Benchmark Drilldown · Updated 2026-05-04
AI Startup Programme
NT$10 billion — Support for startups
- Amount
- NT$10 billion
- Note
- Support for startups
- Region
- Taiwan
Detail
Taiwan's NT$10bn (~US$330m) AI Startup Programme is a venture-capital support line for new ventures. The funds typically flow via the NDC's National Startup Fund or NSTC programmes to AI startup teams. Assessment: NT$10bn is a significant injection relative to Taiwan VC scale (total Taiwan VC investment ran ~NT$30bn in 2024), but the local startup ecosystem is hardware / IC / semiconductor heavy; pure-software AI startups remain weak. Whether this fund actually produces a couple of homegrown AI software unicorns is the key variable for assessing Taiwan's "software catch-up".
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Region overview
Taiwan Core Strategy
Taiwan's core AI strategy is AI Island Plan / AI Basic Act, with the public year marked as 2025.
Region overview
Taiwan Investment Scale
Taiwan's AI investment signal is: ~NT$100B (~US$3.1B).
Region overview
Taiwan Governance Model
Taiwan's AI governance model can be summarised as: Principles-based framework law (passed Dec 2025).
Region overview
Taiwan Core Strength
Taiwan's comparative strength versus Singapore is: Semiconductor hegemon (TSMC).
Core strategy
AI Taiwan Action Plan 1.0
First national AI action plan, focused on talent and R&D
Core strategy
AI Taiwan Action Plan 2.0
Upgraded plan emphasising industrial applications and international cooperation
Data note
Curated benchmark drilldown profile, last updated 2026-05-04.