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AI company growth news including hiring, new office openings, market expansion, and international growth initiatives.
Databricks to expand Singapore headcount up to 50% as enterprise AI demand rises
Databricks plans to increase its Singapore workforce by up to 50%, according to a report from Tech in Asia. The expansion is driven by growing enterprise demand for AI and data infrastructure solution...
Anthropic opens Seoul office with South Korea deals
Anthropic has opened an office in Seoul, South Korea, and signed agreements with local firms, researchers, and government officials to provide wider access to its Claude AI model. The expansion deepen...

Huawei eyes Latin America deployment of Ascend AI chips, cloud chief confirms
Huawei is studying whether to make its newest Ascend AI chips available through its cloud and AI services in Latin America, according to Mark Chen, president of Huawei Cloud Latin America. Speaking at...

MetaX, a Shanghai-based GPU designer founded in 2020 by former AMD executives, announced plans to pu...
MetaX, a Shanghai-based GPU designer founded in 2020 by former AMD executives, announced plans to pursue a H-share listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, less than six months after its debut on Shan...
Enflame Technology (燧原科技) to Face IPO Review on June 15 on Shanghai STAR Market
Shanghai Stock Exchange will review Enflame Technology's IPO application on June 15, 2026, on the STAR Market. The Chinese AI chip company reported revenue growth from RMB 301 million (~$42M) in 2023...

AirTrunk commits $30B for 5GW of AI data centers in India by 2030
Blackstone-backed data center operator AirTrunk announced a $30 billion investment to develop 5 gigawatts of new data center capacity in India by 2030. The company, which entered India earlier this ye...

Channel Corporation (채널코퍼레이션) hosted its ChannelCon26 conference in Tokyo on June 4, marking the eve...
Channel Corporation (채널코퍼레이션) hosted its ChannelCon26 conference in Tokyo on June 4, marking the event's first edition in Japan as the company celebrates 11 years in the market. CEO Jae-yong Choi open...
Cars24 AI Labs launches with $20M to back AI startups
Cars24, an Indian auto-tech platform, announced the launch of AI Labs, a corporate initiative aimed at building AI-first products and supporting AI startups. The lab commits $20 million in funding, me...
LOTTE Ventures has launched L-CAMP Vietnam 2026, a startup partnership program aimed at connecting V...
LOTTE Ventures has launched L-CAMP Vietnam 2026, a startup partnership program aimed at connecting Vietnamese startups with the LOTTE business ecosystem. The program, run with Impact Square and suppor...

MiniMax prepares for mainland China listing after Hong Kong IPO surge
MiniMax Group, the Shanghai-based AI model company, has hired Citic Securities to prepare a yuan-denominated public offering in mainland China, likely on the Star Market. The move follows a stellar Ho...

SoftBank Group announces plans to invest up to €75 billion (~$87 billion) to build data centers in F...
SoftBank Group announces plans to invest up to €75 billion (~$87 billion) to build data centers in France, targeting 5 gigawatts of total capacity. The first phase in Dunkirk, Bosquel, and Bouchain wi...
Unitree fast-tracks Shanghai IPO targeting $6.2B valuation as embodied AI boom hits Chinese markets
Chinese humanoid robotics startup Unitree Robotics is fast-tracking its initial public offering on Shanghai's Star Market, targeting a valuation of roughly 42 billion yuan ($6.2 billion). The Shanghai...

altshare, an AI-powered equity management intelligence platform, announced its expansion into the U.
altshare, an AI-powered equity management intelligence platform, announced its expansion into the U.S. market alongside the release of its Q1 2026 report examining how tighter capital markets are resh...

AWL to showcase NVIDIA Jetson Thor-based multi-camera tracking at COMPUTEX 2026
AWL (AWL株式会社), a Hokkaido University–originated edge AI video analytics startup, announced it will exhibit at COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2026 in the AVerMedia booth. The company will demonstrate a 2U rackmount e...

Mindtree (마인드트리), a South Korean integrated Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provider, has relocate...
Mindtree (마인드트리), a South Korean integrated Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provider, has relocated its headquarters to the Pangyo Startup Zone — a state-backed incubation space operated by the Mini...

**Cognite partners with Seoul Investment Agency to establish Seoul office for industrial AI expansion.**
Cognite, an industrial data analytics company headquartered in Tempe, Arizona with a European base in Norway, has signed a business agreement with the Seoul Investment Promotion Agency to establish a...
HCL-Foxconn semiconductor joint venture launches unit in Uttar Pradesh, advancing India's chip self-reliance.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the groundbreaking of the HCL-Foxconn semiconductor manufacturing unit in Uttar Pradesh, a step toward attracting semiconductor investments and reduc...
Resolve AI expands platform to fix production failures from AI-generated code
Resolve AI, a production-operations startup backed by Greylock and Lightspeed Venture Partners, announced a sweeping expansion of its platform targeting system failures caused by AI-generated code. Th...

Naver Cloud (네이버클라우드) demonstrated its AI-driven welfare service 'Naver CareCall' at Government & Pu...
Naver Cloud (네이버클라우드) demonstrated its AI-driven welfare service 'Naver CareCall' at Government & Public Sector Week Japan 2026 in Tokyo from May 13-15-17. The exhibition, backed by Japan's Ministry o...

Runway opens Tokyo office, invests $40M to expand in Japan's video AI market
Video generation AI startup Runway announced on May 15 the opening of a Tokyo office and an initial investment of $40 million (approximately 6.2 billion yen) for its Japan expansion. The company state...