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Workday, Inc., the enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) platform for managing people, money, and agents, has announced the appointment of Yen Yen Tan to its APAC International Advisory Board (IAB), effective on Monday.

DBS, a Singapore-based bank, and Granite Asia, a multi-asset investment platform, have partnered to launch $110 million artificial intelligence (AI) initial public offering (IPO) fund to to accelerate growth of Asia’s next generation companies.

VentureTECH Sdn Bhd, an impact investment company, has announced a strategic investment of MYR 28 million ($7.16 million) into Delta Spike Asia Sdn Bhd and IX Telecom Sdn Bhd, reinforcing Malaysia’s cybersecurity strength and cross-border digital infrastructure capability.

AI Agents empower CEOs to lead with confidence, speed, and clarity in an unpredictable world. As business becomes more data-driven and interconnected, those who leverage AI Agents for strategic decision-making will not just keep up, they will set the pace.

Businesses are seeking to automate activities on cloud management, workload optimization, enhance cybersecurity, and enhance sustainability through AI-driven tools. It is not just a shift toward lowering expenses but also facilitating the operation smarter, faster, and more strategically in what has become a highly competitive global economy.

LC Wakaful Digital Sdn Bhd (LCWD), a wholly owned subsidiary of Gobarakah Tech Sdn Bhd, announced Thursday the official launch of Impakrintas, Malaysia’s first Social Exchange platform, following the Securities Commission Malaysia’s (SC) announcement on LCWD’s appointment as the inaugural Social Exchange Platform operator on February 12.

Building on its success in the retail remittance sector, BCRemit, a Filipino-led global digital remittance company, has expanded its services to 23 countries and announced plans to scale its operations to provide tailored cross-border payment solutions beyond the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

Sea Limited, a Singapore-based technology company founded in Singapore, announced Thursday an expanded strategic partnership with Google to advance the development of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered innovations that can serve users across Sea’s core business lines of digital entertainment, e-commerce, and digital financial services.

Agentic reasoning AI doctors represent the next evolution of healthcare automation. By combining medical understanding, autonomous decision-making, and intelligent task execution, these AI agents drastically reduce billing errors, prevent revenue loss, and strengthen financial health for hospitals and clinics.

In a move to fundamentally transform digital governance, the Ministry of Digital is activating the Government Innovation Initiative (GII), a strategic national undertaking poised to galvanize innovation across the public sector and advancing Malaysia’s commitment to achieving AI Nation status by 2030.