Taiwan Weighted Index opened down 379.8 points, or 0.83%, at 45,354.61 on Friday, July 9.

港股MINIMAX-W(00100.HK)跌超10%，MINIMAX-W完成新一轮160亿港币融资。

Paris-headquartered AI voice startup Gradium reopened its seed round to new investors and the round has reached $100m, with new backers including NVIDIA. Gradium will use proceeds to open a San Francisco Bay Area office to recruit local talent and said the move aims to consolidate its position in the core of the global AI ecosystem, reflecting the perceived benefits of proximity to Anthropic, Google, Meta and OpenAI.