Myung pledged to cement the nation's leadership in the global AI and semiconductor market. The investments, span…
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong reported that the company cut AI spending by nearly half while token usage grew exponentially, achieved by defaulting engineers to cheaper open-weight models via an LLM gateway, raising cache…
Chinese investors poured record capital into the Guotai CSI All Share Communications Equipment ETF (515880) amid a global semiconductor selloff, with the fund returning approximately 298% over the past year. The inflows …
South Korea plans up to $1.3 trillion in tech investments over the next decade, led by Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, to boost AI-driven chip production and infrastructure. The announcement, set for June 29 at the Blu…
EM-Equity strategist Adrian Mowat told The Economic Times that recent volatility in South Korean chip stocks is a temporary dip driven by tight supply and demand, not an AI bubble burst. Mowat warned that the next phase …
Cognition CEO Scott Wu criticized token leaderboards for ranking engineers by AI token usage, calling them 'directionally correct' but prone to abuse. He argued that companies should instead measure actual output, such a…
Asian markets were mixed on Monday as selling of AI-related shares pulled Japan's Nikkei 225 down 1% and South Korea's Kospi down 2%, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 2.1%. The declines followed a Wall Street selloff o…
MotherDuck's serverless DuckDB platform saved a five-person finance team $12,000 per year on analytics costs by replacing Snowflake, reducing monthly bills from $1,800 to under $800 while delivering sub-second query perf…
Australian AI-infrastructure company Firmus Technologies signed a strategic partnership with Nvidia to deploy 170,000 GPUs in Batam, Indonesia, starting in 2027. The deal gives emerging AI firms cost-effective access to …
SpaceX is now eligible for inclusion in 401(k) retirement plans following changes to index fund rules, allowing retail investors to gain exposure to the private space company through their retirement accounts.
Seoul's startup ecosystem value surged from $40 billion to $237 billion between 2020 and 2024, moving the city to 9th globally, as the city expands its global startup platform amid an AI-driven industry shift. The Seoul …
Seoul will host Try Everything 2026, its flagship global startup festival, on Sept. 9-10 at Dongdaemun Design Plaza, aiming to connect domestic entrepreneurs with international investors and tech leaders. The city's star…