ByteDance is recruiting heavily for humanoid robot development as the TikTok parent accelerates its push beyond social media into cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) applications.

AMD is significantly expanding its footprint in India, with plans to increase its employee base to over 10,000 within the next two to three years. This move reflects the company's confidence in the country's engineering talent and its supportive environment for semiconductor and artificial intelligence (AI) development.

As growth in the PC, notebook, and home appliance markets slows, Taiwan Line Tek Electronic, a connector and cable manufacturer, is shifting its focus to emerging niche sectors such as low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites, artificial intelligence (AI), and cloud computing. The company has identified the LEO satellite industry as its primary area of development, with several ongoing collaborations and a projected increase in related product proportions from the second half of 2025.

AI cybersecurity leader CyCraft announced a strategic partnership with APMIC, a provider of model-as-a-service solutions, to launch the industry's first AI model designed specifically for defense: XecGuard. Paired with a model security evaluation service, this initiative leverages a 3-billion (3B) parameter open-source model developed by APMIC and the Twinkle AI community.

South Korean internet giant Naver has launched HyperCLOVA X THINK, a large language model that matches OpenAI's GPT-4.1 performance while excelling in Korean-language tasks, advancing the country's push for AI sovereignty.

Polymer materials supplier Covestro is strengthening its cast polyurethane elastomer business in Taiwan, eyeing rising demand from automated equipment, smart logistics, offshore wind power, waterproofing for construction and infrastructure, and pulp and paper industries.

Taiwan's telecom operator Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has launched the Hami Cam AI smart camera, targeting the growing demand for companionship and remote care amid social changes such as an aging population and increased pet ownership. The new device aims to strengthen CHT's position in the competitive smart home camera market.

According to the Business Standard, BW Business World, and EE Herald, MiPhi Semiconductors, a joint venture between India's Micromax Informatics and Taiwan's Phison Technology, has announced the design and manufacture of enterprise-grade SSDs in India, making MiPhi the first indigenous brand to produce such high-performance data storage solutions in the country.

The AI programming sector is experiencing a surge in venture capital investment as startups like Anysphere and Windsurf command multibillion-dollar valuations despite being unprofitable. Simultaneously, technology giants Microsoft and Alphabet Inc. are intensifying competition by launching their own AI coding tools and services.

Strong demand for high performance computing (HPC) and generative AI (GenAI) has helped drive a 75% year-over-year revenue increase in the IC sector across Taiwan's science parks in April 2025, leading all industrial categories in the parks, according to data from the Science Park Bureaus under the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC). Science and Technology Minister and Minister without Portfolio Cheng-wen Wu believes Taiwan should leverage its semiconductor and AI expertise through tight integration with the biomedical industry, to foster practical applications of AI in biotech and medicine.