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ISense Global, Singapore’s smart city internet of things (IoT) provider, announced Monday a strategic investment from DNAKE (Xiamen) Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., a publicly listed Chinese smart intercom and building automation firm.

Brookfield, a global investment firm founded in Canada, has entered into a joint investment framework agreement with Malaysian clean energy firm Solarvest Holdings Bhd to jointly develop, construct and operate at least 1.5 GW of utility-scale solar and battery energy storage projects in Malaysia over next three to five years.

Workato, the global agentic orchestration firm, announced Monday the launch of the AI Institute Alliance in Singapore.

EUV Tech, the global extreme ultraviolet (EUV) metrology equipment firm, announced last Friday the opening of its first international office: EUV Tech Singapore Pte. Ltd., located at Mapletree Hi-Tech Park, Singapore.

Singaporean transport group ComfortDelGro Corporation Limited has tied up with Chinese autonomous mobility technology company Pony.ai to expand its autonomous vehicle (AV) offerings with the launch of its autonomous shuttle service in Singapore.

Grab, a superapp in Southeast Asia, announced last Saturday its plans to launch Autonomously Intelligent Ride (Ai.R), its first autonomous vehicle (AV) service for consumers in Singapore, in partnership with WeRide, a China-based autonomous driving technology firm.

Nvsion, a Malaysia-based deeptech startup, announced last Friday it has successfully completed a "multi-million ringgit seed round" with Cambrian Fund as its sole investor.

Vietnamese information technology (IT) firm FPT has announced a partnership with Kyndryl, a US provider of enterprise technology services, to accelerate enterprise digital transformation across North America, Europe, the United Kingdom, and Japan.

In the push to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in enterprises, Singapore's Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) will intensify efforts under its Digital Leaders Program (DLP) to support 2,000 local digitally mature enterprises or digital leaders from various sectors to harness AI with confidence over the next three years.

Vietnamese electric vehicles (EV) maker VinFast has officially announced a strategic partnership with the Arabian Automobile Association (AAA), a leading provider of vehicle support services in the Middle East, to improve its aftersales service in the region.