Sept 17 (Reuters) - Hotel Engine said on Tuesday it had raised $140 million in a funding round led by a fund advised by private equity giant Permira that valued the travel technology startup at $2.1 ...

In this clip I fire up my big RC turbine jet right outside the workshop. You can see the full startup sequence as I bring the engine to life and wait for the idle to come up while my friends look on.

While much of the global conversation around artificial intelligence funding focuses on Silicon Valley mega cheques, a parallel and far more capital-efficient ecosystem is scaling quietly in China. At ...