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Emerging Industries

AI, renewable energy, digital economy, fintech, and other new industry signals across Asian innovation ecosystems.

Emerging Industries
Emerging Industries

Asian investors turn to AI "shovel sellers" and "anti-disruption" companies

Against the backdrop of high AI valuations and surging capital expenditures, Asian investors are beginning to favor companies that can both benefit from AI technology and withstand its disruptive effects, shifting the new focus from infrastructure suppliers to hard asset holders.

Marcus Sterling3 min read
Emerging Industries

Macau AI Summit Insight: How Century Huatong Uses 'Platform + Capital' Strategy to Tap into Portuguese-speaking Market

The Digiloong Cup Investment Summit, jointly organized by Century Huatong and Macau IPIM, revealed Macau's key role as a platform for Chinese AI companies to expand into Portuguese-speaking countries. The article analyzes how Macau's policies, capital ecosystem, and corporate strategies work together to drive the AI industry from efficiency tools to ecological competition.

Haruto Sato4 min read
Emerging Industries

Asian Innovation Ecosystem: The Rise of Measurable Impact Awards

The 2026 Asia Innovation Excellence Awards return, focusing on companies that create measurable impact through transformative innovation, reflecting the evolution of Asia's business innovation strategies.

Sarah Tan2 min read
Emerging Industries

Beyond the AI chip boom: a revaluation of East Asia’s growth is taking shape

Driven by demand for artificial intelligence chips, growth, investment, and wages in Taiwan and South Korea are rising in step. This boom, which appears to be concentrated in the semiconductor industry, is in fact reshaping patterns of consumption, public finances, and capital flows across East Asia, and may further affect the redistribution of supply chains in Asia.

Sarah Tan6 min read