Juro Osawa

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About
Juro Osawa is a reporter for The Information based in Hong Kong. Previously, he was a reporter at The Wall Street Journal, where he wrote about China’s technology giants -- such as Alibaba, Tencent and Huawei -- as well as the country’s booming startup scene. Before moving to Hong Kong in 2012, he worked in Tokyo for The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires covering Japan’s technology sector. He was part of a team of Wall Street Journal reporters that won The New York Press Club journalism award in 2015 for stories on Alibaba. In his free time, he takes street photos in Hong Kong.
Forum Posts
What Andy Jassy Told Me at Davos
Posted byJessica E. Lessin
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I just had a long and wide-ranging interview with the Amazon CEO and I am curious which parts were most interesting to you all. I found: - his Trump data center comments interesting, basically saying we will wait and see - his comments on OpenAI and ads were also notable - and his continued bullishness on Tranium. But there is a lot in here too on AI adoption and wondering w...
#amazon
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Is holding off on your funding round to avoid a 409A valuation legal?
Posted byJessica E. Lessin
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These details from a new Mira funding round seemed peculiar to me and would love people's opinions.
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Asking all the VCs: Does a possible U.S. sovereign wealth fund make you nervous?
Posted byJessica E. Lessin
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I am fascinated by the news that the U.S. is serious about a sovereign wealth fund. With the close relationship between the Trump Administration and tech, and the national security implications of many new technologies, you can see a tight relationship forming there. And there aren't simply that many funders of some of this stuff at scale -- like UAE and PIF etc. So it...
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Reactions to OpenAI o1 (Strawberry)
Posted byJessica E. Lessin
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Since all the team's great scoops last month about the new model, I've been excited to use it. Now, that it is out in the wild I'd love all your reactions.
#openai
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Chip startup bubble?
Posted byJessica E. Lessin
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Fascinated by all these chip startups which all seem to have a great story about their use case. But I am left wondering how they are going to all scale especially given supply bottlenecks. Thoughts?
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