OpenAI continues to attract tons of venture capital, its accumulated take reportedly hovering at $6.5 billion most recently. And a valuation that now exceeds $150 billion might appear to give the Microsoft and Softbank-backed startup an insurmountable advantage in the generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) space. But emerging players like Paris-based Mistral AI and Tokyo-based Sakana … Read more
Canadian convenience store giant Alimentation Couche-Tard (ACT) has set its sights on Seven & i wHoldings, the Tokyo-based parent company of 7-Eleven. If the deal goes through—ACT submitted an offer to buy all outstanding shares of Seven & i last month—it will mark a significant step into Japan’s retail market by a foreign firm, but … Read more
Maddie Madayag.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — Choco Mucho coach Dante Alinsunurin is in full support of Maddie Madayag, who will make her overseas debut in Japan. Madayag will be missing Choco Mucho’s upcoming 2024-25 PVL All-Filipino Conference from November to May next year after signing a contract with Kurobe Aqua Fairies. Article continues after this … Read more