AI startup Anthropic is set for an IPO, with its seven founders holding a combined stake worth over $125 billion, or more than $17.8 billion each, while retaining control through special shares; Amazon and Google stakes also exceed $100 billion each.
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Anthropic is reported to launch its IPO roadshow as early as November 10, targeting a Nasdaq listing on the 19th or 20th under ticker ANT. Hit by tech stock volatility, its valuation has reportedly been cut to $1.1 trillion, with fundraising of up to $100 billion, racing to list before Thanksgiving.
The Small and Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration, MOEA, has promoted the Taiwan-Singapore startup exchange program, assisting 28 Taiwan startups in expanding to Singapore to date, of which 6 have established companies locally, cumulatively creating NT$135 million in business opportunities and fundraising, and continuing to use Singapore as a base to deploy across Southeast Asia.
Write speeds for the same USB flash drive differed by nearly three times between the left and right ports, with the culprit being the Windows removal policy setting. After switching to Better performance in a hands-on test, speed recovered from 24MB per second to 71.96MB per second.
Taiwan's licensed manga sequels face long waiting periods, with Yowamushi Pedal showing a gap of nearly 70 volumes between Taiwan and Japan. Local startup Loomic Studio has launched a dedicated manga localization workflow integrating OCR, AI translation and cloud collaboration, with tests showing daily processing volume rising from 8 pages to 50 pages.
To align with CAB Forum international certificate standards, TWCA has fully launched a website certificate serial number upgrade operation to ensure compliance with the 64-bit randomness standard, and is assisting government, financial, and enterprise customers in completing updates before November 6 to maintain stable connectivity.
Creative5 Satellite partnered with Sateliot to showcase their satellite IoT achievements at the 2026 Smart City Expo World Congress, combining HESTIA Plus with 3GPP-standard NB-IoT satellite connectivity and targeting field validations such as smart agriculture to help enterprises pragmatically evaluate deployment.
Seventy percent of Thai SMEs have tried AI but only 9% have reached advanced use. Startups are entering with AI interviews and report analytics to help companies boost efficiency and narrow the skills gap, covering hiring screening and real-time operational data generation. Experts urge pairing AI with human interviews and employee training to deepen transformation.
An Accenture contractor reportedly connected a personal Claude Code tool to a Pentagon NIPRNet production environment for about two months, leaking administrator credentials and a network map, raising defense cybersecurity concerns. Accenture denies the allegations. Whether the case violated the 72-hour reporting obligation remains unclear, with contract scale and follow-up actions in focus.
At just 30 years old, Wang Pin-chao, CEO of Sanheng Yishu Marketing, has taken over as the 30th chairman of the Pingtung County Innovation and Entrepreneurship Association, proposing a fish school theory to unite members, connecting funding, talent and resources to help young people realize their dreams, with the handover ceremony to be held on October 31.
Trump redefines artificial intelligence as superintelligence, linking it to national security and manufacturing. Zuckerberg and Musk adopted the term in their third-quarter earnings calls, while Microsoft and other giants kept the original term, highlighting a split between the tech industry and the White House and raising concerns over politicization of terminology.
Silicon Valley tech giants are on full alert against AI secret leaks, guarding against state-level spy infiltration. From social media recruitment to honey-trap tactics, companies are tightening internal controls, while the U.S. Department of Justice has carried out successive enforcement actions against trade-secret theft, underscoring the rising strategic value of AI assets
LINE has launched a call recording feature supporting one-on-one voice and video calls. Users who update to version 26.16.0 or above and enable it in LINE Labs can try it for free. Starting in late January 2027, it will become exclusive to Premium members, with recording specifications and storage drawing attention.