5 Central Asian startups pitch PETRONAS, Alibaba Cloud at Kuala Lumpur demo day

Big Sky Capital, in partnership with Malaysia's venture program GUIDE and supported by Kazakhstan's innovation agency Astana Hub, has concluded a two-month SEA Enterprise…

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What happens when machines become the web’s main audience?

AI systems are becoming the first readers of much of the web, extracting and summarizing information before it reaches human audiences. This shift creates new opportunities for…

China’s Tencent Cloud helps Pakistan’s tapmad streaming platform reach 7M concurrent viewers for football

Tencent Cloud, the cloud business under Chinese giant Tencent, has partnered with Pakistan's leading streaming platform tapmad to deliver live coverage of a major international…

Cybersecurity becoming key supplier requirement for Malaysia chip firms – Kenanga

Cybersecurity is becoming a critical supplier qualification requirement for Malaysian technology hardware companies serving the global semiconductor industry, as chipmakers…

Singapore tightens data center growth as Johor, Bangkok, Jakarta race ahead

Singapore's highly restrictive regulatory framework is reshaping Southeast Asia's data center landscape, with neighboring Johor, Bangkok and Jakarta emerging as key beneficiaries…

Malaysia’s stock exchange up IPO market capitalization target this year to $8B

Malaysia's stock exchange Bursa Malaysia has revised upwards one of its 2026 headline Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), increasing its initial public offering (IPO) market…

AI Nation 2030 to shift Malaysia beyond data centers towards AI value creation – MBSB

MBSB Research said Thursday that it viewed Malaysia's AI Nation 2030 positively, being the policy bridge between Malaysia’s current data center investment cycle and the next phase…

Southeast Asia PE investment falls 58% to $935M in Q2/2026 as exits hit 4-year high of $4.2B

Private equity (PE) investment in Southeast Asia fell sharply in the second quarter of 2026, with 10 deals worth $935.5 million, compared with 19 deals worth $9.2 billion in the…

Singapore’s ADA acquires India’s Algonomy to expand AI retail decisioning across 34 markets

ADA, an AI company headquartered in both Singapore and Malaysia, has completed the acquisition of Algonomy, an AI retail decision-making company headquartered in Bengaluru, India,…

ASEAN+3 should combine AI, energy and payments to limit new dollar dependence

ASEAN+3 economies need to bring together artificial intelligence (AI), energy infrastructure and digital payment systems to navigate a potential new wave of dollar dependence as…

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