Malaysia’s newly launched NEEAP 2.0 opens $2B efficiency investment opportunities – MBSB

Malaysia’s National Energy Efficiency Policy and Action Plan 2026-2035 (NEEAP 2.0) and Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act (EECA) could unlock an estimated MYR 9.1 billion…

Data center boom ushers in a new era of infrastructure risks and opportunities for insurers – Allianz

Artificial intelligence (AI) is driving one of the largest infrastructure investment cycles in decades, but the rapid global build-out of data centers is also creating a new era…

ESR, INA expand partnership on new logistics developments in Indonesia

Singapore-based real asset manager ESR, Indonesia Investment Authority (INA), and other capital partners are jointly investing in the development of two institutional-grade…

Singapore-based Manus AI to leave Meta as China blocks Meta’s $2B acquisition

Manus, a Singapore-headquartered AI agent startup founded in China, will return to operating as an independent company and delete some user data, months after Chinese regulators…

Singapore’s biotechnology firm K2 Therapeutics raises $50M in seed financing from MPM BioImpact

K2 Therapeutics, a Singapore-based biotechnology company, has raised $50 million in seed financing from MPM BioImpact, the U.S. investment firm that founded the company in 2024.

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Everyone says the AI went rogue; It did as it was told

Recent autonomous AI security incidents raise a less cinematic concern than machines going rogue. Tenable CTO Vlad Korsunsky argues that the immediate risk comes from AI agents…

Vietnam, Australia sign 5-year digital economy pact covering AI, semiconductors, data flows

Vietnam and Australia will further collaborate in artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductors, cross-border data flows, and undersea cable connectivity.

China’s Ant Group upgrades physician platform into AI workstation “AQ for Doctor” with 300,000 verified doctors

China's Ant Group, the operator of Alipay, has upgraded its physician platform "Haodf for Doctor" into "AQ for Doctor," an AI-powered workstation for physicians covering online…

Singapore’s Sea Limited posts $7.8B Q2/2026 revenue, e-commerce Shopee account for 72%

Singapore's Sea Limited (NYSE: SE), known for operating Shopee as the biggest e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia, reported a revenue of $7.8 billion per GAAP calculation for…

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AI pilots not taking off in Asia Pacific? The answer isn’t a bigger model

Many Asia Pacific enterprises have embraced AI experimentation but remain stuck at the pilot stage. Srikanth Seshadri of HPE Asia Pacific examines how data quality, governance,…

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