Tech In Depth

Japanese Startup Shows AI in a Name Is No Guarantee of Success

Signage for artificial intelligence at the MWC Shanghai tech show in June 19.

Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Min-Jeong Lee reports on a Japanese AI startup that didn’t fulfill its promises after exposure to the scrutiny of the public markets.

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