Startup Beat

Asia has long been talked about as the next big marketplace for emerging industries. Now that the secret is out and the region’s ascension seems inevitable, the question becomes how supercities like Jakarta, Manila and Bangkok (which each boast populations of more than 10 million people) translate success in tech production to more efficient, “smart cities.”

Recently, the CEO of Singapore’s multimedia analytics startup Graymatics Abhijit Shanbhag wrote an editorial claiming that Southeast Asia should soon lead the world in smart cities. The challenge for the region is to improve quality of life for city inhabitants and make sure resources and existing infrastructure can efficiently handle the increasing number of people.

His startup specializes in facial recognition software. Although that mention normally brings up hairs in the back of many peoples’ necks, Graymatics is proposing to help necessary city infrastructures like public transportation, telecommunications and security, as well as in fields of

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