Today it feels like like every day we learn about an incredible new technology, product or, service that was supposed to be a futuristic concept, but now is, “coming soon.” Nearly 20 years ago, just before the internet bubble in 2000-2001, new online concepts were being introduced at a dizzying pace, and today, during what […]
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China and the Bay Area face off over AI
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. […]
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. […]
Do not miss 5G, the highway to the Artificial Intelligence revolution!
As the debate heats up around the prices and providers of 5G, we should all keep in mind that its outcome will shape the global communications market for a long time to come. 2019 may not be the year of 5G’s distribution to the vast majority of consumers, but it is the year when key […]
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. […]
Where East meets West: Consumer Fintech at a crossroads — A South East Asia Story
Innovators around the world have heralded fintech as a force that will remake the storied financial sector. Investors agree. In the first three quarters of 2018 alone, venture capitalists invested $32.6 billion in 1,164 companies — almost double last year’s $17.9 billion invested globally. Already, fintech startups are impacting consumers lives: in 2017, an EY survey across twenty […]
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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Insuretech’s real promise: growing the pie
In Silicon Valley, the typical narrative around any innovation follows a similar pattern: [Insert industry] has not changed in [Insert arbitrary large number] years. They are still using [insert choice of antiquated technology: fax machines, excel sheets, mainframe computers] to conduct their business. Therefore, technology startups are poised to disrupt it — with a new approach, […]