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Discount coffee, hotels thrive in China&#8217;s penny-pinching economy

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Their US counterparts still strike the most deals, although their share of the number of deals has been dropping.

China’s AI start-ups are closing more funding deals, yet they’re still attracting less money than the US

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AI and drone startup Clobotics bags USD 10 million from Tiger Investment to expand to Singapore

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The company would file the updated prospectus after the Chinese New Year holidays.

Chinese AI unicorn Megvii cleared for USD 500 million Hong Kong IPO despite blacklist concerns

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Rivals ByteDance, Tencent, and Alibaba have been gaining prominence in India since the last few years.

Baidu seeks to collaborate with Indian educational institutes on AI

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The mass production will start in early 2020.

Baidu and Samsung join hands to kick off mass production of AI chip Baidu Kunlun

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The implementation of AI and IoT will feature smart cluster and traffic management.

Softbank and Tencent investor Lippo Group collaborate on AI and IoT for property development

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