AI in Hong Kong’s creative tech: James L.J. Hung unveiled “Odium Zero,” an AI-assisted animated feature, at Hong Kong Comic Con 2026, spotlighting local creative-tech momentum. AI finance meets trading: Interactive Brokers integrated agentic AI via Claude, letting clients connect AI tools directly to brokerage accounts for portfolio and trading workflows. AI 3D funding: Tripo AI raised nearly $200M to push AI 3D and “world model” research, aiming at persistent multiplayer interactive environments. China outbound tech pressure: China issued new rules tightening control of overseas deals tied to Chinese investors, tech and data, raising compliance risk for global investors. Semis and regional spillover: Markets cheered the AI chip boom’s broader economic lift in Taiwan and South Korea, with record gains in tech-linked indexes. Hong Kong healthcare commercialization: ReNerve signed a distribution deal to commercialise NervAlign across Hong Kong, Macau and the Greater Bay Area. Biotech milestone: Akeso’s ivonescimab reported a 34% death-risk reduction in phase 3 squamous NSCLC and was selected for ASCO’s plenary session. Infrastructure and logistics: Hong Kong launched a logistics digitalisation push (FILAS / logistics acceleration scheme) while AirTrunk plans a $21B India data centre expansion. Public safety: A fatal Kwai Chung cyclist crash is under investigation. Community innovation: Hang Seng x HKFYG “Seek Our Ways” backed student social innovation projects tackling local pain points.