Rapidus × Cadence: Japan industrializes agent-chip-design
Nikkei reports on July 17 a partnership between Rapidus and Cadence on AI agent tools for chip design - Japanese sovereignty targets EDA.
5 h ago 5 7
Micron infiltrates the car with Qualcomm and Hyundai Mobis: AI memory wins the cockpit
Micron signs automotive chip deals with Qualcomm (Ride) and Hyundai Mobis. Diversification beyond HBM datacenter, and a strong signal for embedded inference.
18 h ago 8 9
Nvidia moves into Toyota's Woven City: physical AI gets its first company town
Nvidia is partnering with Toyota's Woven City on physical AI hardware and software. The reason it matters: Woven City is not a demo - it's an actual populated test bed, and Nvidia just booked the seat next to the engineers.
yesterday 9 9
Trend Micro partners with Anthropic and OpenAI to tackle the Korean security market
Trend Micro is pushing a security offering in Korea backed by its partnerships with Anthropic and OpenAI. The real signal is not the geography: it's the strategy of inserting provider models through the sector integrator.
Jul 15, 2026 at 12:34 12 7
Nvidia and Mitsubishi Heavy: when the GPU manufacturer seeks out a boiler maker
Cooling and energy management: Nvidia discusses with a Japanese industrial giant. The signal is more interesting than the agreement - the constraint has shifted from silicon to thermal.
Jul 14, 2026 at 22:30 9 6
Google Cloud × Samsung: Gemini Enterprise in the Device eXperience, the bet on captive distribution
Google Cloud deploys Gemini Enterprise to Samsung DX employees worldwide - described as "its largest agentic deployment in Korea to date." The real challenge: access to a massive user base.
Jul 13, 2026 at 09:12 14 8
Kimi × Agricultural Bank of China × Amex: the first AI-native credit card
Moonshot AI (Kimi) partners with Agricultural Bank of China and American Express to launch a credit card whose interface, customer relationship, and scoring are powered by a Chinese LLM. This is the first time a Chinese LLM has been placed at the heart of a major banking product.
Jul 11, 2026 at 17:19 9 10