Last week, we exhibited at Taipei’s InnoVEX 2025 – the dynamic startup and scaleup arm of international tech expo COMPUTEX. Now the dust has settled, we’ve taken stock of what the event told us about the international tech scene in 2025.
Joining our booth were clients Paragraf, the UK-based developer of graphene-based sensing technologies, Innatera, a Dutch leader in brain-inspired neuromorphic computing and KLASS, a Singaporean consultancy driving next-gen tech solutions. Over three days, we drove partnership conversations, arranged business matching meetings and secured new connections across the region.
Stewart giving a presentation at the Intralink booth
National pavilions from countries including Japan, Thailand, Poland, France and Australia showcased their delegates and research output. Japan alone brought 26 startups to the event, while, across the hall, international tech incubators like Garage+ presented over 30 startups from nine countries including the USA, Sweden, South Korea and the UK.
In total, COMPUTEX estimated that 450 startups from 24 countries exhibited at the event – up 12.5% from last year – that’s 450 global companies looking to expand into Taiwan or use the market as a springboard.
With such a pool of talent converging in one place, Innovex is the perfect place to source innovations and find partners. Indian edge AI and smart IoT companies caught our eye as they combed the event floor for solutions to power their applications. ODMs and OEMs from mainland China were present in force, their AI tech emphasising high value at low prices. I saw a company offering a “quiet” self-karaoke set of two AI noise cancelling microphones and a headset – all for $70.
Not to be outdone, global tech giants have made it clear Taiwan is key to their plans. Leading this was Nvidia who, in a major endorsement of the Taiwan tech ecosystem, announced its overseas HQ will be established in Taipei. It followed this with news of a collaboration with Foxconn on an “AI supercomputer” for the Taiwanese government and announced that its personal AI supercomputer for developers, the Nvidia DGX Spark, would be available in “the next few weeks.” This is exciting news for the many companies developing algorithm/AI models, and with ASUS, Gigabyte and MSI being launch partners for the DGX Spark, Taiwan will be a central pillar of the future of computing.
Taiwan’s semiconductor and electronics manufacturers hope to see a productivity boost, once again driven by Nvidia. TSMC, Foxconn and Gigabyte are preparing to design their next generation of industrial manufacturing with Nvidia’s Omniverse, a modular development platform for digital twins and 3D world simulation. Some APAC markets remain favourable towards one of hardware or software, but Taiwan looks to be all-in on the convergence of software and hardware to maximise production and operational efficiency.
A mirror of Taiwan’s tech ecosystem, COMPUTEX and InnoVEX are getting bigger and better every year. This was our first time exhibiting, and we’ll be back. With a sharp focus on AI & robotics, next-gen tech and smart mobility, it’s now the largest tech show in Asia – drawing over 86,000 attendees from 150 countries – and thus now firmly in the ‘big leagues’, along with heavyweights like CES and MWC.
If you’re a tech company with international ambitions, you need to be here. Taiwan is not just a high-value market, it's launchpad for expansion in Asia Pacific and home to essential strategic partners. Nvidia’s decision to establish its global HQ here says it all. Innovex is already in our 2026 calendar. It should be in yours, too.
To discuss the prospects for your tech business in Taiwan or elsewhere in Asia, contact Stewart Randall at: stewart.randall@intralinkgroup.com