startups https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/ THE BUSINESS TIMES - Find latest business and financial news including analysis and opinion on top business stories, stock markets in Singapore, Asia-Pacific and global market news and more at The Business Times. en-US https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/favicon.ico startups https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/ 32 32 GIC, BlackRock funding makes Skyroot Aerospace first space unicorn in India https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/startups-tech/startups/gic-blackrock-funding-makes-skyroot-aerospace-first-space-unicorn-india Thu, 07 May 2026 06:09:18 +0000 Startups Startups & Tech /startups-tech/startups/gic-blackrock-funding-makes-skyroot-aerospace-first-space-unicorn-india Investment arrives at a pivotal moment as space-tech firm prepares for maiden flight of Vikram-1 Anthropic’s CEO says it could grow by 80 times this year https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/startups-tech/startups/anthropics-ceo-says-it-could-grow-80-times-year Thu, 07 May 2026 03:44:40 +0000 Startups Startups & Tech /startups-tech/startups/anthropics-ceo-says-it-could-grow-80-times-year The company is one of the world’s leading AI startups with its Claude chatbot and its popular AI coding tool, Claude Code Anthropic signs computing deal with SpaceX to meet AI demand https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/anthropic-signs-computing-deal-spacex-meet-ai-demand Thu, 07 May 2026 02:35:59 +0000 Companies & Markets Startups Startups & Tech /companies-markets/anthropic-signs-computing-deal-spacex-meet-ai-demand The artificial intelligence startup is a competitor to xAI, including for talent China’s chip fund in talks to lead DeepSeek funding: FT https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/startups-tech/chinas-chip-fund-talks-lead-deepseek-funding-ft Wed, 06 May 2026 07:24:45 +0000 Startups & Tech Startups /startups-tech/chinas-chip-fund-talks-lead-deepseek-funding-ft The Big Fund is a backer of some of the country’s largest chip players Anthropic unveils AI agents to field financial services tasks https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/anthropic-unveils-ai-agents-field-financial-services-tasks Wed, 06 May 2026 02:21:21 +0000 Companies & Markets Startups Startups & Tech /companies-markets/anthropic-unveils-ai-agents-field-financial-services-tasks The Claude maker now has more than 300,000 business customers who use its technologies to automate parts of their work Anthropic commits to spending US$200 billion on Google’s cloud and chips: report https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/anthropic-commits-spending-us200-billion-googles-cloud-and-chips-report Wed, 06 May 2026 00:33:24 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets Startups Startups & Tech /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/anthropic-commits-spending-us200-billion-googles-cloud-and-chips-report Alphabet is also investing up to US$40 billion in the artificial intelligence startup OpenAI co-founder discloses nearly US$30 billion stake, financial ties to Sam Altman https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/openai-co-founder-discloses-nearly-us30-billion-stake-financial-ties-sam-altman Tue, 05 May 2026 00:40:21 +0000 Companies & Markets Startups Startups & Tech /companies-markets/openai-co-founder-discloses-nearly-us30-billion-stake-financial-ties-sam-altman The startup has raised well over US$100 billion from investors to hire researchers, buy computing power and expand the company China robot-hand-building unicorn Linkerbot targets US$6 billion valuation https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/startups-tech/startups/china-robot-hand-building-unicorn-linkerbot-targets-us6-billion-valuation Mon, 04 May 2026 02:07:09 +0000 Startups Startups & Tech /startups-tech/startups/china-robot-hand-building-unicorn-linkerbot-targets-us6-billion-valuation Beijing-based startup currently holds over 80% of the global market share in high-degree-of-freedom robotic hands