Singapore’s Ant International closes $1.2B Series A with Ant Group, Alibaba
Singapore's Ant International has closed a Series A equity financing round of approximately $1.2 billion, with participation from existing investors Ant Group and Alibaba Group,…
GenAI tops Southeast Asia finance professionals’ skills wishlist, but proficiency-training lags: ACCA
Generative AI (GenAI) tools ranked as the single most critical future skill among finance professionals in Southeast Asia, yet 72 percent of respondents globally reported only…
Temasek-backed CuspAI raises $450M, reaches $2.6B valuation, launches AI materials discovery network
CuspAI has raised $450 million in a Series B round valuing the company at $2.6 billion, with Singapore's Temasek among the returning investors, the Cambridge-based AI firm said in…
Vietnam’s Viettel targets first pre-commercial 6G call by early 2029 as Qualcomm’s first early access partner
Viettel High Tech, under Vietnam's top telco Viettel, has signed a 6G Platform Early Access Program agreement with US semiconductor company Qualcomm Technologies.
Analysts view LSS6 a significant positive for Malaysia’s renewable energy ecosystem
Analysts view the sixth phase of the Large Scale Solar program (LSS6) as a significant positive for Malaysia’s renewable-energy ecosystem, which is now shifting towards hybrid…
KWAP seeks recovery of $40M eFishery investment
Malaysia's public pension fund Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan) [KWAP] said it is pursuing all available avenues to recover its MYR 163.4 million ($39.97 million)…
Taiwan’s semiconductor firm Powertech Technology to invest $400M in Singapore chip packaging joint venture with Broadcom
Taiwan's semiconductor firm Powertech Technology plans to invest $400 million to establish a chip packaging joint venture in Singapore, in a cooperation with US semiconductor…
Maybank foresees visible growth ahead for Singapore’s JustCo
Maybank Investment Bank has foreseen visible growth ahead for Singapore's co-working space player JustCo, underpinned by a visible expansion pipeline and improving operational…
Ilana Elbaz of Deel on what APAC founders need to scale globally [Q&A]
Ilana Elbaz of Deel discusses global-first growth, international sales teams, distributed organizations, and AI-enabled go-to-market execution for APAC companies.
Singapore strengthens privacy tools for AI adoption
Singapore has on Monday launched a new guide on federated learning to help businesses adopt privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) for artificial intelligence (AI) development, as…
