“Young musicians today treat music-making kind of like playing video games,” says PoChang Wu, co-founder of OurSong, an NFT-based platform for music collection and community building. Wu talks about “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X as an example. He explains how the then mostly unknown rapper made the song from a beat he bought […]

With the release of the conversational AI ChatGPT developed by OpenAI in November 2022, our lives our lives are directly affected by AI technology more than ever. According to the research report titled “Domestic AI Analysis Market Forecast, 2023-2027,” published on April 26 by International Data Corporation Korea Ltd. (hereafter Korea IDC, CEO Han Eun-seon), […]

Sony Network Communications, a subsidiary of the renowned Japanese tech and entertainment giant, has invested $3.5 million in Startale Labs, a promising web3 startup. This investment, facilitated through a private placement of new shares, is expected to be utilized to develop crucial infrastructure for the global adoption of web3. As part of this collaboration, Jun […]

Visa, the financial services corporation, has unveiled its partnership with seven promising startups in the Asia Pacific region through the Visa Accelerator Program. Selected from a competitive pool of over 450 applicants, these startups from India, Mainland China, Thailand, Singapore, and Germany will embark on a six-month program, working alongside Visa’s payment experts, business development […]

Singapore-based non-fungible token (NFT) infrastructure startup Gomu has announced raising $5 million in a Seed funding round that will power NFT liquidity incentives and commerce. In a statement, the company said the funding round was backed by venture investors Coinbase Ventures, Defiance Capital, Saison Capital, and several angel investors. The company did not provide its […]