VC: Not As Rock & Roll As You Think?
A big part of our work here at Shinka Labs is to explore alternative approaches to nascent products and services in the wide world of IT. Sometimes, it results in a hit; others, a miss. But our goal isn’t necessarily to be calling the shots on the big bucks all the time. Rather, we’re interested in understanding the framework in which all of these activities function in order to determine best practice depending upon circumstance.
Global IT Firms’ Top 5 Top Uses of AI for Japan Market Entry
There’s a whole lot to do for any international firm yet without a presence in the Japanese market to successfully develop one. Our CTO (Aaron) and COO (Matt) have collectively seen over 20 years of nobly optimistic and lamentably unprepared efforts by cocksure orgs from across the globe try their best at getting a foothold here only to fail rather spectacularly.
Out Like a Tiger, In Like a Rabbit
2022, The Year of the Tiger, had some wildily interesting developments, from eSports to AI to indie gaming and more, read up on some of the highlights as we enter 2023, The Year of the Rabbit!
Stacking AI Creatively
Over the past weeks, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has continued to evolve and develop at a rapid pace. AI technology is being applied in a range of areas, from healthcare to finance, from manufacturing to retail, and from education to transportation.
China’s Chances in Japan
Amidst the strangeness of Japan’s foray into international markets, and its own shortcomings in the domestic market, we’ve suggested before that now’s a great time for a global firms to make moves on entering Japan’s market given the dearth of promising domestic developments.