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[Hong Kong Special Report] Alibaba HK Entrepreneurs Fund sees ‘significant’ opportunities at the intersection of tech, industry & international markets

In a recent interview with TNGlobal, AEF Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer Cindy Chow discussed how the fund's investment strategy has evolved over the past decade, what it looks for in founders and why it believes Hong Kong’s role could extend beyond being a gateway to becoming a launchpad for Asian companies going global.

US’ First Solar sues China’s JA Solar, Vietnam unit over solar cell patent

The US-based solar cell maker First Solar has sued Chinese rival JA Solar and the US-based distributor American Panel Solutions, alleging they infringed its patent on making TOPCon solar cells

AI cycle enters second phase as infrastructure bottlenecks shift, Kenanga says

The artificial intelligence (AI) investment cycle is entering a second phase in 2026, with demand broadening beyond GPUs to inference, AI agents and commercial applications, creating new opportunities across optical connectivity, power, advanced packaging and semiconductor equipment, Kenanga Research said on Monday.

IMDA partners TikTok to develop local microdrama expertise and fuel a new pipeline of original IP

Singapore’s media professionals will be given support to develop microdrama expertise across live-action and artificial intelligence (AI)-animated formats, under a new IMDA-TikTok Microdrama Program jointly launched by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and TikTok Singapore.

DeepSeek and Huawei open Ascend AI programming tools

DeepSeek and Huawei have developed open-source compute, communication and programming tools for Huawei's Ascend AI chips.

ThreatBook acquires CyberStrikeAI security testing platform

ThreatBook has acquired the open-source CyberStrikeAI penetration testing platform and plans an enterprise rollout across Asia-Pacific.

Kinwong raises HK$5.1B in Hong Kong listing

Shenzhen-listed printed circuit board maker Kinwong raised about HK$5.1 billion in a Hong Kong offering and ended its first trading day above the issue price.

EHang-backed Hanoi sandbox to test pilotless aircraft taxi

Hanoi's Department of Science and Technology and Vietnam-based HungViet have signed an agreement to pursue a controlled regulatory sandbox for EHang's pilotless EH216-S electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (taxiing, flying taxi) at Hoa Lac High-Tech Park.

Ant Group’s Robbyant, AFDE to localize embodied AI for Middle East markets

Ant Group's Robbyant and the Arab Federation for Digital Economy have agreed to localize and deploy embodied-AI and robotics systems across Middle Eastern markets.

Moody’s Ratings affirms Baidu’s A3 ratings; revises outlook to negative

Moody’s Ratings has on last Thursday revised the outlook on Chinese technology company Baidu Inc.’s A3 issuer and senior unsecured ratings to negative from stable.