Since OpenAI released its blockbuster bot ChatGPT in November 2022, users have casually experimented with the tool, even Insider reporters trying to simulate news stories or message potential dates. ‘’Software Is Eating the World, but AI Is Going to Eat Software’’ stated by Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia. AI is eating existing software not because it does things better but because it works at a completely different layer of the stack. Rather than working with information and action, AI deals in understanding and outcomes that are able to perform the same tasks as human beings. In this episode, we invited two special guests: Dr.Shawn Wen and Dr. Kyle Pi. to join us and share their thoughts about Artificial intelligence Technology! Dr. Wen is the co-founder and CTO of PolyAI, the company that creates a human-like voice assistance system. Dr.Shawn also received best paper awards at EMNLP 2015 and SigDial 2015. Dr. Pi is the co-founder and CEO of InstAI which is a Silicon valley based startup that provides No code and Edge AI tools. Dr. Pi also co-founds Contribulet, a crowdfunding website and PM2 Kitchen and online marketplace that helps local people in San Jose sell and market their homemade food online. In this episode of Startup Island Taiwan Podcast, you will find out: ☛ What is AI? ☛ Both PolyAI and InstAI are in very different segment of the Whole industry  ☛ Generative AI seems like another wave compare 7-8 years ago ☛ ChatGPT or Generative AI really bring a huge difference in technology? Host: Uly Su Guest: Shawn Wen, Co-founder & CTO of PolyAI & Dr. Kyle Pi, Co-founder & CEO of InstAI Powered by Startup Island TAIWAN Directed by National Development Council 👉More news of Taiwan startups: https://meetstartup.pse.is/4jhd5u 👉Follow us on LinkedIn: https://meetstartup.pse.is/4hhbhg 📪 Email us: global@bnext.com.tw Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cl8jubp5t01v601sl4vys57dj/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

Meat, be in hotdogs, hamburgers or bacon in BLT sandwiches, has long functioned as the centrepiece of the American diet. In recent years, due to the growing awareness of health and environmental impacts of meat, consumers are starting to seek out alternatives for meat. Alternative meat is a broad category, plant-based meat will be one of the brilliant options that encourage consumers to reduce their meat intake. By delivering the same flavour and texture of real meat to mimic the experience of eating meat as closely as possible.  Lypid, founded by two Cornell Taiwanese scientists, has use its proprietary formula and processing method to develop vegan fats that accurately mimic the texture, mouthfeel, transfer of flavour, and cooking behaviour of animal fats. In 2021, Lypid has been selected into SOSV’s indieBio and raised 4 millions funding. A year later, they announced a partnership with Louisa Coffee, one of the largest coffee brands in Taiwan with 500+ stores, to serve their plant-based burgers. In this episode of Startup Island Taiwan Podcast, you will find out: ☛ Foodtech can be really important and critical for climate change? ☛ Michelle and JenYu first start the idea when they were neighbour in Cornell ☛ Fat is the key to make vegan meat taste like real meat ☛ Plant-based meat is actually healthy ☛ The goal for Lypid is not replacing the animal meat but provide a new option for consumer to choose Host: Asianometry, Deep tech channel with 447k followers, still growing Guest: Michelle Lee, Co-founders of Lypid & Jen Yu Huang, Co-founders of Lypid Powered by Startup Island TAIWAN Directed by National Development Council 👉More news of Taiwan startups: https://meetstartup.pse.is/4jhd5u 👉Follow us on LinkedIn: https://meetstartup.pse.is/4hhbhg 📪 Email us: global@bnext.com.tw Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cl8jubp5t01v601sl4vys57dj/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

Pet humanisation trends have made pet parents increasingly willing to spend more on pet care, the global pet DNA testing market has reached USD 300 million in the year of 2022. DNA tests for furry felines are fairly new to the market, they haven't been around as long as the ones for doggies. As the interest has increased in recent years, there are products available on the market that are able to offer some insight into the breed information, details of genetic traits, and the risk of potential health problems for your orange tabby. Founded in 2018 by Anna Skaya and Damian Kao, Basepaws is a pet-care genetics startup that created the world’s first at-home comprehensive cat DNA test and oral health test for cats. With the Continuously growing feline genomic and oral microbiome database, Basepaws compare your kitty’s results with thousands of other DNA tests. You can easily learn more about your furry feline’s breed and health with an affordable price. In 2022, Basepaws became a member of Zoetis - the world's leading animal health company. Host: Asianometry, Deep tech channel with 447k followers, still growing Guest: Damian Kao, Co-founder and COO of Basepaws & Nick Wu, Investor of Pasadena Angels Powered by Startup Island TAIWAN Directed by National Development Council 👉More news of Taiwan startups: https://meetstartup.pse.is/4jhd5u 👉Follow us on LinkedIn: https://meetstartup.pse.is/4hhbhg 📪 Email us: global@bnext.com.tw Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cl8jubp5t01v601sl4vys57dj/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

Taiwan is on the path to becoming a new startup hub in Asia. Despite facing numerous challenges in the past, the startup ecosystem in Taiwan has been on the rise. Taiwan is an ideal place to locate for Hardware & IoT, Social & Leisure and Energy & Environment startups. Israel-based Startup Blink has Taiwan ranked 25th globally and 4th in East Asia in global startup rankings in 2021. With favourable market conditions, government support, and proximity to key Asian markets draws foreigners to start thinking about how to do business in Taiwan. Founded in the US and Established in HongKong by ex-Googlers Ken Law and Hauman Chow, PowerArena focuses on monitoring and analysing production sites in real time by making use of deep learning artificial intelligence technology. PowerArena first participated in Garage+ Startup Global Program in 2017, further developed the network of firms and potential customers. Later discussed cooperation project with big firms like Wistron, Advantech Co., Ltd. and AUO Corporation. In this episode, we talk about: ☛ Why Ken choose Taiwan to expand the business ☛ How Taiwan Industries and ecosystem help the business of PowerArena ☛ What Garage+ did when Ken join the Startup Global Program Join us to find out more!  Host: Uly Su  Guest: Ken Law, Co-Founder & CEO of PowerArena & May Yang, Director of Garage+ Powered by Startup Island TAIWAN Directed by National Development Council Producer: Meet Global by Business Next Media Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3JXzDIO  Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3YDdtPV Portally: https://bit.ly/3xeFBNU #startup #podcast #taiwan #global #technology Powered by Firstory Hosting

Over the last decade, investment in SaaS startups has been showing continuous growth. Report of Silicon Valley Bank’s State of SaaS shows that the total investment in SaaS startups was $6 billion in 2010. In the past few years, the SaaS industry managed to benefit from the pandemic period while the vast majority of other businesses experienced tough times. In 2021, this number reached an incredible $90 billion.  Kdan Mobile seized the trend of remote work and has over 10 millions customers globally. Its DottedSign has been adopted by over 20 enterprises from industries across financial services, insurances, and securities. With more than half of their customers from the US market and 40 percent of the company's employees are based in the US and Europe, they have had great success in the global market. Kdan continues to support worldwide businesses in the new age of tech. They hope to build a “better normal” for today’s digital climate through flexible, technical solutions. In this episode, we talk about: ☛ App Store give opportunities to software developers  ☛ How Kdan manage to benefit from the pandemic ☛ What helps Kdan to be chosen over other alternatives ☛ Advantages and disadvantages of startup being located in Southern Taiwan Join us to find out more!  Host: Asianometry, Deep tech channel with 430k followers, still growing  Guest: Wei-Chung Wang, Co-founder of Kdan Mobile Powered by Startup Island TAIWAN Directed by National Development Council Producer: Meet Global by Business Next Media Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3DAjBQY Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jyJrhl Portally: https://bit.ly/3Y1MNbT #startup #podcast #saas #global Powered by Firstory Hosting

Mark Birch, AWS Global Startup Advocate, brought his knowledge and delivered a keynote that touched upon how startups can get started on their journey with AWS. As a former founder, Mark also shared his stories of early experiences to depict what that journey might look like and how the ecosystem matters. ‘’You could be an incredibly talented individual, or you could have an incredibly talented team but oftentimes you also need the ecosystem and support mechanism to give you a boost along the way’’ said Mark, to deliver the importance of the ecosystem for startups. Through events and activities, the ecosystem not only enhances the chance of meeting potential investors and partners but also the opportunities to meet other like-minded entrepreneurs to share thoughts and defeat entrepreneurial loneliness.  In this episode of Startup Island Taiwan Podcast, you will find out: ☛ Things individuals can do to improve the startup community ☛ How Mark has been supporting the startup communities globally  ☛ Better to catch lots of small fish than one big fish? ☛ Mark’s 3 ways to defeat entrepreneurial loneliness Host: Asianometry, deep tech channel with 430k followers, still growing Guest: Mark Birch, AWS Global Startup Advocate Powered by Startup Island TAIWAN Directed by National Development Council 👉More news of Taiwan startups: https://meetstartup.pse.is/4jhd5u 👉Follow us on LinkedIn: https://meetstartup.pse.is/4hhbhg 📪 Email us: global@bnext.com.tw Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cl8jubp5t01v601sl4vys57dj/comments AWS Activate Program: https://bit.ly/3YbPZBr Powered by Firstory Hosting

Technology, as we all know, moves at a rapid pace. With the advance of science and technology, only the companies that embrace the tools and solutions to get ahead are more likely to survive. It gave the opportunity for Fash Chang to initiate his entrepreneurship with Gosky. Helping businesses to grow loyalty and drive revenue by connecting marketing, sales, and CRM from the first social interaction to lifetime purchases. As an AI-powered data analytics communication tool for businesses, Gosky AI was part of the first batch of 500 Global Accelerator Taiwan with TTA. During the program, it became the project that investors are most interested in. ‘’After the program our investment team realised that Gosky has much bigger potential compared to the statute they were at the time" said Shawn Chu, Principal at 500 Global.    In this episode of Startup Island Taiwan Podcast, you will find out: ☛ The problem GoSky is trying to solve ☛ Early CRM experience with noodle stand inspired the founding of Gosky ☛ Examples of how GoSky helps their clients to grow business in Taiwan ☛ 3 differences between Asia and US for Martech company Host: Uly Su, Entrepreneur In Residence @Business Next Media Corp. Guest: Fash Chang, CEO of Gosky AI & Shawn Chu, Principal of 500 Global Powered by Startup Island TAIWAN Directed by National Development Council   👉More news of Taiwan startups: https://meetstartup.pse.is/4jhd5u 👉Follow us on LinkedIn: https://meetstartup.pse.is/4hhbhg 📪 Email us: global@bnext.com.tw   Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cl8jubp5t01v601sl4vys57dj/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

Guest William Hsu, VC and co-founder of Mucker Capital, discusses the potential of Taiwan's startup scene, the importance of storytelling in startup pitches, and the need for Taiwanese entrepreneurs to think globally. They also explore the 'blue-collar VC' concept and share insights from Thomas Edison's muckers.

Will you use navigation when you are driving? Although we use navigation, we still get lost occasionally, since the map and the actual road conditions differ. This is also the opportunity for Cheng Ping Yu, the founder of AR navigation startup Phiar, to initiate his entrepreneurship. By combining deep learning with AI and AR technology, AR navigation provides the actual road conditions for drivers and guides the direction at the same time. Phiar was selected as YC's 2018 Summer Batch (YC S18), and has also received major venture capital’s investment in the following years. Google even announced the acquisition of Phiar in September 2022, hoping to create a new generation of navigation systems through computer vision, AI and AR. Highlights: Augmented reality for navigation The inspiration of Phiar’s product came from Yu’s own experience Transformation from academia to business Key point that makes technology business applicable Yu’s experience in YC Big trends for self-driving, automotive and AR Incredible innovation speed for AI and AR In terms of making AI accessible to everyone, edge processing is very important AR glass will become the next smartphone Host: Asianometry, Deep tech channel with 350k followers, still growing Guest: Chen-Ping Yu, founder of Phiar 👉More news of Taiwan startups: https://meetstartup.pse.is/4jhd5u 👉Follow us on LinkedIn: https://meetstartup.pse.is/4hhbhg 📪 Email us: global@bnext.com.tw   Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cl8jubp5t01v601sl4vys57dj/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

Pinkoi aims to create an Asian designer ecosystem. By promoting Asian design brands to the international market, Pinkoi connects and empowers both brands and consumers, creating a high-quality design ecosystem. Acquiring Japanese company iichi in 2015, Pinkoi became a well-known role model of cross-border acquisition in Taiwan. Despite the influence of the epidemic, Pinkoi's cross-border orders have doubled, and their products have been sold to 93 countries around the world, becoming one of the leading e-commerce companies in Asia.    If you want to know more about: - Pinkoi's business secrets during the pandemic - Experience in acquiring Japanese company - Challenges brought about by different company culture  - Resource integration after acquisition Join us to get more information ! Host: Uly Su, Entrepreneur In Residence @Business Next Media Corp. Guest: Peter Yen, Co-Founder and CEO of Pinkoi   👉More news of Taiwan startups: https://meetstartup.pse.is/4jhd5u 👉Follow us on LinkedIn: https://meetstartup.pse.is/4hhbhg 📪 Email us: global@bnext.com.tw   Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cl8jubp5t01v601sl4vys57dj/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting