Singapore

Global technology firm Microsoft has launched the AI QuickStart program, a new initiative to help digitally mature enterprises – including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as large enterprises – known as Digital Leaders to rapidly deploy practical, enterprise-ready artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in Singapore.

PropertyGuru Group, a Singapore-based property technology company, announced Monday the appointment of Yi-Wei Ang as Chief Product & Technology Officer.

We talked to Roderick Purwana, Managing Partner at East Ventures to learn more about the firm’s development in 2025 and its plans and aspirations for 2026. He also shared his views on the outlook of tech ecosystem in Southeast Asia in 2026.

Grab Finance, the financial services arm of Singapore-based superapp Grab, is using the industry-leading capabilities of FICO Platform to transform credit access across the Southeast Asian region.

Hesai Technology, a China-based lidar solutions firm, announced Wednesday a strategic cooperation with Singapore-based superapp Grab, under which Grab will serve as the exclusive distributor of Hesai's lidar products in Southeast Asia.

Singapore has continued to lead in the payments sector, with funding for payments reaching over $319 million during the first nine months of 2025 — surpassing the total FinTech funding (of which payments is a subset) for Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam combined, a report showed Wednesday.

Bridge Alliance, the alliance of leading mobile operators globally, announced Tuesday that Dr Ong Geok Chwee will be stepping down as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the end of March.

Global investment firm KKR and Singapore's communications technology group Singtel announced Wednesday they will fully acquire data center colocation services provider ST Telemedia Global Data Centers (STT GDC) at S$6.6 billion ($5.1 billion).

Singapore will establish a national space agency on April 1 to help the country seize opportunities in the rapidly expanding space economy and strengthen its space capabilities, the Straits Times quoted Minister-in-charge of Energy and Science & Technology Tan See Leng as saying.

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore is launching three new space projects under Singapore’s Space Technology Development Program (STDP), marking a major step in accelerating the commercialization of space technologies developed in Singapore.