Q & A

The India-born tech investor, entrepreneur and billionaire businessman spoke to Rest of World about the promise of AI technology, why the U.S. needs to move faster to compete with China, and the advantage the UAE has in building AI.

The tech entrepreneur-turned-bureaucrat spoke to Rest of World about his year in government, his administration’s priorities for advancing AI in Nigeria, and the difficult task of choosing between allies.

Karim Beguir is the co-founder and CEO of InstaDeep, a Tunisian startup that was acquired for $682 million by BioNTech.

President Kuo Zhang tells Rest of World in an exclusive interview that the company is bullish about the U.S. market.

Irene Solaiman on tackling racial bias, language equity, consent, and why there are so many AI girlfriends.

The encrypted messaging app is on the front lines of battles over encryption in India, Russia, and Iran.

Gogoro, the company that revolutionized EVs in Taiwan, is launching pilot projects from Korea to Germany.

Lê Thị Thu Thủy on why Vietnam's Vingroup went from making instant noodles to EVs.

Sunguk Moon, CEO and co-founder of the anonymous workplace forum Blind, reveals how workers at Twitter and Meta really feel.

Pakistani VC Kalsoom Lakhani on the good, bad, and ugly of the recent funding boom.

Facebook still won’t address political disinformation in the Global South. Here’s why.

Digital rights activist Luis Fernando García on the weaponization of personal data and why international agencies are pushing countries in the Global South to collect their citizens’ information.