I'm an associate editor at Forbes, based in Hong Kong, covering Asia's most successful businesspeople and up-and-coming entrepreneurs. I edit the Korea's 50 Richest and 100 to Watch lists, and help research and write other Asia-related lists, including 30 Under 30 Asia and Hong Kong's 50 Richest. Previously I was a reporter covering law firms at Thomson Reuters and The American Lawyer's Law.com. You can email me at jkang[at]forbes.com and follow me on Twitter @johnhjkang.
From left: Shawny Kwon of Munice, Sophiya Jagannathan of MetaShop, Emiri Grimes of Yuimedi, Megha Aggarwal of Fundamento, Hyejun Lee of Kai Health, Jamie Jeong of Zenerate and Eiko Nakazawa of Ikura.oogle’s fund for female founders in the Asia-Pacific region has picked its first batch of startups, all in the hot field of artificial intelligence, that will receive an injection of cash and mentorship.and is managed by Google for Startups, the tech giant’s startup support arm.
“The reason we focused on AI for this particular fund is because it spans across so many different industries,” he says. “In the future, every single technology or industry that we work with, whether it’s healthcare, finance, even down to hardware, will have some piece of AI to make it more efficient and to make the user experience better.”. Out of the 100 small companies and startups that made the list, 25 use AI technology.
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