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Neocrete’s Matt Kennedy-Good on moving low-carbon concrete from pilot to daily use [Q&A]

Neocrete co-founder Matt Kennedy-Good discusses the cost, standards, verification, procurement and local-market challenges behind scaling low-carbon concrete in APAC.

TechNode AI Networking Night brings APAC tech community together in Bangkok

The evening brought together members of the regional technology and startup ecosystem for networking, knowledge exchange and discussions around artificial intelligence and cross-border opportunities.

Japanese AI firm ABEJA establishes a subsidiary in Singapore to drive global expansion

Japanese artificial intelligence (AI) firm ABEJA, Inc., announced Wednesday that it will establish a wholly-owned subsidiary in Singapore to accelerate its global expansion.

Axiata underlying profit more than doubles in first half of 2026

Axiata said underlying first-half profit more than doubled to RM717.2 million, while constant-currency revenue and EBITDA increased across its regional portfolio.

Solace, SIOS Technology partner on real-time data platforms for agentic AI in Japan

Solace and SIOS Technology have partnered to help Japanese enterprises build real-time, AI-ready data platforms across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

IWG signs 728 new locations in H1 2026, with 164 in Asia Pacific

International Workplace Group signed a record 728 new locations globally in the first half of 2026, including 164 across Asia Pacific.

Diagram of organizations participating in SK Telecom's AI for All consortium

South Korea picks SK Telecom, Kakao and KT for free national AI service

South Korea has selected SK Telecom, Kakao and KT to develop free national AI services backed by domestic models and government-provided computing capacity.

Ant Bank, Bettr join Hong Kong regulators’ GenAI sandbox to test AI liquidity forecasting

Hong Kong-based digital bank, Ant Bank, and its embedded-finance provider, Bettr, both under Singapore's Ant International, were selected for the liquidity-risk management track of Hong Kong regulators' GenA.I. Sandbox++.

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Kioxia and Sandisk plan over $31B Japan memory investment

Kioxia and Sandisk plan to invest more than $31 billion in Japan through 2032 to expand flash-memory technology and production capacity.

Nutanix launches Enterprise AI 2.8 with MCP Gateway for governed agentic AI

Nutanix has launched Enterprise AI 2.8 with a generally available MCP Gateway aimed at governing how AI agents connect to enterprise applications and data.