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Survey: 86 percent of SEA organizations will use AI agents within next 12 months
86 percent of Southeast Asian (SEA) organizations will use artificial intelligence (AI) agents within the next 12 months, a survey showed Wednesday.
August 14, 2025
Sunway iLabs, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) Perennial collaborate to accelerate cross-border tech innovation
As Southeast Asia’s deep tech and artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem continues to accelerate, Sunway iLabs, the innovation and corporate venture capital (CVC) arm of Malaysia-based Sunway Group, announced Tuesday a partnership with Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) Perennial, a global wealth management platform, to accelerate cross-border tech innovation.
August 14, 2025
News,Digital Transformation,Singapore
NTT DATA, The GEAR by Kajima team up to co-develop a smart-building solution in Singapore
NTT DATA, a Japan-based global information technology (IT) infrastructure and services company, partnered with technology services firm The GEAR by Kajima to co-develop a smart-building solution in Singapore.
August 14, 2025
Indonesia’s Siloam Hospitals accelerates digital transformation and AI-driven innovation with AWS Cloud
Indonesia's largest private hospital network Siloam Hospitals is accelerating digital transformation and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven innovation with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud.
August 14, 2025
EFS, Planet QEOS and four partners ink $550M deal to build Malaysia’s first renewable energy plant
Malaysia-based solar energy firm EFS Group has joined forces with Planet QEOS and four energy partners in a landmark collaboration to deliver the MYR 2.32 billion ($550 million) Baram DeepTech Energy Program.
August 14, 2025
Vietnam’s CMC inks $1B data center deal with SAMSUNG C&T
Vietnam's CMC Corporation has signed a memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Samsung C&T, South Korean enterprise in construction, trade, and technology, to build a hyperscale data center project in Ho Chi Minh City with total investment of $1 billion.
August 14, 2025
Singapore’s Prefer raises oversubscribed $4.2M Pre-A to fuel international expansion
Prefer, a Singapore-based food tech startup using fermentation to create affordable and sustainable flavors and ingredients, announced Wednesday an oversubscribed $4.2 million fundraising round alongside the commercial launch of its new products: soluble coffee and cocoa powders.
August 14, 2025
News,FinTech,Singapore,eCommerce
Sea’s revenue, earnings rise in second quarter
Singapore-based technology conglomerate Sea Limited has reported higher revenue and earnings in the second quarter, underpinned by growth in all business segments.
August 13, 2025
Antler doubles down on AI with $7.4M in early-stage funding across SEA
Amid a sharp slowdown in early-stage venture capital funding across Southeast Asia, Antler, the global early‑stage venture capital firm headquartered in Singapore, confirmed Wednesday an investment of $7.4 million into startups across Southeast Asia during the first half of 2025.
August 13, 2025
YTL Power launches Malaysia’s first homegrown AI, ILMU
Malaysia-based YTL Power International Bhd, has on Tuesday unveiled ILMU, the country's first homegrown large language model (LLM).
August 13, 2025