Enterprise

F5 APCJ CTO Mohan Veloo discusses agent identity, MCP governance, task-specific access, auditability, human approval and runtime security as enterprises give AI agents more autonomy.

Ping An Digital Bank has launched receivables-backed financing of up to $5 million for eligible cross-border e-commerce merchants.

Tencent has open-sourced Hy4 preview, a 770-billion-parameter model with 49 billion active parameters and a one-million-token context window.

Gaurav Suman of Solace argues that enterprises need an agent development lifecycle combining software engineering discipline with the governance and supervision used to manage human employees.

XTransfer has secured in-principle approval for a UAE retail payment services license, subject to completing the central bank's pre-issuance conditions.

Hitachi Vantara said Asia-Pacific revenue rose 32 percent in its first fiscal quarter, led by a 61 percent increase in regional storage revenue.

Paydibs has launched a six-month merchant financing service in Malaysia with repayments linked to weekly payment settlements and transaction activity.

Nvidia has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, extending its reach into the global ecosystem for open AI models, datasets and developer tools.

TDCX has opened its sixth China center in Foshan with about 100 positions and AI-assisted customer experience services for Greater Bay Area clients.

OpenAI has released GPT-6 Astra, its first broadly deployed model rated Critical for cybersecurity capability, alongside a $1 billion defense initiative.