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🤖 Rise of the humanoids: With 50 new humanoid robots launched in 2024 alone, the race is heating up. 🚀 A $38B market by 2035? Humanoid robots are moving from sci-fi to reality, tackling labor shortages and factory work. 🌏 China dominates the humanoid race, but is there room for others? With US$100M+ funding rounds happening, Southeast Asian players need a strategy.

🌏📉 China’s Ministry of Commerce condemned the tariffs, calling them a threat to global trade. - Want to keep up with the ins and outs of the #tech ecosystem in Asia? Sign up for free at techin.asia/newsletters

🚨🤝 Vickers Venture Partners founder Dr. Finian Tan met Ng Yu Zhi, who allegedly ran the trading scam, in August 2020. Want to keep up with the ins and outs of the #tech ecosystem in Asia? Sign up for free at techin.asia/newsletters

🚀💸 More: Angel investor Jed Ng shares fundraising tips and Carsome partners with Google Cloud. - Want to keep up with the ins and outs of the #tech ecosystem in Asia? Sign up for free at techin.asia/newsletters

💹🇨🇳 Here are the companies in China that are attracting tons of investors and have the resources to spend on software, talent, and expansion. GenAI company MiniMax, Hasten Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Astronergy Solar, and Luye Pharma Group are some of the firms featured in this list. Want to keep up with the ins and outs of the #tech ecosystem in Asia? Sign up for free at techin.asia/newsletters

For startups, there are much worse things to deal with than tariffs. That was the sense I'm getting from Sant Qiu of Maneuver Marketing, who told us that handing tariffs is still easier than shifting to a different market entirely. He noted that there's a real concern tariffs could depress the “already softer” economy by hitting consumer demand. That said, the US market is ultimately still too big to ignore. This piece, written by Melissa Goh and published in November last year when Trump threatened tariffs, is still relevant today. Check it out. https://lnkd.in/g9QkniYK

🔥 DeepSeek shakes up AI competition 🚀 The Chinese startup’s free reasoning model has forced even OpenAI to adapt. 🌏 Is SEA’s AI future in building or integrating? With DeepSeek, open-source models, and tightening chip restrictions, the AI game is shifting fast. Regional startups may need to pivot—focusing on agentic AI and vertical applications instead of foundational models. 🤖 LLMs: A race Southeast Asia shouldn’t run? With DeepSeek, Alibaba, and Baidu open-sourcing AI models, the challenge isn’t just about tech—it’s about strategy. Should SEA’s AI startups build their own models or innovate on top?

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🚀🌟 Which are the startups that are on the path to becoming the next big thing? - Want to keep up with the ins and outs of the #tech ecosystem in Asia? Sign up for free at techin.asia/newsletters