Hon Hai, Extreme Tech Challenge Join Hands to Host Semi and AI Climate Innovation Competition
July 30, 2024 | Hon Hai Technology GroupEstimated reading time: 2 minutes
Hon Hai Technology Group, the world’s largest electronics manufacturing and service provider, and Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC), the world’s largest innovation ecosystem, today announced a partnership to jointly promote the Semiconductor (Semi) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Climate Innovation Competition.
This year’s Extreme Tech Challenge’s Semi and AI Climate Innovation Competition is scheduled to launch in the summer. The semifinals will be held on October 30 during TechCrunch Disrupt. The event also includes a completely new innovation showcase plan and exclusive exchange sessions to help promising startups establish cooperation opportunities with industry leaders. The finals will be held at the CES show in the United States on January 7, 2025.
“We are very excited to partner with Hon Hai to launch the Semi and AI Climate Innovation Competition,” said Young Sohn, Chairman of the Samsung Semiconductor Advisory Board, Founding Managing Partner of Walden Catalyst Ventures, and Co-Founder of Extreme Tech Challenge. “Our mission is to use the power of technology to address the urgent challenge of climate change. This cooperation with Hon Hai represents an important step forward in our mission. With Hon Hai’s manufacturing expertise and XTC’s global network, we provide forward-thinking new entrepreneurs with the platform and momentum they need to scale their solutions. Together, we can make meaningful progress toward a sustainable and resilient future.”
This partnership represents an important milestone in Hon Hai’s efforts to promote technological innovation in the fields of sustainable development and environmental impact. As a global leader in electronics manufacturing, Hon Hai’s industrial expertise, forward-looking innovation, and commitment to environment, society, and governance (ESG) will be further integrated through this cooperation while promoting green manufacturing and smart production environmental solutions. Hon Hai not only supports this year’s competition but will also actively invest in the next generation of startups with deep technologies.
“Semi and AI are two key technologies that promote the sustainable development of mankind. This challenge plan to assist new entrepreneurs in Semi and AI is also consistent with Hon Hai’s corporate promotion philosophy,” said Liu Yangwei, chairman of Hon Hai Technology Group. “Working with XTC, we look forward to seeing cutting-edge innovators take advantage of these powerful and versatile technologies to innovate and do good.”
Hon Hai is committed to introducing cutting-edge technology into sustainable solutions, which is perfectly in line with XTC’s founding mission. Hon Hai and XTC work together to lead a new wave of innovation and further solve the world’s most pressing challenges. In this Semi and AI Climate Innovation Competition, Hon Hai will also rely on its extensive manufacturing and technical strength to provide innovative companies with basic needs, professional guidance, and resource services around the world. The establishment of this partnership will prove that when industry giants, ecosystem builders, and visionary startups share a common goal, they can achieve common prosperity by working together.
This cooperation will also greatly promote the realization of the United Nations’ sustainable development goals. Hon Hai and XTC join hands to unleash the possibilities of innovation and drive impactful change, leveraging technology to create a vision of a better world. Through this competition, we discover and support the next generation of innovators who can solve major global challenges.
With the joint efforts of Hon Hai and XTC, the future of deep technological innovation will be brighter, not only promoting industry innovation but also moving forward towards a sustainable world.
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