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France aerospace Safran to set up first international AI subsidiary in Singapore

Safran.AI, the AI unit of French aerospace group Safran, will set up Safran.AI Singapore, its first international subsidiary in Singapore, the firm said in a statement on Thursday.

Sentosa to pilot on-demand autonomous vehicle service in 2027

Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC) and TADA Mobility (Singapore) Pte Ltd will launch a pilot on-demand shared autonomous vehicle (AV) service on Sentosa in early 2027, offering visitors more convenient connections to the island’s beaches, hotels and attractions.

Tencent, Visa to jointly explore cross-border payments, AI agent commerce

China's Internet technology giant Tencent and American multinational payment company Visa have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore broader collaboration on payments and commerce across Tencent’s ecosystem.

Breakthrough Energy, Temasek, Enterprise Singapore renew Southeast Asia Fellows Hub for three years

Breakthrough Energy, the climate organization founded by Bill Gates, Temasek and Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG) have extended their support for Breakthrough Energy Fellows – Southeast Asia (BE Fellows – SEA) for another three years, to support three new cohorts of climate tech innovators, the parties said in a statement on Wednesday.

Over eight in ten businesses starting to adopt tokenized money to aid liquidity management, improve payments, support business expansion – DBS survey

Tokenized money is increasingly becoming a mainstream tool for large corporations to move value instantly round-the-clock, with greater control across a wider network of markets, a survey showed on Wednesday. 

Vietnam Geleximco, China Chery to cooperate in chips, robots, green energy

Vietnam’s private conglomerate Geleximco Group and China’s automobile manufacturer Chery Group will cooperate in high-technology industry and the green economy, including semiconductors, robotics, clean energy, batteries, environmental technology, and shipbuilding.

Silicon Valley-based TinyFish opens Vietnam office, to build core AI agent work

TinyFish, a Silicon Valley-based AI infrastructure startup, has opened its Vietnam office in Ho Chi Minh City last Friday.

Singapore’s AI-powered customer platform Toku now handles foodpanda support in Cambodia, Laos

Toku Ltd., a Singapore-headquartered AI-powered customer experience company, said foodpanda is now using its Toku Contact Centre to support customers in Cambodia and Laos.

Singapore’s DayOne, Sembcorp to jointly explore integrated power for Asian data centers

DayOne Data Centers, a Singapore-headquartered developer and operator of data centers, and Sembcorp Utilities, a subsidiary of Singapore's Sembcorp Industries, have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore integrating power and energy solutions into DayOne’s data center projects across Asia.

Cisco, PSA Singapore to develop AI operations platform for Tuas Port

The United States-based Cisco and PSA Singapore will jointly develop a proof-of-concept AI-powered observability and incident-management platform for Tuas Port, the port operator's automated container terminal in western Singapore.