The White House’s latest tech summit ended not with a policy white paper but with a photograph: senior executives from Microsoft, Google, OpenAI, Apple and other Silicon Valley heavyweights gathered at a dinner hosted by First Lady Melania Trump to endorse a national AI education push, pledge...
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Google and Microsoft have publicly committed to sweeping new AI-in-education initiatives announced at the White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence Education, pledging broad product access, large-scale training programs, educator grants, and multi‑year investments intended to put...
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Silicon Valley’s top executives converged at the White House on September 4, 2025, to publicly endorse the First Lady’s AI education initiative — a high-profile meeting that fused corporate pledges, government policy ambitions, and the politics of technology into a single, consequential moment...
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California’s new statewide AI education initiative — a public‑private push that ropes in Google, Microsoft, Adobe, IBM and other major vendors to deliver free AI courses, tools and credentials to millions of learners — marks one of the most ambitious attempts by any U.S. state to fold artificial...
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Microsoft has recently overhauled its startup support initiatives, transitioning from the previous Microsoft for Startups program to a new two-track system designed to better align with the diverse needs of emerging companies. This strategic shift, effective from July 1, 2025, introduces...
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The evolution of entrepreneurship in the digital age is marked by shifting expectations—not only from startups themselves, who are relentlessly iterating products and business models, but from the ecosystem of investors, partners, and technology enablers that surround them. Nowhere is this more...
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Hong Kong’s position as a technology bridge between East and West has long attracted talent and investment, but the recent launch of the TechConnect co-incubation programme by Microsoft Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) promises to recalibrate the...
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The accelerating pace of AI innovation continues to reshape the global technology landscape, and Google’s latest move underlines both the company’s ambition and the competitive intensity in the sector. This week, Google unveiled the AI Futures Fund—a new initiative designed to empower startups...
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The rising tide of global startup innovation has found an exciting new harbor in Hong Kong, as Microsoft Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) officially launch "TechConnect," a co-incubation programme designed to propel both local and international...
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There’s a quiet but persistent mythology in Silicon Valley: the “solo founder who started in a garage” is a scrappy genius destined for unicorn glory. But the reality for today’s AI founders is that a cinderblock garage won’t get you far—at least not unless it’s been upgraded with high-speed...
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