Saudi Arabia’s Nuqtah raises seed funding from Animoca Brands and Polygon
Nuqtah, Saudi Arabia’s non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace platform, has on Wednesday announced that it has raised a seed round of funding led by Animoca Brands with…
Taiwan’s funP Innovation raises $3.12M to fuel smart retail and cloud drive into the Indonesia market
FunP Innovation Group, the Taiwan-based digital advertising sales, and advertising technology conglomerate, has on Wednesday announced it had secured $3.12 million from Ennoconn…
Microsoft-backed OpenAI announces ChatGPT successor GPT-4 that accepts image, text inputs
It is worth noting that GPT-4 can accept a prompt of text and images, which—parallel to the text-only setting—lets the user specify any vision or language task.
Malaysia’s largest lender Maybank introduces financing solution for electric vehicle
Malaysian bank Maybank has introduced Malaysia’s first-of-its-kind integrated automobile financing solution for electric vehicle (EV) and hybrid customers.
Germany’s vision hub GHARAGE expands to Singapore to back travel and retail start-ups in Asia
Germany's vision hub GHARAGE has announced the launch of GHARAGE APAC in Singapore to back travel and retail start-ups in Asia.With the new Singapore based office, GHARAGE will…
Indonesia launches metaverse collaboration initiative to boost metaverse industry
Indonesia has made a significant move towards becoming a major player in the global metaverse industry with the launch of its Indonesia Metaverse Collaboration Initiative on 1…
IHH Healthcare invests in digital mental health company Intellect
IHH Healthcare, a Malaysia-based international healthcare provider, has invested into Intellect, a digital mental health company based in Singapore.
Indonesian automotive tech startup Broom raises $10M Pre-Series A funding led by Openspace
Broom, an all-in-one automotive small and medium sized enterprise (SME) solutions startup based in Indonesia, announced Tuesday its $10 million Pre-Series A funding round led by…
Facebook-parent Meta to cut 10,000 jobs in second round of layoffs
Meta owns social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.
Alphabet-backed Anthropic launches ChatGPT competitor named Claude
According to Anthropic, Claude is a next-generation AI assistant based on Anthropic’s research into training helpful, honest, and harmless AI systems. Accessible through chat…
Futurise teams up with CAAM to advance Malaysian urban air mobility
Futurise Sdn Bhd (Futurise) together with the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) unveiled the unmanned aircraft system (UAS) certification (C-UAS) and manned electric…
Indonesian raw material procurement startup Bababos secures pre-seed funding led by East Ventures
Bababos, Indonesia-based raw material procurement platform for small and medium enterprises (SME) manufacturers, has on Tuesday announced the pre-seed funding led by East…
