Can Taiwan produce the next globally defining technology company?
In this episode of Silicon Valley Unplugged, YouTube co-founder Steve Chen shares his perspective on Taiwan’s startup potential, its world-class engineering talent and the bridge it can build with Silicon Valley.
After returning to Taiwan following two decades in Silicon Valley, Steve saw an ecosystem with extraordinary strengths in semiconductors, hardware manufacturing and AI—but also obstacles facing entrepreneurs, investors and international talent. He discusses the shortage of early-stage capital, practical challenges such as banking and relocation, and why Taiwan needs a longer-term strategy for cultivating globally competitive startups.
Steve also explains why promising Taiwanese founders should spend time immersed in Silicon Valley, how programs such as Berkeley SkyDeck can provide a softer landing, and why the exchange should ultimately bring experience, companies and opportunities back to Taiwan.
Could the combination of Silicon Valley capital and ambition with Taiwan’s engineering and manufacturing prowess create the next NVIDIA? And if you are a founder planning to scale manufacturing in Taiwan, Sparknify can help.
Watch the full conversation.
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FOOTAGE CREDITS
Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan), “Talent Taiwan International Talent Service and Recruitment Center Opening,” used under the Open Government Data License–Taiwan 1.0. Edited.
Additional technology footage courtesy of the Department of Industrial Technology, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan.
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