SparkLabs Group

Go SparkLabs Cultiv8! As always, excellent execution by Jonathon Quigley, Malcolm Nutt and Tiffany Holland #agriculture #startups #agtech #foodtech #sustainability #venturecapital #accelerator #climatetech #netzero #farming #founders #entrepreneurship

How do you solve network congestion in Indonesia's bustling cities? Telkomsel's answer: Telco-grade lasers 🚀 We’re excited to share that Indonesia's leading telco has chosen Transcelestial's lasercomms technology to boost their network infrastructure: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gdS9JYRf 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬: ↳ 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Our telco-grade lasers are easing congestion and improving user experience. ↳ 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬: Save big with Transcelestial's cost-effective solution as compared to traditional fiber solutions. ↳ 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞: Expanding connectivity to underserved areas, including rural regions. ↳ 𝐏𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲: Telkomsel is leading the way in adopting innovative laser communication solutions. On the announcement, Nugi Nugroho, CEO of Telkomsel shared: “This pivotal step relieves network congestion and lays the foundation for a more robust and resilient infrastructure. Transcelestial’s telco-grade lasers are built to accelerate the advancement of connectivity solutions for Indonesia. We’ve seen it first hand with our initial deployment and we look forward to rolling it out further so the benefits of this solution impacts more locals across the country” Join us in shaping the future of connectivity in Indonesia! 👉 Reach out to Dinesh Kummaran , Ishak H. or Wen-Ming Wong from our Sales team to find out more.. #technology #innovation #connectivity #lasercommunications #Indonesia #Telkomsel #Transcelestial #lasercomms

[bitsensing Newsletter: Radar Insights] October 2024: bitsensing Wins AutoTech Breakthrough Awards 2024 'Overall Auto Sensor Company of the Year' #AutoTechBreakthrough #Mobility #Automotive #RadarReimagined

🌟 Event Recap: Insights on Saudi Arabian Startup Ecosystem + Exciting News! 🌟 SparkLabs Taiwan and Business Next Media Corp. 巨思媒體集團 co-hosted an insightful session on the Saudi market. The event featured a keynote by Bodin Scepanovic, Partner at SparkLabs Saudi Arabia, and Sohail Alangari, Principal at SparkLabs Saudi Arabia, along with firsthand experiences from a government representative from TAITRA Global (Taiwan External Trade Development Council), startup DXhero, and a senior journalist from 商周集團Business Weekly Group . Together, we uncovered key strategies for success: 1. Face-to-Face Matters 🤝 Speakers highlighted that face-to-face meetings are essential for success in Saudi Arabia's flexible business culture, where building trust is key. Unlike rigid agendas, engagements are more fluid, making personal connections vital. The best time for focused business discussions is during the low season in July and August, when partners are more attentive and available. 2. Local Connection Opening the Door of Opportunity ✨ Entering the Saudi market? Don’t go it alone. Bodin has highlighted the importance of having a local guide to navigate networks and build relationships. Cold outreach might not be enough; find someone who can help you integrate and verify whether these are qualified leads. 3. Don’t be Impatient. It’s about Relationship Building 🧑🤝🧑 One common mistake foreign founders make is "talking to local people as if they are dollar signs, not humans." In Saudi Arabia, building relationships takes time. It’s relationships first, then business. Bodin even mentioned that one of his top pieces of advice for founders interested in the Saudi market is to buy a one-way ticket to Saudi Arabia to truly blend into the local culture. From November 4-7, SparkLabs Taiwan will lead Taiwanese startups on an exciting journey to Saudi Arabia to connect with key players in the ecosystem and participate in a startup forum. Join us on this trip to take the first step in building valuable relationships in the Middle East! 🚀 For more information, please send a direct message or email to SparkLabs Taiwan (info@sparklabstaiwan.com).

We are excited that Kneron is one of the companies that signed a non-binding letter of intent with our SPAC entity. 2025 looks to be an exciting year 🔥 🚀 Great write up in Bloomberg today! Full article after first paragraph: "...Kneron wants to use the funds for product innovation and expansion, including opening a regional office in Saudi Arabia, according to an investor presentation seen by Bloomberg News. Eventually, it wants to build a research and development lab there, the people said, asking to remain anonymous describing private negotiations. It was unclear who would be participating in the latest funding round or how much has been secured. Kneron has previously received funding from Qualcomm Ventures, Sequoia Capital China, iPhone maker Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. and Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing’s Horizons Ventures. This is expected to be Kneron’s last funding round before going public, according to the presentation, which it plans to show during an Investor Day hosted under Saudi Arabia’s National Semiconductor Hub on Wednesday. Its listing is tentatively slated for 2025. Kneron signed a non-binding letter of intent to list on the Nasdaq through a special purpose acquisition company, Spark I Acquisition Corp., which is sponsored by one of its investors SparkLabs Group, according to a US securities filing on Monday. Negotiations are proceeding and the funding could still fall apart or fail to hit its target. Kneron is the latest AI chip firm to seek expansion in Saudi Arabia as the oil-rich nation builds up its digital economy. US-based SambaNova Systems and Groq, as well as South Korea’s Rebellions, are among the startups that have partnered with Saudi firms in the last year. Kneron was founded in 2015 by former Qualcomm Inc. engineer Albert Liu and has headquarters in San Diego and Taipei. It makes AI processors that power consumer goods like surveillance cameras and cars without needing to connect to the internet or use cloud-based systems. Its so-called neural processing unit, or NPU, is a versatile chip that can be composed like Lego blocks to support different purposes efficiently, and can be used in data centers to run or eventually train AI models, Liu previously told Bloomberg. Kneron’s chips are manufactured by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and they are used in Hon Hai Precision’s electric cars as well as South Korean firm Hanwha Vision Co.’s surveillance cameras. While the AI investor frenzy has focused on Nvidia Corp., whose chips became coveted hardware for training advanced tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, a growing number of startups are targeting the market for running trained AI models on so-called edge devices, including smartphones, PCs, cameras, cars, drones and robots. Bloomberg Intelligence last year estimated that the edge AI chip market could be more than triple the size of cloud-based AI by the end of 2032." #AI #AIChip #startup #founders #venturecapital #artificialintelligence #nasdaq

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An article in the Wall Street Journal in which I express my opinion on the limitations of LLMs and on the potential power of new architectures capable of understanding the physical world, have persistent memory, can reason and can plan: four features of intelligent behavior that LLMs are incapable of, but that your cat possesses https://lnkd.in/e48QigKN

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