Matt Cheng

The “Year of the Robot” is coming

Robots are yet to have their "#ChatGPT moment," but as the technology continues to mature, we will witness their gradual transition from industry and service contexts into everyday family life. One day, #Robots will become a part of our daily environment, and perhaps our most familiar companions.

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From hair growth to weight loss, how Hims is turning the traditional healthcare industry on its head

Entrepreneurs are often faced with a challenge: how to avoid having their ideas and business models quickly copied by established companies. I would like to share the example of Hims to explore this issue.

AI takes on the next sensory frontier: smell

Among the five human senses, AI development has advanced the furthest in the area of vision, with computers now easily able to identify and understand images. As for auditory perception, #AI is increasingly capable of comprehending human voice commands. On the other hand, olfaction remains a relatively unfamiliar domain for AI. However, the process of…

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When “self-driving” enters the laboratory

#AI allows humans to conduct research and achieve innovation in a more efficient, more cost-effective, and more systematic way. However, looking back at the history of human inventions, some of the most representative inventions stem not only from systematic research but also from human curiosity, keen observation, and serendipity.

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AI agents from “thinking fast” to “thinking slow”

From fast thinking to slow thinking, #AI is evolving at an unimaginable pace. However, each ability is not absolutely good or bad but has its own unique advantages and suitability for use in different scenarios.

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New business opportunities under the GPU gap

From AI startups like #OpenAI to the top three public clouds of Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, and new cloud service challengers like CoreWeave and Lambda, to large technology companies with #AI demands such as #Meta and Tesla, are all managing to take more #GPU computing power.

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Is the global labor shortage crisis ushering in the golden age of robotics?

Although no one knows exactly when the golden age of #robotics will begin, we can be certain that before that time comes, offices, shopping malls, and even entire cities will need to be redesigned. Everything from workflow processes to space design will need to be reimagined to address the needs of these new "robotic residents."

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Japan is finally pivoting from paper ledgers to fintech

The #Japan #fintech market is also entering a turning point, from closed to open, from homogenous to diversified. And while this market is still in the early stages with both founders and consumers still figuring out how this change will subvert decades-old habits, the biggest opportunities are often born out of the initial chaos. The first to snatch the…

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Before creating your own product, learn how to remix

Copying what’s been done before or imagining what’s next: which do you see as the most critical founder skill? Most people would probably go with the latter. But I actually go with the former, or a version of it I call – to borrow a term from the music industry – “remixing”.  If all original ideas could only ever be used by the person who conceived them, a…

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Carbon-absorbing houses are disrupting the centuries-old cement industry

We are seeing a growing consensus across industries on the subjects of #ESG and #carbon reduction, two areas in which #enterprises need to make strong efforts to maintain a competitive edge. The cement and construction industry, however, plays an especially critical role.