Former Intel CEO brings six AI startups to Taiwan

2026-10-27

Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger is bringing Silicon Valley’s AI ambitions to Taiwan. Leading a delegation of six AI startups, Gelsinger says Taiwan is playing a central role in what could be a two-decade-long technology supercycle. With AI demand surging worldwide, companies are looking to Taiwan to strengthen partnerships and tackle critical challenges, from computing efficiency to power supply.

Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger is in Taiwan. As a general partner at Silicon Valley venture capital firm Playground Global, he’s come with representatives from six AI startups hoping to connect with the local tech ecosystem.

Pat Gelsinger
Playground Global General Partner
We thought it was extraordinarily fast last year, but we’ve seen it accelerate. 90% of the world’s AI comes through Taiwan. We think we’re in maybe a two-decade-long super cycle. We’re… clearly we’ll have some ups and downs. We’re in maybe the greatest technological, economic build-out in human history, and Taiwan plays a central role.

Ayar Labs, a silicon photonics startup backed by NVIDIA and AMD, has announced plans to establish a presence in Taiwan. The company has opened a new office in Hsinchu to strengthen collaboration with MediaTek, TSMC and Wiwynn.

Mark Wade
Ayar Labs CEO
We’ve deeply with our manufacturing partners, our ecosystem partners, here throughout Taiwan.

Though AI demand continues to surge, Gelsinger noted that resources remain limited. He said improving efficiency will require a complete overhaul of the system, supported by industry players working on power, memory, co-packaging and silicon photonics.

Pat Gelsinger
Playground Global General Partner
Now we see more aggressive build out of the world’s energy supply. In the digital AI world energy capacity equals economic capacity. But every industry that wants to participate in digital AI needs more energy. Across the world we need more energy capacity.

Gelsinger is set to co-host a dinner with Hon Hai Chair Young Liu to strengthen exchanges between Silicon Valley companies and Taiwan’s tech industry and snap up opportunities in the booming AI market.

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看重台灣成熟AI生態系! 季辛格率6家新創公司來台

2026-10-27

前英特爾執行長季辛格訪台，這次以創投合夥人身分，介紹六家包含記憶體、封裝和矽光子的新創公司，季辛格談到，全世界沒有一個地方，像台灣如此特別，吃早餐時有個點子，晚上就能生產，更強調AI帶旺台灣，台灣對AI來說也很重要。

前英特爾執行長季辛格，以矽谷創投公司playground合夥人身份，帶著6家AI新創來台，要深化與台灣生態系連結。

[[矽谷創投Playground合夥人季辛格]]
“我們原本以為(AI建置)去年已經非常快了，但似乎又加速了。全球90%的AI都來自台灣。我們可能正處於長達20年的超級週期中，雖然中間顯然會有一些起伏。我們可能正處於人類歷史上最偉大的，技術與經濟建設期，而台灣扮演核心角色。”

獲得輝達和超微投資的矽光子新創公司Ayar Labs，宣布落腳台灣，在新竹啟用新辦公室，加強與聯發科、台積電和緯穎合作。

[[Ayar Labs總裁暨執行長 Mark Wade]]
“我們與全台灣的製造、生態系夥伴進行深入合作。”

季辛格也指出，AI需求不斷擴大，但資源有限，必須從架構下手，提升AI效率，正因為如此，電力、記憶體、共同封裝和矽光子的新技術更關鍵。

[[矽谷創投Playground合夥人季辛格]]
“現在我們看到全球能源供應，更積極的在建設在數位AI的世界裡供電能力就等於經濟能力。每個想要參與數位AI的產業，都需要更多能源。在全世界我們都需要更多的供電能力。”

季辛格這次來台，也將與鴻海董事長劉揚偉共同舉辦晚宴，加強矽谷公司與台灣產業交流，搶奪AI市場大餅。

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Secret husband suspected of arranging Japan murder for payout

A Taiwanese woman who went on a trip to Japan never returned to Taiwan, after being stabbed to death, allegedly by a fellow traveler in the same tour group. The murder happened at a hot springs hotel in the popular Lake Kawaguchiko on Monday. Local police arrested a suspect, a woman called Yang Min-han. Now, reports have surfaced that the murder may have been orchestrated by the victim’s husband, who is suspected of marriage fraud for a potential insurance payout. Let’s hear more.

Wang Sheng-hao
Prosecutor in case
The preliminary findings suggest that Mr. Lee entered a sham marriage with the victim, Ms. Ching. He encouraged her to go on a solo trip to Japan and took out a high-value insurance policy on her.

Kao Ta-cheng
Forensic scientist
The victim was taken to a developed country, a country with good public safety, to be murdered there. That’s really rare, it’s the first time I’ve seen anything like it. I think the victim must have known that she was going to be murdered. But to be tricked so far… he must be incredible at deception.

Voice of victim’s friend (Anonymized)
Was suspicious of marriage
For as long as I knew her, she had always been single. So I was shocked when she told me out of the blue that she had a husband. I heard her arguing on the phone, but she said it was nothing, that it was just something to do with her husband. I asked what happened. She shrugged it off and said she might be getting divorced.

The victim, Ching Yun-jung, met her husband, Mr. Lee, in May this year, after she applied to work as his assistant. Shortly after, he proposed getting married, saying he would give her NT$4 -5 million if she bore him a baby. They eloped in July. According to a report, she had previously contacted a reporter asking for help, saying she had been involved in a scam and that she feared for her life. The reporter tried to persuade her to get divorced as quickly as possible, and to change the beneficiary on the insurance policy. On Sept. 21, Mr. Lee arranged for the victim to travel to Japan alone as part of a tour group. The trip was postponed, after an incident in which Ms. Ching fell onto the tracks on the High Speed Rail in Taiwan. Mr. Lee signed her up to another tour group four days later and purchased a high-value insurance policy. The victim had previously said she feared she might not live to see the end of the year, and tragically, her fears became a chilling reality.

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