CEEB TOOM NTAWM SEADRONIX
SoftBank Ventures Asia, venture caj npab ntawm Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son SoftBank Group, coj $ 5.8 lab puag ncig hauv South Kauslim kev tswj hwm tus kheej pib pib Seadronix, nqa nws cov peev nyiaj tag nrho rau hnub no rau $ 8.3 lab.
Tsim muaj xyoo 2015, Seadronix tsim AI software los pab cov nkoj thauj khoom taug kev nrog kev koom tes tsawg kawg ntawm cov neeg caij nkoj, zoo ib yam li cov tsheb tsav tsheb. Lub tuam txhab ob yam khoom tseem ceeb suav nrog kev saib xyuas los pab cov nkoj loj tuaj ntawm cov chaw nres nkoj thiab ib qho kev soj ntsuam cais los pab cov nkoj taug kev hauv cov dej qhib, tam sim no ua haujlwm hauv plaub qhov chaw nres nkoj thoob plaws Kaus Lim Kauslim.
"Peb lub luag haujlwm yog los ua AI platform uas ua kom muaj kev nyab xeeb thiab kev tiv thaiv ib puag ncig ntawm dej hiav txwv," said Byeolteo Park, cofounder thiab CEO ntawm Seadronix, hauv ib nqe lus. "Nrog cov nyiaj no, peb cia siab tias yuav nrhiav cov txuj ci ntau dua hauv AI thiab sensor fusion thiab navigation, thiab ua kom peb cov phiaj xwm nkag mus thoob ntiaj teb."
Seadronix's proprietary systems tuaj yeem daws 75% ntawm cov xwm txheej hauv hiav txwv uas tshwm sim los ntawm "tib neeg yuam kev thiab teeb meem ib puag ncig," xws li carbon dioxide leaks uas tuaj yeem ua rau tuag taus, raws li kev pib.
Kev lag luam kev thauj mus los ywj pheej hauv Asia tau pom nthwv dej ntawm kev nqis peev nyob rau ob peb xyoos dhau los, dovetailing nrog lub ntiaj teb thawb mus rau "smarter" autonomous tsheb thauj mus los. Piv txwv li, Toyota AI Ventures, pib $ 100 lab nyiaj hauv 2019 rau kev txav mus los, suav nrog kev lag luam xa khoom nrog kev nqis peev hauv Singapore-based Sea Machines.
Lub Yim Hli Ntuj tas los, Boston Consulting Group qhov kev tsim kho tshiab caj npab, BCG Digital Ventures, tau nqis peev hauv peb lub lag luam hauv Singapore-based maritime tech startups. Quest Ventures, tseem nyob hauv nroog-xeev, pib ib qho $ 7.5 lab nyiaj txiag kev lag luam maritime xyoo tas los, koom tes nrog Singapore-based ShipsFocus.
Founded hauv 2000, SoftBank Ventures Asia muaj kwv yees li $ 1.8 nphom hauv cov cuab tam raws li kev tswj hwm, hla dhau 300 lub tuam txhab, tsom mus rau "ICT kev nqis peev" xws li AI, IoT thiab cov neeg hlau ntse.
Lub Kaum Ob Hlis kawg, SoftBank Ventures Asia ua lag luam $ 150 lab nyob rau hauv metaverse platform Zepeto, ua los ntawm Naver Z, ib chav tsev ntawm Korean billionaire Lee Hae-jin Internet loj heev Naver.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/catherinewang/2022/05/10/softbank-ventures-asia-leads-58-million-investment-in-korean-autonomous-shipping-startup/