Chile’s vibrant local entrepreneurship ecosystem, international trade agreements, financing programs and high level of technological development are the main factors that attract foreign investment to the country. 

Topics: success stories- technology- StartUp-Chile- Entrepreneurship- Fintech- Foreign companies- startup- Tech Hub

This will be the US giant’s second center in the country, after the first one opened in the Metropolitan Region in December 2020. The investment amount has not been disclosed, nor was an amount reported during the construction of Oracle’s first cloud service in Chile.  

Topics: FDI- technology- Tech investment- Digital Hub- Data Center- Oracle- Connectivity- global services export- Digital Talent- Tech Hub

The South American country is forecasting technology investments totaling US$4.3 billion and 8,600 new jobs for digital talent. Foreign investment will be key to achieving these targets. 

Topics: technology- Digital Economy- Tech investment- Digital Hub- Connectivity- Digital Talent- Tech Hub

Chilean companies like NotCo, Cornershop and Betterfly have already held remarkable investment funding rounds in their short lives as they have attracted attention from large international investment funds.

Topics: technology- Start-Up- Entrepreneurship- Venture Capital- AI- App- NotCo- Cornershop- The Not Company- startup- Unicorn

Chilean company StatKnows is the creator of Recyclame (Recycle Me), a platform that uses artificial intelligence and blockchain technology to cross check bar code information from plastic bottles so that the passage of bottles through the entire value chain can be managed.

Topics: global services- technology- Innovation- Start-Up- Tech investment- AI- App- Artificial Intelligence- Blockchain

So far some 200,000 tests have been given in Chile and abroad in companies in different fields.

Topics: technology- COVID-19- Universidad Católica- KOR

According to a study conducted by EY and FinteChile, 60% of survey respondents saw their clientbase grow and 71% are seeing an increase in sales.

Topics: Foreign Investment in Chile- technology- Fintech- Finance

Oracle Chile CEO Soledad Matos says that this trend “will definitely promote economic recovery.”

Topics: Foreign Investment in Chile- technology- Digital Hub- Oracle

The data center will be located in the Santiago Metropolitan Region and will start operation at the end of this year.

Topics: global services- technology- Huawei- Data Center

The Chinese technology giant is participating in the race to win the tender for the Civil Registry’s new identification system, identity cards and passports.

Topics: Foreign Investment in Chile- global services- technology- Aisino

The Chilean company was recognized by the World Economic Forum for using vanguard technology to address global problems.

Topics: technology- World Economic Forum- NotCo- The Not Company

Chinese technology company Huawei has provided Santiago’s Public Health Emergency Hospital (ex-Central Emergency Hospital) with an artificial intelligence-assisted Covid-19 diagnosis system that it will operate in partnership with Entel.

Topics: Chile- technology- Artificial Intelligence- Huawei- Coronavirus- COVID-19

Cornershop is continuing its expansion path in the Americas. The Chilean start-up has now officially launched its service in Brazil, specifically in the city of Sao Paulo.

Topics: global services- technology- Start-Up- Cornershop

Sima, the only Chilean company present at CES, the most important technological event in the United States, talks about the projections of the prodigal child of robotics and education.

Topics: technology- Innovation- StartUp-Chile- education- EdTech- SIMA- Robotics

The Interop program presented a draft proposal for resolving incompatibility between mining technologies to an international organization.

Topics: Mining- technology- Tech investment- Mining investment- Mining Industry- Mining Technology

The aim is to cover eight Chilean cities in 2019 with 7,000 scooters and, over the next 24 months, to open in six markets, starting with Argentina, Peru and Uruguay.

Topics: technology- Tech investment- Scooter- GoFrog- Last-mile

A study by Endeavor has concluded that educational technology firms have a great opportunity to lead the sector’s transformation and teach the skills of the twenty-first century.

Topics: technology- 4IR- Tech investment- education- Fourth Industrial Revolution- EdTech- Endeavor

Zyfra, an artificial intelligence and IoT company, already has operations in Peru and plans to scale up to other countries in the region in 2022.

Topics: Mining- technology- Digital Economy- Tech investment- Internet of Things- IoT

While at first they were a tool to teach programming, nowadays their uses have expanded to work with curriculum-related content. With them, children learn abstract subjects that were previously taught on the blackboard.

Topics: technology- Innovación y Desarrollo- Innovation- education

According to Movistar Chile, Facebook, Google and YouTube head the list of the most used apps, indicating the high penetration of digital platforms in the South American country.

Topics: technology- Digital Economy- Ranking