Author: Yimie Yong
Malaysia to launch initiative to put innovation into mainstream of digital economy – report
Rafizi said on Wednesday the initiative had been carried out with the cooperation between his ministry and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation since two months ago.
Petronas plans to expand corporate venture capital arm with up to $200M – report
Malaysia's government has been wanting to boost and support the local startup ecosystem with various initiatives and policies. On Thursday, Malaysia’s sovereign fund Khazanah Nasional Berhad announced the launch of the Future Malaysia Program to support the local start-up ecosystem of entrepreneurs, start-ups, venture capital, and corporate venture programs…
B Capital’s inaugural healthcare fund to invest in digital health, HealthTech, MedTech & Biotech, says General Partner [Q&A]
B Capital has closed its inaugural B Capital Healthcare Fund I at $500 million earlier of the month.
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.
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 interface and API in its developer console, Claude is capable of a wide variety of conversational and text processing tasks while maintaining a high degree of reliability and…
Richard Li’s FWD filing HK IPO application again – report
According to the report, the IPO, whose proceeds will be used to fuel the firm’s growth, could come as soon as in the second quarter depending on market conditions.
Third edition of ‘Singapore 100 Women in Tech’ list continues to celebrate women’s success in tech sector [Q&A]
In the interview, Tan also shared how can gender equality bring about a more inspired, productive, and innovative workforce. She also explained the reasons why SCS and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) would want to promote gender diversity and build a more inclusive and equal society.
Singapore’s Accredify collaborates with ACRA to make its business profiles & certificates verifiable
Accredify announced on Monday it is collaborating with Singapore’s Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) in making its Business Profiles and Business Certificates (Incorporation/Registration) verifiable via its new online verification portal, trustBar - a digital site in which enterprises can verify tamper-evident documents of these…
Malaysia introduces initiatives to ensure local startups will have access to later stage financing
Anwar said his administration is committed to support high value-add local startups from early stage right up to listing onto Bursa Malaysia (local stock exchange).”
