KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 12 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today said the government through the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (Mosti) has implemented various initiatives to support local startups which include financing facilities, advisory services, market access, and other related support. He said as a result, Kuala Lumpur has been ranked among […]
GEORGE TOWN, Aug 7 — Starting a tech company is challenging, and often fraught with obstacles and uncertainties. However, for those technopreneurs who persevere, it can lead to remarkable success and recognition. One such inspiring example is Kelvin Soo Ming Fu. At 26, he founded his tech startup, Byondwave Consulting Sdn Bhd. His journey began
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WASHINGTON, May 26 — Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk has told investors he plans to build a supercomputer dubbed “gigafactory of compute” to support the development of his artificial intelligence startup xAI, an industry news outlet reported yesterday. Musk wants the supercomputer — which will string together 100,000 Nvidia chips — operational by fall 2025,
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PARIS, May 24 — Thousands of tech enthusiasts filed into Europe’s self-declared biggest startup event VivaTech in Paris on Wednesday, with artificial intelligence stealing the show this year. Over four days, the event, now in its eighth year, will host more than 150,000 guests, 11,000 startups and 450 speakers, according to the organisers. The star
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 — Malaysia aims to be among the top 20 countries in global startup ecosystem index by 2030 and turn Kuala Lumpur into a regional startup and digital hub, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today. He added that the two-day KL20 Summit 2024, which begins tomorrow, would be a forum
PARIS, March 16 — A Dutch startup has come up with a plan for using seawater to help reinforce ice caps and slow down the melting caused by global warming. This idea may be far from miraculous, but it nevertheless has the merit of proposing a potential solution to one of the most critical climate
KUALA LUMPUR – MYStartup dengan kerjasama Growth Charger mengumumkan pemilihan kohort ketiga Program Pre-Accelerator dengan sebanyak 26 startup potensi pertumbuhan besar telah disenarai pendek daripada 136 pemohonan seluruh Malaysia. Program yang akan berjalan selama empat bulan itu bertujuan untuk memacu kebolehpasaran produk sekali gus memupuk ekosistem startup di negara ini. Startup yang dipilih terdiri daripada
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KUALA LUMPUR – Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd (Cradle) menjalinkan kerjasama dengan Startup India untuk menubuhkan inisiatif India – Malaysia Startup Bridge baru-baru ini. Menteri Sains, Teknologi dan Inovasi, Chang Lih Kang berkata, Cradle Fund merupakan sebuah agensi fokal ekosistem startup negara di bawah kementeriannya manakala Startup India adalah sebuah agensi di bawah Kerajaan India. Menurut
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YOKOHAMA, Oct 2 — Tokyo-based start-up Tsubame Industries has developed a 4.5-metre-tall (14.8-feet), four-wheeled robot that looks like “Mobile Suit Gundam” from the wildly popular Japanese animation series, and it can be yours for US$3 million. Called ARCHAX after the avian dinosaur archaeopteryx, the robot has cockpit monitors that receive images from cameras hooked up
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MUMBAI: India’s only woman-led unicorn Nykaa made its market debut Wednesday, tripling founder Falguni Nayar’s net worth and making her the country’s newest self-made billionaire in an ongoing IPO boom. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
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LONAVLA, India: Indian start-up Mylab Discovery Solutions hopes that its inexpensive Covid-19 home test kit — the country's first — will help the massive South Asian nation better track the pandemic's spread among its 1.3-billion people. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
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SAN FRANCISCO: Britain's Prince Harry on Tuesday added to a growing portfolio of post-royal jobs, becoming “chief impact officer” at a San Francisco startup that provides mobile-based coaching, counseling and mentorship. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
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