India has had a one-sided relationship with AI. Despite being one of the   largest consumers of AI tools , India hasn’t seen any breakthrough AI products coming out of the country. Well, Perplexity is the one shining star, created by an Indian-origin founder, but it is based out of the US, and for a good reason. So when Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal, earlier this month, said Indian startups should focus more on deep tech, AI, semiconductors and EVs, in

Artificial Intelligence is no longer just a buzzword, it’s the backbone of the next digital era. Around the world, AI has moved from lab demos to everyday applications, powering everything from enterprise automation to personal assistants. In India, however, the story has unfolded a bit differently. Until recently, the country has largely been a consumer market for global AI innovations that include foundational models like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. While these have seen w

South Korea is best known for the K-wave: K-pop, K-dramas, K-beauty, and K-food. What goes unnoticed beneath all this Hallyu is K-startups, which are quietly growing their influence across the globe. Seoul jumped to #8  in   Startup Genome 's 2025 Global Startup Ecosystem ranking, ahead of Singapore, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Bengaluru. This ranking factors in success metrics like performance, funding, talent, market reach, and AI-native capabilities. The rise of South Korea as a

In 2025, NVIDIA became the world’s largest company by market capitalization, zooming past Microsoft and Apple. The Jensen Huang-led company quadrupled its market value in July from about $1 trillion in mid-2023 and   briefly hit $4 trillion , becoming the first company ever to breach this mark. Behind this meteoric rise was the ferociously rising demand for AI, which overshadowed the jitters caused by bitter trade tensions between the US and China. NVIDIA stocks kept soaring,

The Indonesian startup ecosystem shook last week as the   authorities detained the CEO of MDI Ventures and former director and president of Tanihub   for alleged money laundering and corruption. Add to that the growing   scrutiny over eFishery’s financial reporting , and it’s clear that questions of governance and transparency are rising to the surface. While these incidents don’t reflect the region’s vibrant ecosystem as a whole, they have made one thing clear: good governan