China & nuclear energy: "...planning at least 150 new reactors in the next 15 years, more than the rest of the world has built in the past 35.... could cost as much as $440BN..." bloomberg.com/news/features/… #china #energytech #nuclearenergy #chinatech #asiatechnews #technologynews

A video interview intro to Malaysia's Carching, which recently launched in The Philippines to help drivers earn via ads installed on their cars youtube.com/watch?v=xEXudS… #philippines #malaysia #adtech #advertising #martech #marketing #startupPH #startupmalaysia

India: Government is to launch the Bharat Startup Knowledge Access Registry - BHASKAR - initiative under Startup India, aiming for a one-stop platform for firms and investors lokmattimes.com/technology/cen… #india #startupindia #govtech #asiatechnews #techstartups #technologynews

ICYMI: Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust launches to boost collaboration in blockchain, ledger, identity, interoperability, cryptographic, and related technologies lfdecentralizedtrust.org/announcements/… #linux #technologynews #web3 #defi #DLT #technews #hyperledger #fintechnews

Taiwan Mobile has invested $124M for a 12% stake in Systex AI software firm with sights on enterprize-focused tech opportunities across Southeast Asia lightreading.com/ai-machine-lea… #taiwan #AI #telecoms #asiatechnews #technologynews

ICYMI: KDDI telecoms major and Sharp electronics firm partner for what may be Asia's largest data center in Osaka, focusing on AI services techerati.com/news-hub/sharp… #japan #AI #datacenters #bigdata #asiatechnews #technologynews #energytech #genAI #nvidia

Philippines: Advance salary-on-demand startup inks $1.8M agreement with Cebuana Lhuillier for credit lines for MSMEs in need of capital philstar.com/business/2024/… #philippines #fintechnews #asiatechnews #techstartups #startupPH #filipino #technology

ICYMI: Russia's northeastern region of Komi Republic unveils plans to build 15 cryptocurrency mining centers, with first 2 centers set for $27.6M construction cost cryptonews.com/news/new-crypt… #russia #crypto #bitcoin #cryptomining #fintechnews #digitalassets #sanctions #AML

Australia: Build Buddy construction-tech startup moves to Startup World Cup finals with platform allowing users to design and build their own home startupdaily.net/topic/events/b… #australia #proptech #realestate #startupaus #startupworldcup #swc2024 #techstartup #constructiontech

Japan's Mizuho Bank invests $3.5M in 3DEO, US startup that manufactures metal parts using 3D metal printers asianbankingandfinance.net/markets/news/m… #japan #3dprinting #defensetech #logistics #technologynews #asiatechnews #techstartups

China: Quicktron warehouse robotics firm secures $100M Series D, with China clients including JD and Cainiao and over 1000 other clients across 20 countries dealstreetasia.com/stories/china-… #china #logistics #ecommercenews #retailtech #technologynews #chinatech #asiatechnews

ICYMI: Star Catcher raised $12.25M with plans for first-of-kind grid to beam solar energy to spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit, and potentially to Earth and locations beyond cleantechnica.com/2024/08/01/12-… #spacetech #solarpower #spacetechnology #energytech

China: Proposed regulations set requirements for a range of labels to identify AI-generated content during production, display and distribution scmp.com/news/china/sci… #china #AI #technologynews #chinatech #disinfo #fakenews #asiatechnews

New Zealand: Checkmate pre-employment screening startup lands $1.6M seed funding, targeting markets including Australia and The Philippines e27.co/wavemaker-infu… #newzealand #australia #philippines #HR #HRtech #startupNZ #techstartup

Download: 'Stablecoins - The Emerging Markets Story', a September report for Visa from Castle Island Ventures and Brevan Howard Digital castleisland.vc/writing/stable… #stablecoins #cryptocurrencies #fintechnews #bankingtech #digitalcurrency #digitalassets

"Tier IV aims to operate self-driving taxis commercially in three locations in Tokyo by 2025, including Odaiba as well as other central Tokyo areas such as Shinjuku and Minato." wired.com/story/japan-se… #japan #autonomous #robotaxis #driverless #asiatechnews #technologynews #sdv

National University of Singapore and UK's Plexal unveil 10 cybersecurity startups for cohort 1 of CyberBoost Catalyse programme computerweekly.com/news/366610576… #singapore #india #cybersec #datasec #startups #startupindia #techstartups #asiatechnews

"...44% of GenAI startups are based in Singapore, followed by Vietnam (27%), Indonesia (13%), Thailand (7%), Malaysia (6%), and the Philippines (3%)..." dealstreetasia.com/stories/sea-ge… #singapore #vietnam #indonesia #thailand #malaysia #philippines #genai #AI #techstartups

Meet the Asia Pacific cohort of tech startups selected for the AWS Generative AI Accelerator aws.amazon.com/startups/gener… #AI #AWS #asiapacific #techstartups #generativeAI #deeptech #asiatechnews

Australia: A brief intro to the 8 tech startups selected for cohort 1 of the Google for Startups AI First Accelerator, working in assets management, online communities, customer insights and more blog.google/intl/en-au/com… #australia #startupaus #techstartups #technologynews