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Liu Liyuan, 29; Liao Wenlong, 29 Industry, Manufacturing

COFOUNDERS, COWAROBOT CHINA & Energy
When they cofounded COWAROBOT in Shanghai in 2015, Liu Liyuan, Liao
Wenlong and Tommie He Tao (who at 35 is too old for the list) were aiming Zainab Bibi, 29 Pakistan Young-Jin Kim, 28
South Korea
to develop autonomous cars. For now, though, they are applying basic self- Founder, Pakistan Society Cofounder, TESOLLO
for Green Energy (PSGE)
driving technologies to other products, such as the Rover suitcase. HY William Chan, 29 Advait Kumar, 26 India
Using a scaled-down version of a self-driving car’s control system, the Australia Founder, Swajal
Rover can automatically follow its owner around and avoid obstacles. Architect Kartik Hajela, 24;
Priced at $800 in China and $899 in other markets, COWAROBOT last year Cheong Jin Xi, 26 Akshay Singhal, 25 India
sold 12,000 Rovers. Malaysia Cofounders, Log 9
Founder, Poladrone
Materials Scientific
The company also offers self-driving street cleaners and delivery vans.
COWAROBOT has already deployed 50 such trucks in the Chinese cities Amanda Cole, 28 Abinav Raja, 25;
Shekhar Bhende, 27 India
Indonesia
of Changsha, Chengdu and Wuhu. The vehicles clean city streets and Founder, Sayurbox Cofounders, Lynk
make deliveries along designated routes. The trio has raised $50 million Liu Liyuan, 29; Liao Kaushik Mudda, 26;
in funding, including from Japan’s SoftBank and Beijing-based China Wenlong, 29 China Navin Jain, 27 India
Creation Ventures. Cofounders, Cofounders,
COWAROBOT
Ethereal Machines
“We’ll venture into other markets when our technology gets to a higher Nishant Dalmia, 26 India Satyajit Mittal, 26 India
standard,” says Liao, who is CTO. Liao believes self-driving passenger cars Cofounder, Cogoport Founder, Sanotion
will be on the road in China by 2025. His partner Liu, meanwhile, envisions Sanjay Dasari, 25 India Dauren Nurov, 29
a fully autonomous future, where robot taxis and buses are ubiquitous. Founder, WayCool Foods Kazakhstan
“Autonomous driving will reshape how we commute and a lot of other Harikrishnan Arangali, 24; Founder, Robotron
Aspandau
businesses,” he says. —Yue Wang Karthik Rajasekaran, 26;
Tarun Mishra, 29; Daniel Aaron Patel, 26 Malaysia
Raj David, 24 India CEO, iHandal Energy
Cofounders, Solutions
Detect Technologies
Nidhi Pant, 25; Swapnil
Orchlon Enkhtsetseg, 29 Kokate, 29 India
Mongolia Cofounders, S4S
CEO, Clean Energy Asia Technologies
Tarun Jami, 28; Varun Akira Shimazoe, 29
Jami, 22 India Japan
Cofounders, GreenJams Founder, Yper
Infrastructures
Simarpreet Singh, 28
Huang Di, 27 China
THIERRY COULON FOR FORBES ASIA Taebyeong Jeon, 29 Dhruv Khanna, 28;
India
Founder, Hartek Solar
CEO, Hyperion-Tech
& Hartek India
South Korea
Cofounder, Manna CEA
Ullas Samrat, 28 India
Cofounders, Triton
Hwanmin Gim, 27; Sohae
Foodworks
Lee, 28; Jaeyeon Kim,
27; Joontae Park, 27
Wan Chunfeng, 28
South Korea
Singapore
Cofounders,
JeongYookGak
University of Singapore
Yashraj Khaitan, 29 India Research Fellow, National
Nelson X. Wang, 29
Founder, Gram Power China
Jyotiska Khasnabish, 28 Founder CZAR-POWER
India (Carbon Zero Advanced
Cofounder, KrishiHub Research)
Hyunho Kim, 29
South Korea JUDGES
Researcher, Korea Noni Purnomo, Indonesia
Institute of Science and President Director,
Technology (KIST) Blue Bird Group
Marjorie Yang,
Hong Kong
Chairman, Esquel Group

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