IT総合 Google hit with $12.6M fine in Indonesia for monopolistic practices in payment system
Indonesia’s antitrust agency KPPU fined Google 202.5 billion Rupiahs, equivalent to $12.6 million, on Wednesday for anti...
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IT総合 IT総合 Nvidia backs MetAI, a Taiwanese startup that creates AI-powered digital twins
Nvidia has been doubling down on the opportunity to build robotics and other industrial AI applications, with the launch...
IT総合 Samsung pays $181M to become largest shareholder of Rainbow Robotics
Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that it has become the largest shareholder of South Korea-based robotics maker Rainb...
IT総合 North Korea-linked hackers accounted for 61% of all crypto stolen in 2024
Alongside the rising adoption and value of crypto assets, theft is also on the rise. This year, the total value of crypt...
IT総合 ‘We want to pay it forward’: Funding Societies raises $25M to boost capital for SMEs in Southeast Asia
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for nearly 50% of Southeast Asia’s GDP, contributing to job crea...
IT総合 Kakao Mobility hit with $10.5M antitrust fine for limiting rivals’ access
South Korea’s antitrust watchdog has fined Kakao Mobility, the ride-hailing unit of Korean tech firm Kakao, $10.5 millio...
IT総合 YC-backed Finny is using AI to match financial advisors with prospects
Financial advisors have a big hurdle when it comes to finding new clients: Cold outreach rarely works. Often, the only w...
IT総合 CarDekho SEA raises first-ever outside funding, co-founder says he’s interested in acquisitions
CarDekho SEA, a Singapore-based auto financing service platform, has raised $60 million in equity, valuing the company a...
IT総合 KPay, a financial management platform for SMEs, raises $55M Series A
Sometimes, the easiest way to find a great idea for a startup is to look beyond the current problem you’re solving...
IT総合 Amazon Japan raided by anti-monopoly authorities
Amazon Japan has said it will collaborate with Japan’s Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) after the watchdog conducted an on-s...
IT総合 South Korean prosecutors request 5-year jail sentence for Samsung chief Jay Lee
South Korean prosecutors sought a five-year prison sentence and a 500 million KRW fine, equivalent to $375,000, for Sams...
IT総合 Fondo wants to mitigate the US’ accountant shortage with its AI bookkeeping service
Despite all the talk of doom and gloom about the economy, entrepreneurship is actually on the rise in the U.S.: In 2024,...
IT総合 SmartBank secures $26M for its personal finance management app
The majority of the aging population in Japan still prefers using cash for transactions, according to a recent report ci...
IT総合 Indonesian VC firm Intudo raises $125M across two funds
Intudo, the Indonesia-only venture capital firm, said it has raised $125 million across two investment funds — $75 milli...
IT総合 Bifrost helps industrials speed up model training with its 3D data generation platform
For many companies working on AI models with applications in the physical world, data presents the biggest opportunity. ...
IT総合 GMI Cloud secures $82M in Series A for its GPU cloud infrastructure
The AI boom has spurred massive demand for graphics processing units (GPUs). As many enterprises seek to integrate AI te...
IT総合 ODD taps $27M for diamond chips to clear radioactive debris at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
Back in 2011, the world held its breath after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan suffered a failure of its coo...
IT総合 The most interesting unicorns to come out of Japan
Japan’s startup sector, despite being one of the biggest in the world, has lagged behind other regions like the U....
IT総合 OpenAI to open offices in Singapore, Paris, Brussels to facilitate global expansion
OpenAI said in a post on X that it is opening new offices in multiple cities, including NYC, Seattle, Paris, Brussels, a...
IT総合 VESSL AI secures $12M for its MLOps platform that aims to cut GPU costs by up to 80%
South Korean MLOps platform VESSL AI is trying to carve out a niche for itself by focusing on optimizing for GPU expense...
IT総合 Dinii, a cloud-based restaurant management platform, raises $45M Series B
Japan has always been a strong market for bringing technology into the experience of consuming food, and now one of the ...
IT総合 A walk through the crypto jungle at Korea Blockchain Week
Blockchain technology is all about decentralization and virtualization. So it’s a little ironic that humans love t...
IT総合 Aptos CEO Mo Shaikh shares his journey to web3 and market opportunities in Asia and Middle East
TechCrunch sat down with Shaikh this week at the Korea Blockchain Week 2024 conference in Seoul to talk about Aptos' exp...
IT総合 SparkLabs closes $50M fund to back AI startups
SparkLabs — an early-stage venture capital firm that has made a name for itself for backing OpenAI as well as a ho...
IT総合 Validus, a Singapore-based digital SME lending platform, secures $50M debt financing to help enterprises in Indonesia
Validus, a Singapore-based digital lending platform for small and medium businesses, has secured $50 million in debt fin...
IT総合 Watch out for these 10 hot startups from South Korea
Most of the biggest South Korean tech startups intend to pursue public offerings in either South Korea or the United Sta...
IT総合 Uber drives deeper into South Korea to take on Kakao Mobility
After seeing double-digit growth in South Korea, Uber Technologies has announced a strategic plan to double down in the ...
IT総合 South Korean tech giant Naver launches crypto wallet in partnership with Chiliz
Many tech companies are expanding their reach into the web3 market, integrating blockchain and web3 technologies into th...
IT総合 SleekFlow snaps up $7M to tap the conversational AI opportunity across Asia
SleekFlow, a Singapore- and Hong Kong-headquartered social commerce platform that has built a conversational AI suite fo...
IT総合 Singaporean investment app Syfe pulls in $27M to hasten growth in Asia Pacific
The Asia Pacific region has long been an important market for wealth management firms with the plethora of developing ec...