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Meta In Talks To Buy Korean AI Chip Startup Founded By Samsung Engineer

Meta In Talks To Buy Korean AI Chip Startup Founded By Samsung Engineer
11.02.2025 10

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John Kang

LG’s IT Services Affiliate Slumps In Seoul Debut After $825 Million IPO

LG’s IT Services Affiliate Slumps In Seoul Debut After $825 Million IPO
05.02.2025 9

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John Kang

Samsung To Raise Stake In Rainbow Robotics, Becoming Korean Robot Maker’s Top Shareholder

An attendee uses the Samsung Pay app on a Samsung Galaxy smartphone to interact with SoftBank Group's Pepper humanoid robot, on the second day of...

31.12.2024 8

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Shinsegae’s E-Mart Discount Chain And Alibaba To Form Korean Joint Venture

Shinsegae Co. signage is displayed outside one of the company's department stores in Seoul, South Korea. South Korean discount chain E-Mart, a unit...

26.12.2024 10

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Billionaire Lui Che Woo, Founder Of Macau Casino Operator Galaxy And Property Developer K. Wah, Dies At 95

Lui Che Woo in 2019. Lui Che Woo, who founded Macau casino operator Galaxy Entertainment Group and property developer K. Wah International...

12.11.2024 40

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Nippon Paint Shares Surge 14% On $2.3 Billion Deal For U.S. Chemical Producer

Paint fills a bucket on a conveyor at the Nippon Paint plant in Qingyuan, Guangdong Province, China. Investors cheered Nippon Paint Holdings’ plans...

29.10.2024 4

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Carlyle-Backed Japanese Chip Testing Tools Maker Rigaku Slumps In Trading Debut

Arne Dedert/picture alliance via Getty Images Rigaku, a Japanese maker of semiconductor testing equipment backed by Carlyle, slumped in its trading...

25.10.2024 10

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YC-Backed AI Startup Raises Series C From Korea’s Doosan And Hyundai

Hyunsoo Kim, cofounder and CEO of Superb AI. Superb AI, a South Korean AI startup that graduated from Y Combinator, has raised $10.2 million in a...

24.10.2024 9

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Hyundai Motor India Shares Slump As Trading Begins In Asia’s Biggest IPO Of The Year

Hyundai Motor India managing director Unsoo Kim (L), Hyundai Motor Group president and CEO Jaehoon Chang (2L), executive chair Euisun Chung (3L)...

22.10.2024 7

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Korean Biotech’s Shares Quadruple In Seven Months, Becomes Kosdaq’s Biggest Stock

Images: Getty Images; Illustration: Shanshan Kao for Forbes Asia Shares of Alteogen, a little-known biotech company in South Korea, have quadrupled...

19.09.2024 7

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Coupang Makes Rare Startup Investment In Video Chat App Episoden

Hyunmo Yang, (bottom row, center), founder and CEO of Episoden. Coupang, the South Korean e-commerce giant led by billionaire Bom Kim, made a rare...

10.09.2024 5

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