VC Cafe

MARCH 7, 2025

Taiwan’s TSMC announced $100 billion investment in US chipmaking And finally, RIP Skype. Anthropic has just raised $3.5bn in a round at a post-money valuation of $61.5bn. Firefly Aerospace ‘s Blue Ghost has become the first commercial spacecraft to successfully land on our Moon.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 25, 2022

The last year has seen a ton written about the semiconductor industry: chip shortages, the CHIPS Act , our dependence on Taiwan and TSMC , China, etc. TSMC in Taiwan is the leader in logic, Samsung is second. Today there are only two – Samsung in Korea and TSMC in Taiwan. But they don’t design chips. What’s Next – Business.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2024

The rise of generative AI is expected to affect every vertical: health, education, fintech, gaming – creating opportunities for startups. Supply chain, in particular around chips (which might be impacted severely in case of an escalation in Taiwan), can cause havoc in tech. trillion in economic value against the baseline by 2038.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Startups in this class come from far and away, including Argentina, Austria, Australia, Brazil, Croatia, Denmark, India, Japan, Italy, Latvia & Estonia, Spain, and Taiwan. LaunchGram: aggregate news service about products and launches coming soon in verticals such as movies, electronics, video games, and cars.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 3, 2009

That same year China fell to the communists under Mao Zedong, and the Nationalist government retreated to Taiwan. In 1949, the Soviets exploded their first nuclear weapon and ended the U.S monopoly on atomic weaponry.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 17, 2020

In this post, I cover the rise of why this is the case, and offer lots of examples of verticals and applications as well as opportunities for startups and streamers. Eating – when I was in Taiwan and Vietnam over the summer, I noticed several people livestreaming their meals (especially hot pot!).

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

However, Cabinet members who are responsible for vertical portfolios still manage the government’s large functional agencies, and there continues to be significant overlap between those who handle commercial, defense, and diplomatic policy. The United States is dependent on two companies, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.

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