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Malaysia recorded MYR 54.13 billion (13.33 billion U.S. dollars) in approved Malaysia Digital (MD) investments, generating 21,815 high-value jobs across 402 digital companies, highlighting sustained investor confidence in the country’s digital ecosystem and reflects Malaysia’s long-term artificial intelligence (AI)-driven growth trajectory.

Maybank Investment Bank said in its recent report that the Indonesia's new economy is still on a growth trajectory.

Arothinking Co., Ltd., a South Korea–based provider of immersive artificial intelligence (AI) and extended reality (XR) education solutions for early childhood and primary learners, announced Monday that it is accelerating its global expansion in 2025, with Southeast Asia — particularly Vietnam — emerging as a key strategic market.

AirAsia MOVE (MOVE), a Malaysia-based travel booking app, has secured strategic partnerships with Ethiopian Airlines, Vietjet Air and Garuda Indonesia.

Despite the strong demand from artificial intelligence (AI)-related themes, the overall semiconductor demand remains sluggish resulting in high inventory levels for most of the key semi-con players, Maybank Investment Bank said in its recent report.

S&E Company, a South Korea–based agritech firm, has announced that it is accelerating the global expansion of its artificial intelligence (AI)-driven agricultural data analytics and B2B pre-trading platform, B•good, with Vietnam positioned as a key market in its Southeast Asia strategy.

GAMEE, an Animoca Brands company and a Web3 gaming platform on Telegram, and Azuki, a Web3-originated IPs, have joined forces to launch a new interactive gaming experience that brings Azuki to millions of Telegram users worldwide.

Analysts have foreseen Malaysia's energy transition to sustain momentum moving into 2026, underpinned by the country's strong policy.

Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (Indosat) and the consortium between Arsari Group and Northstar Group announced Tuesday the signing of an Investment Agreement to form a joint venture to create one of the leading independent fiber infrastructure platforms in Indonesia (FiberCo).

Ta Securities has highlighted three major factors potentially influencing Malaysia's technology sector’s earnings in 2026 - the United States' sectoral tariffs on semiconductors; global semiconductor sales and progress of National Semiconductor Strategy.