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Why Are Some of Asia’s Technology Opportunities Still Invisible to Global Founders?
Asia has become a major startup region, but capital, talent and attention remain concentrated in a handful of ecosystems. For founders building from within the region, that unevenness could create opportunities that global technology companies are slower to recognize. Asia is no longer an emerging footnote in the global startup economy. Between 2021 and 2023, the region attracted 23% of global venture capital investment and was...
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Why Are Some of Asia’s Technology Opportunities Still Invisible to Global Founders?
Asia has become a major startup region, but capital, talent and attention remain concentrated in a handful of ecosystems. For founders building from within the region, that unevenness could create opportunities that global technology companies are slower to recognize. Asia...
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Korea’s Healthcare AI Opportunity Will Be Decided by Commercialization
South Korea has the hospitals, research capabilities and digital infrastructure to develop advanced healthcare AI. The harder challenge is turning those technological strengths into clinically validated products, reimbursable services, repeatable revenue and global businesses. South Korea's healthcare AI market is...
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Korea’s Biotech Startups May Need to Treat the Domestic Market as a Launchpad, Not the Destination
South Korea may not offer the market scale of the US, China or India, but its clinical infrastructure, hospitals and research ecosystem could give biotech startups something equally important: a place to generate evidence before going global. South Korea's biohealth...
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From Search to Fulfillment: How AI Could Change What Marketplaces Do
As Korean technology companies move AI agents from recommendation toward transactions and execution, marketplaces could evolve from directories of human capabilities into intelligent systems that coordinate work. For decades, marketplaces have been built around a relatively simple sequence: users search,...
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When AI Can Do the Task, What Exactly Are Freelancers Selling?
As AI makes routine knowledge work increasingly easy to automate, the value of freelance professionals is shifting from execution toward judgment, workflow design, expertise and accountability. Korea is already beginning to build the workforce infrastructure for that transition. For years,...
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