Taiwan start-up event welcomes hundredsStaff writer, with CNAAbout 1,000 participants, including more than 200 venture capitalists, joined the Taiwan Demo Day in Silicon Valley on Saturday, the largest iteration to date of the event held ahead of Nvidia Corp’s annual GPU Technology Conference which runs from today to Thursday. Taiwan Demo Day, co-organized by the Taiwan Next Foundation and the Startup Island Taiwan Silicon Valley Hub, took place at the Computer History Museum in California, showcasing 12 teams focused on physical artificial intelligence (AI) and agentic AI technologies. Representatives of some Taiwanese tech start-ups and members of the Taiwan Next Foundation as well as Startup Island Taiwan pose for a photograph at the Taiwan Demo Day in Silicon Valley on Saturday. Hsieh said that about half of attendees came from the international start-up community, expressing hope that the event would foster new connections for Taiwan-led companies. Startup Island Taiwan Silicon Valley Hub deputy director Uly Su (蘇祐立) said there was strong interest from local and US corporate investment divisions in Taiwan’s hardware technology, with this year’s attendance about double last year’s.

Source: Taipei Times March 15, 2026 17:14 UTC