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China’s AI start-ups head to S'pore in bid for global growth

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Bloomberg • 7 min read
China’s AI start-ups head to S'pore in bid for global growth
“The more successful an AI start-up is in China, the more challenging it is for it to go global.” Photo: Bloomberg
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When Wu Cunsong and Chen Binghui founded their artificial intelligence start-up two years ago in Hangzhou, China, they quickly ran into obstacles, including dearth of venture capital.

This March, they did what scores of other Chinese AI firms have done and moved their company, Tabcut, 2,500 miles southwest to Singapore.

The business-friendly country offers Wu and Chen better access to global investors and customers at a time when elevated geopolitical tensions keep many US and international firms away from China.

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