Top news of the week: 10.03.2023.
To be the next Silicon Valley, Hong Kong must focus on people, not real estate
Hong Kong needs to attract both experienced start-up investors and geeks passionate about technology. From tax incentives to a public relations push, the city must do more to make its ...
Tech Investor Sequoia Capital Plans China Expansion
Tech Investor Sequoia Capital Plans China Expansion - An affiliate of the Silicon Valley VC firm has applied to access the mainland via Beijing’s Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor ...
FoundersHK meet KK Wong, Co-Founder of Xiaomi
FoundersHK is hosting a in-person discussion with KK Wong, Cofounder of Xiaomi and Edith Yeung, General Partner of Race Capital and FoundersHK. Xiaomi was founded by Lei Jun, KK Wong and ...
Meet UniUni, Shein’s last-mile solution delivered by gig drivers
UniUni's rapid growth drew investors' attention, and today, the company announced the closing of CAD$100 million ($70 million) for the first tranche of its Series B financing.
China’s ChatGPT Black Market Is Thriving
A booming illicit market for OpenAI's chatbot shows the huge potential, and risks, for Chinese generative AI.
China's SHEIN set to raise $2 billion, eyes US IPO later this year -sources
Chinese online fashion retailer SHEIN is set to raise around $2 billion in a new funding round this month and is aiming for a U.S. listing in the second half of this year, three people with ...
Tech war: US decision to add AI server firm Inspur to its trade black list will hinder China’s computing power
Analysts say addition of Inspur to Entity List is a development that will severely constrain China’s development of AI and computing power.
Substack: Empire of Narratives
The $650 million startup isn’t a newsletter platform – it’s a multi-media network and cultural powerhouse.