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MDEC secures $87.4B digital investments in 2025, driven by AI
The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) has secured MYR 87.4 billion ($22.35 billion) in approved digital investments in 2025, driven largely by the growth in artificial intelligence (AI), big data, data centers and cloud services.
March 18, 2026
NCS partners NVIDIA to deploy sovereign agentic AI for enterprises
NCS, the subsidiary of the Singapore-based Singtel Group, has partnered NVIDIA to deploy sovereign agentic artificial intelligence (AI) for enterprises.
March 18, 2026
Singapore’s Video Rebirth secures $80M funding to build AI engine
Singapore-based Video Rebirth, an AMD-backed artificial intelligence (AI) video startup, has announced the final closing of an $80 million funding round.
March 18, 2026
News,FinTech,Singapore,Philippines
Singapore’s financial service platform Atome, Philippines’ restaurant giant Jollibee to jointly expand card acceptance
Atome, a Singapore-headquartered digital financial services platform, has announced a year-long partnership with the Philippines' food & beverage (F&B) giant Jollibee Foods Corporation to enable the use of the former's Atome Card across more than 1,300 Jollibee stores in the Philippines.
March 18, 2026
News,China,Corporate Innovation,AI
China’s Alibaba unveils Wukong AI platform for enterprise workflows
China's Alibaba Group has introduced Wukong, an AI-focused enterprise platform designed to enable multiple AI agents to coordinate and perform complex tasks within a unified interface, supported by enterprise-grade security infrastructure.
March 18, 2026
Vietnam-based SmartSolar secures $3.15M to expand rooftop solar financing for SMEs
Vietnam-based rooftop solar startup SmartSolar has closed a debt financing round, bringing its total funding to $3.15 million in combined equity and debt, as it expands financing solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)) facing rising electricity costs.
March 18, 2026
Prolonged Iran conflict raises helium tail risk for Asia’s semiconductors – Fitch
Asia’s semiconductor supply chain faces rising tail risk from helium tightness as the Iran conflict drags on and Qatar’s natural gas disruption persists, Fitch Ratings said Tuesday.
March 18, 2026
China,AI,Features,Asia,Robotics,Events
From viral robot performances to real-world AI: Why BEYOND Expo is a must-go event in 2026
As Asia’s largest tech and innovation ecosystem expo, BEYOND Expo positions itself at the intersection of innovation, commercialization, and cross-border collaboration. The viral robot performance seen during the Spring Festival Gala is one visible example of the physical dimension of AI. At the same time, rapid progress in software models,…
March 17, 2026
How business continuity planning needs to change in the AI era
Business continuity planning in the AI era needs a wider lens. It should identify where AI is operationally critical, reduce concentration risk across cloud and data environments, test for integrity failures as well as outages, assume faster attack and decision cycles, and bring leadership, legal, operations, and communications into the same response…
March 17, 2026
Miro sets up Asia Hub in Singapore to accelerate growth and boost AI collaborations
Miro, the global artificial intelligence (AI) innovation workspace, has announced Asia Hub in Singapore to accelerate growth across the region and bring AI collaborations to new markets.
March 17, 2026













