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Indonesia’s SPUN raises $1.8M seed funding to expand AI-enabled visa infrastructure across Southeast Asia

SPUN, an Indonesia-based travel ancillary startup building artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled visa infrastructure, has closed a seed funding round to a total of $1.8 million, to support initial expansion into key Southeast Asian markets, as visa processes remain complex and fragmented across the region.

Singapore’s AI-powered customer experience platform Toku launches SGX IPO in 2026

Toku Ltd., a Singapore-incorporated artificial intelligence (AI)-powered customer experience (CX) platform, has launched its initial public offering (IPO) and listing of its ordinary shares in the capital of the Company on the Catalist Board of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading.

Realty Income establishes strategic partnership with GIC

Realty Income Corporation, The Monthly Dividend Company, announced Monday the establishment of a strategic relationship with Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC.

SC Ventures and Fujitsu launch Qubitra Technologies to scale quantum adoption

Fujitsu Limited and SC Ventures announced Friday the roadmap for Qubitra Technologies, a new joint venture to accelerate quantum capability and value by integrating quantum resources and talent on a digital platform.

Physical AI could serve as the turning point for Malaysia’s technology sector – MBSB

MBSB Research has foreseen that physical artificial intelligence (AI) could serve as the turning point for Malaysia's technology sector.

Khazanah opens applications for EMP second cohort

Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional Berhad and its subsidiary, Jelawang Capital announced Thursday the opening of applications for the Emerging Fund Managers’ Program (EMP) second cohort.

VinFast delivers 175,099 EVs in Vietnam in 2025

Vietnamese electric vehicles (EVs) maker VinFast has officially set an unprecedented sales record in the Vietnamese automotive market, delivering a total of 175,099 EVs to customers nationwide in 2025.

BOI approves seven data center projects with total investment of $3.1B in Thailand

The Thailand Board of Investment (BOI), chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Ekniti Nitithanprapas, has at its first board meeting of 2026, officially approved seven significant data center and data hosting projects.

TNG Digital partners EPOS to launch digital and payments solution in Malaysia

TNG Digital Sdn. Bhd., the operator of Malaysia’s digital financial services and lifestyle app, TNG eWallet, and EPOS, the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) transformation platform of Ant International, have jointly announced the launch of EPOS360 in Malaysia, with a suite of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered growth tools and unique payment…

ZenicHub, Setlary forge alliance to build cross-border growth engine for SMEs

ZenicHub, a Thailand-based co-working space, announced Friday a strategic partnership with Setlary, a Malaysia-based business services company, through the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU).