Vietnam’s Net Zero Challenge 2026 opens applications with $800,000 prize pool

Net Zero Challenge, Vietnam’s largest climate technology innovation competition, has opened applications for its fourth edition, offering a total prize pool exceeding VND21…

Temasek-backed Azalea launches first private equity evergreen fund with $350M investment

Temasek-backed Azalea Investment Management Pte. Ltd. announced Friday the successful launch of Azalea All Access, its first private equity (PE) evergreen fund, with $350 million…

Singapore’s dConstruct raises $125M Series A as RoboNexus accelerator concludes inaugural cohort

Singapore-based dConstruct Technologies has closed a $125 million Series A funding round, marking the standout achievement of the inaugural cohort of Singapore's RoboNexus…

MAS partners industry to develop safeguards for AI Agents in finance

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), together with leading financial institutions and FinTechs, have on Friday published an industry white paper on developing safeguards for…

Singapore robotics startups expand overseas as RoboNexus accelerator wraps up

Singapore robotics and embodied artificial intelligence (AI) companies supported under the RoboNexus accelerator are scaling into global markets and achieving strong commercial…

Singapore’s family development ministry allocates $11.6M to pilot AI, technology solutions for social care

Singapore's Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) has announced a S$15 million ($11.6 million) investment over three years to incubate and pilot emerging technology…

Indonesia’s Polibeli Group plans 100MW AI computing center in Thailand

Nasdaq-listed Polibeli Group Ltd, an Indonesia-headquartered digital supply chain company, plans to establish a preliminary framework for evaluating a potential artificial…

NAPAS, VietinBank, Liquid Group launch Vietnam-Singapore cross-border QR payment

Vietnam's National Payment Corporation (NAPAS), lender VietinBank, and Singapore-based fintech Liquid Group have launched a cross-border QR payment service between Vietnam and…

Southeast Asia’s nuclear bottleneck is financial, not technical

The question is no longer whether nuclear has a role in Southeast Asia. The arithmetic of AI-era power demand settles that. The question is which market builds the financing…

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Inflation is making AI trade more complicated, a lot worse for crypto

Looking past the Middle East crisis, central banks are continuing their gold purchases, which bodes well for the precious metal. Innovation never stops.