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Chipmaker Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft (AT&S) will expand production capacity for high-end IC substrates for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing, with investments spanning its Kulim facility in Malaysia and its Chongqing plant in China, totaling €1.5-2.0 billion ($1.74-2.32 billion).

China's Orbbec has broken ground on its overseas manufacturing factory in the northern province of Bac Ninh in Vietnam, as the 3D vision sensor maker moves to build a more resilient global production network.

Tencent Cloud, a cloud unit of Chinese giant Tencent, has unveiled two new AI agents and a model platform at SuperAI 2026 in Singapore, targeting enterprise teams and individual users across Southeast Asia seeking to automate complex workflows and accelerate creative production.

AnyMind Group, a Singapore-founded business process as a service (BPaaS) company for marketing, e-commerce and digital transformation, has on Tuesday announced that it will establish AnyAI Lab in Hangzhou, China.

The BEYOND Expo 2026 has shown what the future looks like as it delivers on its mission of ‘Empowering Asia, Bridging the World’ with a heavyweight showcase of the latest emerging technology and ideas from Asia.

The 6th BEYOND Expo concluded its ‘AI: Digital to Physical’ technology showcase of new products, innovative tech, thought leadership and candid industry debate setting the direction for the future.

Malaysia-based lender CIMB Bank Berhad has recently signed a letter of intent (LOI) with China Merchants Bank Co., to establish a comprehensive framework that will leverage the strengths of both banks for a wide range of cross-border client solutions.

Last Thursday, iFlytek unveiled its new AI smart glasses at BEYOND Expo 2026 in Macau under the theme Communication Without Boundaries, the World Before Your Eyes, showcasing the company’s latest push into AI-powered devices.

As AI large models rapidly merge with wearable devices, smart glasses are once again becoming a focal point for the tech industry. From Meta’s AI glasses developed with Ray-Ban, to Apple’s Vision Pro, and Google’s renewed push into the AR ecosystem, global tech giants are competing once again for the next major computing platform.

Hong Kong-based Animoca Brands has made a $1 million co-investment in Superior.Trade, a protocol layer for AI-driven trading, marking the first investment under the company's recently launched Minds Investment Programme.