Executive Summary

On January 22, 2019, the Coresight Research team attended TechLIFEStyle conference, part of the StartmeupHK Festival 2019, a platform for startups, entrepreneurs, investors, industry leaders, students and academics to exchange ideas, make connections and chart a course for the future initiated launched by InvestHK, the HK government’s arm to promote Hong Kong as a location for international businesses. The theme of the event was “living smarter, living better,” looking at how lifestyle tech can be intertwined into everyday life.

• Hong Kong offers a number of advantages for startups, with convenient access to mainland China and hosting to talent from around Asia – and around the world.
• AI enables smart living in many different ways, in areas as diverse as retail and urban management.
• Companies look to technology innovation to help them better serve customers.
• Ant Financial aims to digitize finance for China, then the world.