TAIPEI, TAIWAN - Media OutReach - August 10th, 2018 - Singularity University (SU) has announced the winners of the first ever APAC Global Impact Challenge (SingularityU GIC), a competition in partnership with Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA) in Taiwan.
The SingularityU GIC was open to applicants throughout the Asia-Pacific region with the challenge focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI) application on the global grand challenges of energy, environment, food, shelter, space, water, disaster resilience, governance, health, learning, prosperity and security. Winners include:
SU Ventures Incubator Program Winner: Vibrasee (TW), WeavAir (TW)
TIEC Special Award Winner: aetherAI (TW)
TTA Special Award Winner: BeamAndGo (SG)
TTA Special Award Winner: FaceHeart (TW)
TTA Special Award Winner: RehaPal (TW)
TTA Special Award Winner: Rumarocket (PH)
TTA serves as the sponsor and organizer of the APAC GIC and as such enables the SU Ventures Award winners to attend SU's Ventures Incubator Program in Silicon Valley in fall 2018, which will be from September 3rd to November 9th.
The winner of TIEC Special Award will get sponsorship and support from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) of Taiwan to development business in Silicon Valley, and the winners of TTA Special Award will grant teams to access to TTA connection platform in deep tech venture ecosystem and access to the newly renovated co-working of TTA in Taipei.
"We are truly amazed by the diversity and quality of the participants in SingularityU APAC GIC, it is really great to see the regional joint efforts to get the top minds together to solve big problems with advanced technology," said Melissa Gonzales, program manager of SingularityU GIC. "We are looking forward to having the winners to join SU Ventures Incubator program; also look forward to the future collaboration with TTA."
"TTA program carries the charter to work with innovators to use innovative intelligence and capabilities to build a better world for human society," said Dr. Yu-Chin Hsu, Deputy Minister of Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan. "The Ministry and TTA will be willing to support talents and entrepreneurs from all over the world to make AI-focused, moonshot innovation ideas come true." source: press release
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