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Niantic Spatial, the U.S. spatial-computing firm spun out of Pokémon Go developer Niantic, and the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) will jointly study the feasibility of building Singapore's first citywide visual positioning system,

Bonbon Mobility, a Vietnamese platform connecting car owners with garages and car-care providers, has raised $500,000 in a pre-seed round led by conglomerate Tasco, with GenAI Fund co-investing.

In May, Vietnam's Ministry of Finance said the country's official digital-asset exchange could see its first activity as early as the third quarter of 2026, with five companies making preparations.

The United States-based OpenAI has called for the United States to lead an international effort to set shared technical standards for the most advanced AI systems, including for so-called recursive self-improvement.

Startups in Southeast Asia's logistics-technology sector have raised $17.7 billion in equity funding to date, with investment recovering to $339 million so far in 2026, the highest annual level since 2021.

Tencent Cloud, the cloud unit of Chinese technology giant Tencent, and Malaysian fintech firm Boost will cooperate on cloud infrastructure, artificial intelligence (AI), and super-app development across Malaysia and Indonesia.

Physical-AI startup TacnIQ.ai has raised $1.5 million from lead investor In Group Holdings as part of a $3 million pre-seed round.

Data-center operator BDx has broken ground on a 640-MW AI data-center campus in West Java, Indonesia, backed by 845 MVA of grid power secured from the state utility.

Zeekr Malaysia, the local arm of China's premium EV brand Geely, has launched an owner-community program One Zeekr, offering lifestyle events, gatherings, and charitable activities to its car buyers.

Vietnam's conglomerate TNT Group and the United States-based data-center developer Infrakey DC Parks will jointly study building data centers in Vietnam of up to 1,000 MW.