{"id":104392,"date":"2025-01-08T22:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T03:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/regional-analysis\/investing-in-startups-during-the-era-of-ai-2-0\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T22:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T03:29:08","slug":"investing-in-startups-during-the-era-of-ai-2-0","status":"publish","type":[3765],"link":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/regional-analysis\/investing-in-startups-during-the-era-of-ai-2-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Investing in Startups During the Era of AI 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"bbg-row-container\">\n    <section class=\"bbg-row bg--white  text--black row-padding--bottom-none bbg-row--full-bg-bleed\" data-anchor='row-6a0c4db731990'>\n        \n        \n        <div\n            class=\"bbg-row--content\"\n                    >\n            \n            <div\n    class=\"bbg-column\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    <p>    <h1 class=\"bbg-metadata bbg-metadata--title\">Investing in Startups During the Era of AI 2.0<\/h1>\n<div\n    class=\"bbg-spacer bbg-spacer--lg\"\n    >\n<\/div>    <ul class=\"bbg-categories_list\">\n                    <li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/category\/markets\/\" rel=\"category tag\">\n                    Markets\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n                    <li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/category\/regional-analysis\/\" rel=\"category tag\">\n                    Regional Analysis\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n<div\n    class=\"bbg-spacer bbg-spacer--lg\"\n    >\n<\/div>    <p class=\"bbg-metadata bbg-metadata--date\">January 8, 2025<\/p>\n<div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p class=\"small\"><strong>Bloomberg Intelligence Podcast<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"bbg-row-container\">\n    <section class=\"bbg-row  text--black row-padding--top-none row-padding--bottom-none bbg-row--full-bg-bleed\" data-anchor='row-6a0c4db7392cd'>\n        \n        \n        <div\n            class=\"bbg-row--content\"\n                    >\n            \n            <p><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-2 bbg-column--valign-middle bbg-column--m-width-4 bbg-column--s-width-2\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    <div id=\"\" class=\"wpb_content_element bbg-single-image align-left\">\n    <figure class=\"bbg-single-image__figure\" style=\"max-width:100%\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/asia-centric-v2.jpg\" class=\"bbg-single-image__image attachment-full\" alt=\"\" title=\"asia-centric-v2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/asia-centric-v2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/asia-centric-v2.jpg 552w, https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/asia-centric-v2.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n        \n            <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: 600; margin-top: -55px;\">Listen on<\/p>\n<div class=\"flexbox\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/investing-in-startups-during-the-era-of-ai-2-0\/id1660129416?i=1000683232999\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/Apple-podcast.svg\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/3BSbomm0XdeCjAaYNsbZR1?si=gwNw8It5RiG5wZ2HkduEbg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/Spotify.svg\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-1 bbg-column--valign-middle\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    \n<\/div><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-8 bbg-column--valign-middle\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    <div\n  class=\"bb-audio\"\n  data-title=\"Financial markets have been captivated by AI&#039;s opportunities since the launch of ChatGPT two years ago. Huge investments have flowed into established chip companies and the hyperscalers that make the infrastructure supporting AI \u2013 from Nvidia and TSMC to Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon. But what about the frontier companies that could flourish as AI enters a new era? And why is Asia an ideal petri dish for this activity? Esther Wong, founder of 3C AGI Partners, one of Asia&#039;s first AI-focused venture capital funds, and formerly a managing director at SenseTime, discusses the next phase of this technology and shares her outlook on the industry \u2013 data centers in space may not be as far-fetched as you think. She joins John Lee and Katia Dmitrieva on the Asia Centric podcast.\"\n  data-state=\"fresh\"\n  data-audio-url=\"https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/CHINA-VC_mixdown.mp3-final-final.mp3\"\n  data-label-desc=\"for Financial markets have been captivated by AI&#039;s opportunities since the launch of ChatGPT two years ago. Huge investments have flowed into established chip companies and the hyperscalers that make the infrastructure supporting AI \u2013 from Nvidia and TSMC to Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon. But what about the frontier companies that could flourish as AI enters a new era? And why is Asia an ideal petri dish for this activity? Esther Wong, founder of 3C AGI Partners, one of Asia&#039;s first AI-focused venture capital funds, and formerly a managing director at SenseTime, discusses the next phase of this technology and shares her outlook on the industry \u2013 data centers in space may not be as far-fetched as you think. 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