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Talkwalker’s Benjamin Soubies on how AI-enabled consumer intelligence is making a difference in customer engagement [Q&A]
In this TechNode Global Q&A with Soubies, we learn how the company's AI-enabled consumer intelligence platform empowers marketing, communications, and consumer research teams to transform millions of data points into actionable insights, enabling brands to better anticipate consumers’ needs and engage their audiences.
How the metaverse will drive convergence between online and offline worlds, an interview with VIZZIO’s Jon Li [Q&A]
The Internet today is essentially a digital overlay of the world, which is driven largely by 2D information, texts, voices, images, and videos. But that’s about to change. We now have the technology and infrastructure to create new 3D virtual worlds, or rather a digital model, of our physical world. These virtual worlds will obey the laws of physics, or not…
Glife’s Caleb Wu & Novitee’s Benjamin Yang on the impact of data, AI & innovative financing on the future of food [Q&A]
In this TechNode Global Q&A with Caleb Wu, Co-Founder and Deputy CEO of Glife Technologies; and Benjamin Yang, Chief Executive Officer of Novitee, we learn how the partnership foresees the use of AI and predictive analysis to determine the supply and demand of ingredients a restaurant would need with every order made from a diner.
Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub platform launches in Asia to provide support to entrepreneurs and early-stage startups
Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub is designed specifically for early-stage startups to lower the barriers of business creation, be a catalyst for entrepreneurship and innovation, and contribute to easing the journey from an idea to a unicorn. It is available to all startups in Asia, including those without third-party backing, as part of Microsoft’s…
Infobip’s Nikola Pavesic on unicorns, customer experience, and investing in the community [Q&A]
CX should not be an afterthought and investments should consider the quickly evolving landscape and emerging technologies. The last thing you want is to put your entire innovation team in cold storage to emerge from the pandemic in the rear-view mirror of consumers.
Rainforest’s Per-Ola Röst on innovating microbrands through centralized, seamless, cross-border fulfillment [Q&A]
"Operating microbrands in SEA today is a complex venture from an operational perspective. Compared with Amazon’s PAN-EU fulfillment program -- allowing brands to unlock the entire EU market, offering two-day delivery time to a few hundred million consumers. The program is also fully automated for the brand - from moving stock between countries to storage…
Digitalization has given rise to a new generation of investors, says Helicap’s David Z Wang [Q&A]
"Ultimately, the benefits of technology to businesses boil down to two simple things: optimized operational processes and a better, more personalized customer experience."
GreenArc Capital’s Rony J Palathinkal on building tech solutions that enable impact and sustainability at scale [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]
As investors change their investment models and expand their product offerings to reflect the growing sustainability trend, GreenArc’s Impact Solution can provide the digital tools required to help institutions create impact at scale.
Great entrepreneurs are the ones that make a huge difference to mankind, says Aerodyne Group’s Kamarul A Muhamed [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]
"We aspire to build a drone economy where mundane tasks and boring jobs will be removed, so that humans can focus more on meaningful jobs that would leverage on creativity and innovation."
RECORNEA’s breakthrough corneal metal implant helps restore vision with clear and predictable clinical outcomes [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]
Ophthalmology is a field of medicine where innovation has space to introduce highly innovative solutions through the use of new materials and designs to treat a number of clinical conditions currently under-served or with unsatisfactory clinical outcomes.
