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Singapore technology giant Sea Ltd and OpenAI will launch the Sea x OpenAI Codex Hackathon in Singapore on June 6, 2026, marking the start of a regional hackathon series across the Asia-Pacific region.

ENEOS Holdings will acquire American energy giant Chevron’s downstream fuels and lubricants businesses across several Asia-Pacific markets in a transaction valued at $2.17 billion.

The Southeast Asian ecommerce market is on a strong upward trajectory, with potential to reach $289.8 billion by 2029, from $156.3 billion in 2024, a study conducted by payments platform 2C2P by Antom found Wednesday.

Maybank Investment Bank sees Sea's first quarter results reinforce its ability to sustain high growth while deepening structural advantages in e-commerce, logistics and digital finance.

AWARP, a financial infrastructure project focused on emerging markets, has secured a strategic investment from Animoca Brands to support the development of real-world asset (RWA) tokenization and cross-border payment networks.

Singapore technology giant Sea has achieved higher revenue and profit in the first quarter ended March 31, 2026, as its e-commerce arm Shopee delivered another record quarter.

Exaforce, a agentic security company, has raised $125 million in a Series B funding round to expand its AI-native security operations platform and grow its international presence.

Asia Pacific (APAC) data center growth will remain strong through 2028, but future capacity expansion is expected to become increasingly concentrated in markets and operators capable of supporting artificial intelligence (AI)-grade workloads, large-scale financing and execution discipline, BMI Country Risk and Industry Research said Monday.

Southeast Asia (SEA) saw a strong start in private equity (PE) investment in the first quarter of 2026, with deal value surged 2.5 times year-on-year to $9.2 billion in the first quarter, EV said Tuesday.

With the inclusion principle integrated into main innovation projects, Ant International now links 2 billion user accounts with 150 million merchants through multi-layered partnerships, provides global account services to 1.6 million SMEs, and helps over 30 million underserved businesses and individuals access quality credit.