From robot cars to virtual assistants to algorithms for streaming video, advances in artificial intelligence are driving innovation and money. A lot of money. The competition between the world’s two premier hotbeds for artificial intelligence is really a race for who gets to define the future. […]
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Denis Barrier on globalization
Denis Barrier is a global investor and an amazing guy. His firm invests in the US, Europe, and Asia and we talked about our borderless future and how to spot innovation before it takes off. […]
Denis Barrier discusses the latest that some Chinese tech firms have to offer at CES 2019
CGTN’s Rachelle Akuffo spoke to Denis Barrier, co-founder and CEO of Cathay Innovation about Chinese technology showcased at CES 2019. […]
The innovation supply chain: How ideas traverse continents and transform economies
While Westerners often associate the invention of calculus with 17th century European luminaries like Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz, its theoretical foundations actually stretch back millennia. Fundamental theorems appear in ancient Egyptian work from 1820 BC, and later influences sprout from Babylonian, Ancient Greek, Chinese and Middle Eastern texts. […]
InsurTech Investor Panel: It’s About Finding Pain Points, Trimming Fat
A panel of insurance investors and market researchers report that investing in insurtech firms has reached an inflection point as investors and insurers build out early ventures and look to new technologies and risk sectors. Register to be notified of new A.M. BestTV episodes. […]
Financial Inclusion- Innovation Meets Social Responsibility
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‘The future will be won or lost on this technology. I’m very concerned’: The co-founder of a $9 billion company warns that China is on track to dominate the US in AI
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Meet our advisors: Denis Barrier, co-founder and CEO of Cathay Innovation
Denis Barrier started his career at Orange as a researcher working on quantum optics and physics around hardware and electronics. Soon after, the company began encouraging researchers to start companies using their work, with the aim of funding these spin-off startups. “I joined Orange’s investment arm Innovacom to create this seed capital program,” Denis said. […]
Nicolas du Cray (Cathay Innovation): “The speed of digitalization in China has been incredible”
An investment professional with over 15 years’ experience in the TMT sector, Nicolas du Cray is a China-based partner at Cathay Innovation, a €250m venture capital fund created in association with Cathay Capital Private Equity, which supports digital entrepreneurs across North America, Europe and China. Here he gives his insight on the investment strategy of […]