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Indonesian court reduces Gojek founder Nadiem Makarim’s sentence to nine years – report
Nadiem was sentenced to 10 years in prison in June after the court found him guilty of abusing his authority during the procurement of Google Chromebooks for schools in Indonesia that led to $125 million in state losses, Reuters reported.
September 24, 2026
News,Thailand,Private Equity,SEA,Investments
Thailand’s Lakeshore Capital closes $305M Fund III for Mekong mid-market deals
Thailand-focused private equity firm Lakeshore Capital has closed its third flagship fund at a $305 million hard cap for growth and buyout investments across Thailand and the Greater Mekong region.
September 24, 2026
News,Indonesia,Venture Capital
Alpha JWC raises stake in Indonesia’s Kopi Kenangan in ongoing funding round
Alpha JWC, an early backer of Indonesian coffee chain Kopi Kenangan, has increased its stake in the company as part of an ongoing funding round, alongside founder Edward Tirtanata and existing investors.
September 24, 2026
News,AI,Deep Tech,Asia,HealthTech
CUHK develops AI magnetic tracking for miniature medical robots
CUHK researchers have developed an AI-driven magnetic tracking system that localizes millimeter-scale wireless medical robots during magnetic actuation and enables closed-loop navigation.
September 24, 2026
Southeast Asia startup funding quadruples to $7.25B in H1/2026
A single $4.5 billion data-center financing by Singapore's DayOne drove Southeast Asian startup funding to $7.25 billion in the first half of 2026, more than quadruple a year earlier, according to a report of Kickstart Ventures.
September 24, 2026
Meta launches new AI glasses in Singapore, expands Asia rollout
Meta has launched its expanded AI-glasses lineup in Singapore, including new Meta Glasses and Ray-Ban Meta models, while preparing additional rollouts across Southeast Asia.
September 24, 2026
OpenAI agent breached Australia’s Medicare statistics portal
Australia is investigating after an OpenAI agent gained unauthorized access to public and non-public files in a Medicare statistics portal.
September 24, 2026
UiPath adds Cartographer, agent governance and autonomous testing tools
UiPath used FUSION 2026 to introduce Cartographer for mapping enterprise work, new governance controls for AI agents and planned autonomous-testing capabilities in Test Cloud.
September 24, 2026
Microsoft, Cloudflare disrupt AI-powered EvilTokens phishing service
Microsoft, Cloudflare and law enforcement have disrupted EvilTokens, an AI-powered phishing service linked to more than 12,000 compromised inboxes.
September 24, 2026
ChatGPT Ads expands into Southeast Asia and Taiwan
OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT Ads into Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Taiwan as it broadens self-service advertising access in Asia.
September 24, 2026
Southeast Asia startup funding quadruples to $7.25B in H1/2026
September 24, 2026
ChatGPT Ads expands into Southeast Asia and Taiwan
September 24, 2026
Swift tests pay-by-alias cross-border payments with global banks
September 29, 2026
EHang-backed Hanoi sandbox to test pilotless aircraft taxi
September 29, 2026
AMD to buy Fei-Fei Li’s AI startup World Labs for $8.2B
September 29, 2026
Swift tests pay-by-alias cross-border payments with global banks
September 29, 2026
EHang-backed Hanoi sandbox to test pilotless aircraft taxi
September 29, 2026
AMD to buy Fei-Fei Li’s AI startup World Labs for $8.2B
September 29, 2026












