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Nomupay valued at $290M after SoftBank’s $40M bet on Asian payments
Nomupay, the Dublin-based fintech streamlining global payments, has secured $40 million from SoftBank’s SB Payment Service (SBPS) to…
DeepSeek’s upgraded R1 model challenges Anthropic’s Claude 4 with advanced math, programming, and logic capabilities
The global AI race is intensifying, with new players emerging to challenge the dominance of established Western tech…
Quadria Capital closes $1.3B fund, setting a new benchmark for Asian healthcare investment
Quadria Capital, Asia’s premier healthcare-focused private equity firm, has announced the final close of its third fund at…
Airwallex raises $300M at a $6.2B valuation to build the future of global banking
Traditional banks and legacy payment providers burden businesses with high fees and slow, opaque international transaction processes. This…
RLWRLD lands $15M to build ‘GPT of robots’: Can it outthink Figure AI and Agility Robotics?
In a major cross-border funding move in the robotics AI space this year, Physical AI startup RLWRLD has…
After DeepSeek, China takes a leap with Manus, world’s first autonomous AI agent
In late 2024, the world’s AI community turned its attention to China with the release of DeepSeek V3,…
Is DeepSeek’s R1 the OpenAI killer? A game-changing, cost-effective AI alternative emerges!
DeepSeek’s R1 model, an open-source AI platform from a Chinese startup, rivals industry leaders like ChatGPT with cost-effective…
AI-powered human washing machine: Would you try Japan’s revolutionary futuristic bathing experience?
Osaka-based Science Co. unveils the Mirai Ningen Sentakuki, Japan’s first AI-powered “human washing machine,” promising a futuristic bathing…
Tesla-rival Pony AI raises $413M at $5.4B valuation in Nasdaq debut: Revival of Chinese IPOs in the US?
Chinese autonomous driving company Pony AI saw its American depositary shares (ADS) surge by 19% in their trading…
