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.