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Singapore consumers open to AI agents but want guardrails, Ping Identity survey finds
A Ping Identity survey of 1,000 Singapore consumers finds willingness to use AI agents alongside strong concerns about representation, data access, oversight and regulation.
Datakrew, Gaadin link EV battery, vehicle and charging intelligence
Datakrew and Gaadin plan to connect EV battery and vehicle analytics with charging and energy-management software for fleet operators.
Climate Impact Innovations Challenge awards $800,000 to 3 to programs in Indonesia
Climate Impact Innovations Challenge (CIIC) 2026, Indonesia’s largest climate tech competition, has concluded and awarded Rp15 billion ($840,000) to three participants to pilot their innovations in Indonesia.
Mobility app Setel introduces Malaysia’s first multilingual voice fueling experience
Malaysia's mobility app Setel has introduced Voice Fuelling, an AI-powered experience that lets users activate their fuel pump using voice commands.
AI trend to boost Southeast Asia’s GDP growth, Vietnam tops region at 7.4%: WB
The AI trend can help drive up the economic growth of Southeast Asia and Vietnam can top the region's GDP growth in 2026 with 7.4 percent, followed by Indonesia with 5.2 percent and Malaysia with 5.1 percent.
Granite Asia, Google AI fund to co-invest up to $2M per Asian AI startup
Singapore-based Granite Asia, a $11 billion private capital platform, and Google's AI Futures Fund will jointly back AI startups in Asia, co-investing up to $2 million in each alongside access to Google's AI models.
Vietnam allows tungsten export, but only deep-processed products
Vietnam seeks to permit tungsten (wolfram) exports, but only for deep-processed product, such as ammonium paratungstate (APT) and commercial tungsten oxide.
Vietnam’s Vingroup, France’s Alstom sign deal for 200 Hanoi metro trains, with local assembly
Vietnam's conglomerate Vingroup has signed a contract with France's Alstom for 200 metro trains for Hanoi capital city, as the Vietnamese conglomerate builds out the capital city's rail network.
Axiata CEO Nik Rizal Kamil appointed to GSMA global mobile-industry board
Nik Rizal Kamil, CEO of Malaysian telecoms group Axiata, has been appointed to the board of the GSMA, the global mobile-industry association, for a two-year term starting in January.
Indonesia-based MDI Ventures refocuses on enterprise AI, digital-asset infrastructure
MDI Ventures, the corporate venture-capital arm of Indonesia's state-owned telecom group Telkom, has revamped its Southeast Asia investment strategy to focus on enterprise AI and digital-asset infrastructure.
