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Singapore has the infrastructure, governance, and ambition to remain one of the world’s most advanced digital economies. But as systems scale and AI reshapes operations, success will not be determined by how fast organizations digitize, but by how deeply they understand the systems they depend on.

Vietnam-based electric vehicles (EVs) maker VinFast and Congo-based green transportation firm Exposure SARL have announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding regarding the potential supply of electric vehicles for green taxi services in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Gobi Partners, through its SuperSeed II Fund, has led an undisclosed pre-seed investment in Valiance Health Inc., a Malaysia-based artificial intelligence (AI) healthcare company building the country’s first large-scale standardized healthcare data platform.

Malaysia-based influencer-centric digital marketing firm Xamble Group Limited has acquired a 55.6 percent majority stake in YToday Sdn Bhd, the company behind grassroots youth marketing platform YouthsToday.com.

Chipbond Technology Corporation, a Taiwan-based provider of semiconductor packaging and testing services, has on Monday marked the official opening of its new advanced manufacturing facility, Chipbond Technology Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., located in Valdor Industrial Park, Batu Kawan, Penang, Malaysia.

SLEEK EV, a Singapore-based and Thailand-operated electric motorcycle maker, has announced an $8.5 million first close in its Series A funding round.

Nxera, Singtel Group’s regional data center arm, announced Monday the opening of DC Tuas, its largest, next-generation, most energy efficient and multi-tenanted data center.

Global technology firm Google has announced new investments to deepen local research and development (R&D) capabilities, help businesses innovate and build a future-ready workforce for the artificial intelligence (AI) economy in Singapore.

Vietnamese electric vehicles (EVs) maker VinFast has on Monday officially announced its entry into Indonesia’s e-scooter market through the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with strategic dealers in the country.

Malaysia's state-owned fund Khazanah Nasional Berhad said Tuesday that through Jelawang Capital, Malaysia’s National Fund of Funds, its first five fund managers have backed more than ten startups and catalyzed over MYR 30 million ($7.64 million) in crowded-in capital.