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ASEAN leads AI observability adoption but teams lose 47 percent of capacity to disruptions, New Relic says
New Relic says 66 percent of surveyed ASEAN organizations have deployed AI application observability and 59 percent use AI-assisted troubleshooting, while engineering teams lose a median 47 percent of capacity to system disruptions.
Al-Futtaim taps Juspay to unify payments across 50 brands and 12 markets
Al-Futtaim has selected India-headquartered payments technology company Juspay to deploy a common orchestration layer across 50 brands and 12 markets, with the rollout beginning in September 2026.
Malaysia’s 3cat raises $4M Series A for Philippines expansion
Malaysia-based pre-owned electronics platform 3cat has raised a $4 million Series A led by Foxmont Capital Partners, with participation from the Asian Development Bank and Golden Gate Ventures, as it prepares to enter the Philippines.
Taiwan export orders top $100B for first time as AI demand surges
Taiwan's export orders reached a record $102.96 billion in August, up 71.4 percent from a year earlier, as demand for AI servers, chips and other computing products accelerated.
Blueprint Alliance formed by Okta, AWS, Google Cloud and others for AI-agent security
Okta, AWS, Google Cloud, CrowdStrike, Salesforce and other technology companies have formed the Blueprint Alliance around a shared reference architecture for securing enterprise AI agents.
Equativ becomes ChatGPT Ads technology partner, including Japan rollout
Adtech company Equativ has become a technology partner for ChatGPT Ads, offering campaign activation in current markets including Japan as OpenAI expands ways for advertisers to buy ads.
IDTechEx sees AI power spikes driving supercapacitor use in data centers
IDTechEx expects supercapacitors to gain use in AI data centers for short-duration power buffering and voltage stabilization, with potential deployment at rack, aisle and UPS levels.
Philippines’ PayMongo targets fourfold revenue growth in 2026
Philippine payments company PayMongo is targeting revenue at about four times last year's level while expanding beyond transaction fees into subscription and merchant services.
UnionPay says ASEAN QR acceptance network now covers over 38M merchants
UnionPay says its acceptance network now spans all ten ASEAN countries and more than 38 million QR merchants as it expands cross-border payment links across the region.
Singapore’s Nexstrom raises $12M to scale 12-inch 2D semiconductor platform
Singapore semiconductor startup Nexstrom has raised a $12 million seed round led by Xora Innovation to commercialize a wafer-scale platform for single-crystal 2D semiconductor materials.
