// Founded in 2015, CloudMinds develops cloud-based robots with artificial intelligence that can be used in restaurants and hotels for food delivery, cleaning and patrolling, according to its website. It also runs an interactive visual interaction platform that could be tailor-made for banks, shopping malls and transportation hubs for handling customer queries. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/softbank-backed-cloudminds-said-weigh-100340564.html //

// Artificial intelligence-powered robot developer CloudMinds Inc. is considering a Hong Kong initial public offering that could raise as much as $500 million, according to people familiar with the matter. https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMicWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmJsb29tYmVyZy5jb20vbmV3cy9hcnRpY2xlcy8yMDIzLTAzLTA2L3NvZnRiYW5rLWJhY2tlZC1jbG91ZG1pbmRzLWlzLXNhaWQtdG8td2VpZ2gtNTAwLW1pbGxpb24taGstaXBv0gEA?oc=5 //

// 他也向政府提議設立Web3領域的「黑白名單」，若來港人員過往紀錄不良、操作過分，或經營模式值得懷疑，政府與這些人會面時應更為謹慎，避免被隨意解讀利用。他形容，香港推動Web3發展是「摸着石頭過河」，政府在監管的同時也不宜「綁得太死」，容許企業在可控風險下作出突破性的創新 http://startupbeat.hkej.com/?p=131488 //

// Ampd Energy received a $8 million two-year green loan from the HSBC bank to fund its efforts to make building sites more sustainable. Placing massive batteries on the sites of construction reduces the need for diesel generators, thus, assisting construction companies and property developers in lowering their carbon footprints. https://thepaypers.com/online-mobile-banking/hsbc-grants-its-first-green-loan-in-hong-kong–1261597 //

// 孫東在一個電台節目表示，他有用過人工聊天機械人ChatGPT，認為是一個非常不錯的技術，相信今後類似的開發會陸續有來，對於特區政府來說亦是一個很好的提示，需要深入研究如何面對應付突如其來的重大挑戰，追上世界潮流發展 http://startupbeat.hkej.com/?p=131465 //

// In under two years, Hong Kong went from one of the most promising markets in Asia for cannabidiol (CBD) products to putting face creams containing the cannabis-derived ingredient on par with heroin or methamphetamine. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/hong-kong-reopen-cannabis-cbd-new-law-criminalise-illegal-cosmetics-3321591 //

// 據入境處數據，一般就業政策簽證今年1月按月增6%，仍較2019年每月平均挫56%。按國家分布，3年前佔比最大的英國由2019年每月平均440人，大減79%至1月時的92人；來自美國的跌幅更誇張，由2019年每月平均340人削八成，至1月時僅66人；日本則縮減近七成，至104人。獵頭公司華德士（Robert Walters）香港董事總經理John Mullally直言，大多數在疫情期間離港的外地人士已於其他地區找到新崗位及定居，料不會回港。 http://startupbeat.hkej.com/?p=131367 //

// Mapxus (GIS) has raised 5M led by Kawasaki http://startupbeat.hkej.com/?p=131397 //

// JobsDB香港區營運總監李政勳透露，本港人才爭奪戰持續升溫，有68%的香港受訪者表示一年內獲新工作機遇接洽數次，當中「數據科學及人工智能」、「資訊科技」、「企業管理」行業最受追捧，有逾八成人反映年內獲工作機遇接洽數次。 http://startupbeat.hkej.com/?p=131303 //