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Wednesday 5 August 2026
Taiwan fund launches US$800M guarantee plan for US investment

Taiwan's National Development Fund said it will commit US$800 million to a financing guarantee mechanism aimed at helping local companies...

Tuesday 4 August 2026
Micron, MediaTek back ChipAgents as agentic AI startup extends series A to US$134 million

ChipAgents, a two-year-old startup building autonomous AI agents for chip design and verification, has raised an additional US$60 million...

Monday 3 August 2026
Amazon deepens OpenAI ties with US$50B AWS expansion
Amazon has completed the latest round of its US$50 billion investment in OpenAI, fully funding an originally conditional financing package that gives it about a 5% stake in the company...
Friday 31 July 2026
Rising smartphone prices are reshaping purchase plans in India
Rising smartphone prices in India are changing how consumers plan purchases, with wider implications for brands, retailers, and buyers worldwide. Counterpoint said many shoppers are...
Monday 27 July 2026
Nvidia weighs US$250B backstop for OpenAI's Ohio data center

Nvidia is in talks to provide a financial backstop of roughly US$250 billion that would help OpenAI lease and finance a massive AI...

Tuesday 21 July 2026
Goldkey secures NT$3.6 billion loan to expand AI server memory business
Goldkey Technology has completed and signed a three-year syndicated loan worth NT$3.6 billion (US$111.3 million) to support inventory growth and working capital needs tied to AI servers...
Tuesday 21 July 2026
India's smartphone shipments fall as memory costs bite

India's smartphone market was hit by a sharp second-quarter decline that may matter well beyond the country's borders, as higher component...

Monday 20 July 2026
Edge AI becomes China's next battleground as ModelBest tops US$2.8 billion valuation
China's latest wave of investment in edge AI signals a shift toward large-scale commercialization as the country accelerates the deployment of on-device AI across consumer and industrial...
Monday 20 July 2026
Interview: AI race is now a financing race, and Compute Labs wants to bankroll GPUs
As AI's bottleneck shifts from chips to capital, Compute Labs pitches GPUs as financeable assets.
Friday 17 July 2026
Hotai Leasing sees Taiwan auto market stabilizing as leasing demand grows
Hotai Leasing said on July 15 that Taiwan's auto market is expected to return gradually to normal growth in 2026 after tariff uncertainty, vehicle shortages, and tight financing pressured...
Wednesday 15 July 2026
LimX Dynamics raises US$200B in fundraising round as it prepares for public listing
LimX Dynamics Technology, a general-purpose humanoid robot and embodied AI company, has announced the completion of its pre-IPO round of financing, raising nearly US$200 million. The...
Saturday 11 July 2026
QuantumDiamonds sets up Asia HQ in Taiwan, installs first regional system at iST
Backed by support from the European Chips Act, German quantum startup QuantumDiamonds has completed a financing round totaling EUR91 million (approx. US$104.1 million), a move expected...
Friday 10 July 2026
Smartphone financing set to cover 42% of India sales in 2026

India's smartphone buyers are increasingly turning to financing, a shift that could shape device sales patterns in other price-sensitive...

Thursday 9 July 2026
Taiwan firms accelerate overseas expansion as subsidy loan quotas run dry
Taiwanese companies are speeding up overseas expansion as China's economy slows and global supply chains shift toward resilience, and government-backed financing is being taken up...