Pitching her AI-powered insurance-claims product to venture capitalists in the Bay Area, Sri Ramaswamy expected questions about the technology, and her growth plan. Instead, she was asked: “Who else is on your team?” One funder said: “If you had a white male CEO, you would get a check.” Ramaswamy, co-founder and chief executive of Charlee.AI, […]
Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni has spent her career building artificial intelligence. Now she regulates it. Morocco appointed her Minister of Digital Transition and Administrative Reform in October 2024. With a Ph.D. in computer science, 200-plus research papers, and a track record of running Africa’s first UNESCO center for AI, her job now is to make […]
The rapid expansion of artificial-intelligence infrastructure is triggering a global memory chip shortage, as factories prioritize chips for hyperscalers over the kinds used in laptops and smartphones. The shortage is set to have far-reaching global ramifications. The world’s two biggest memory chipmakers, South Korean companies Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, are making record sales. New […]
If tech talent can’t come to the U.S., American companies will go where the talent is. Hiring by FAAMNG companies — Facebook (Meta), Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Netflix, and Google (Alphabet) — has risen sharply in India in recent months. This trend coincides with rising scrutiny of the H-1B visa, often used by tech companies to […]
China’s electric-vehicle makers are going global to avoid going under. A price war at home and shrinking government support have thrown the industry into flux, with analysts predicting only 15 of the country’s 129 EV brands will remain profitable by 2030. China this year halved a purchase tax exemption for EVs, imposing a 5% levy […]
On February 4, the $300 billion Indian IT sector faced a moment of reckoning. The country’s benchmark IT stocks index slumped nearly 6%, reacting to Anthropic’s release of its Claude Cowork agentic plugin. The new plugins are designed to automate precisely the high-volume, repetitive knowledge work that has been the bread and butter of Indian […]
Chinese artificial-intelligence titans are gearing up for an intense marketing blitz in the run-up to the Lunar New Year, dishing out digital “red envelopes” filled with cash and releasing cutting-edge model updates in an effort to capture hearts and minds during the most important holiday on the Chinese calendar. It’s a Chinese tradition to give […]
While Silicon Valley spent 2025 polishing its marketing decks for the humanoid future, China was busy shipping the robots. Nearly 90% of all humanoid robots sold globally in 2025 were Chinese, and six of the highest-selling companies in the sector were from the East Asian country. The humanoid robots industry is still in its infancy, […]
Want to bet on whether the U.S. will attack Iran? An increasing number of people are using Polymarket and similar online prediction markets to gamble on war and other geopolitical events. The payoffs can be thousands, even millions. These platforms have grown in popularity since the 2024 U.S. presidential elections, which drew significant interest from […]
China’s growing distrust of the West is showing in its investment playbook. Only 2.6% of China’s total foreign direct investment announced in 2025 went to North America, according to data from the independent research provider Rhodium Group. This is significantly lower than 27% a decade ago. The data reflects all FDI transactions with a value […]