Survey: 86 percent of SEA organizations will use AI agents within next 12 months

86 percent of Southeast Asian (SEA) organizations will use artificial intelligence (AI) agents within the next 12 months, a survey showed Wednesday.

Sunway iLabs, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) Perennial collaborate to accelerate cross-border tech innovation

As Southeast Asia’s deep tech and artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem continues to accelerate, Sunway iLabs, the innovation and corporate venture capital (CVC) arm of…

NTT DATA, The GEAR by Kajima team up to co-develop a smart-building solution in Singapore

NTT DATA, a Japan-based global information technology (IT) infrastructure and services company, partnered with technology services firm The GEAR by Kajima to co-develop a…

Indonesia’s Siloam Hospitals accelerates digital transformation and AI-driven innovation with AWS Cloud

Indonesia's largest private hospital network Siloam Hospitals is accelerating digital transformation and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven innovation with Amazon Web Services…

EFS, Planet QEOS and four partners ink $550M deal to build Malaysia’s first renewable energy plant

Malaysia-based solar energy firm EFS Group has joined forces with Planet QEOS and four energy partners in a landmark collaboration to deliver the MYR 2.32 billion ($550 million)…

VinFast India partners HDFC Bank to offer EV financing solutions

VinFast Auto India, a subsidiary of global electric vehicle (EV) brand VinFast, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with HDFC Bank, an Indian private bank, to provide…

Vietnam’s CMC inks $1B data center deal with SAMSUNG C&T

Vietnam's CMC Corporation has signed a memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Samsung C&T, South Korean enterprise in construction, trade, and technology, to build a…

Singapore’s Prefer raises oversubscribed $4.2M Pre-A to fuel international expansion

Prefer, a Singapore-based food tech startup using fermentation to create affordable and sustainable flavors and ingredients, announced Wednesday an oversubscribed $4.2 million…

BDC partners JSW to builds Malaysia’s first water reclamation plant for data center

Bridge Data Centres (BDC), a Singapore-based regional provider of hyperscale data center solutions, has partnered with Johor Special Water (JSW) to embark on Malaysia’s first…

Sea’s revenue, earnings rise in second quarter

Singapore-based technology conglomerate Sea Limited has reported higher revenue and earnings in the second quarter, underpinned by growth in all business segments.

ELIVAAS raises $10M in Series B funding led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India

ELIVAAS, an India-based luxury vacation rental platform, has successfully raised INR 87 Crores ($10.4 million) in its Series B funding round, led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia…

Antler doubles down on AI with $7.4M in early-stage funding across SEA

Amid a sharp slowdown in early-stage venture capital funding across Southeast Asia, Antler, the global early‑stage venture capital firm headquartered in Singapore, confirmed…

YTL Power launches Malaysia’s first homegrown AI, ILMU

Malaysia-based YTL Power International Bhd, has on Tuesday unveiled ILMU, the country's first homegrown large language model (LLM).

Nium partners iPiD to advance VoP compliance and global fraud prevention

Nium, the Singapore-based global infrastructure firm for real-time cross-border payments, announced Tuesday the expansion of Verify, its account validation service, in Europe,…