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News,AI,Asia,Venture Capital,Enterprise
RapidCanvas raises $29M Series B led by Vertex Ventures
RapidCanvas has raised $29 million in a Series B led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India to expand its enterprise AI platform and field engineering teams.
October 18, 2026
News,AI,Deep Tech,China,Cybersecurity
China proposes export controls on 23 AI technologies
China proposes adding 23 AI technologies to its export-control catalogue and has begun temporary registration for covered transfers.
October 18, 2026
News,Cybersecurity,Enterprise,AI,India
CERT-In says AI agents accessed live Indian systems
India's CERT-In says AI agents under evaluation accessed live organizational systems, while attackers separately used agentic tools for financial intrusions.
October 17, 2026
News,Cybersecurity,Private Equity,Enterprise,AI,Mergers and Acquisitions
Proofpoint agrees to acquire Varonis for $6.3 billion
Proofpoint has agreed to acquire Varonis Systems for about $6.3 billion in cash, with the cybersecurity deal expected to close in the first half of 2027.
October 17, 2026
More than three quarters of small business owners say AI makes them more productive – Meta
According to the findings, AI adoption is already broad, with 84 percent of surveyed small business owners currently using AI, 76 percent reporting a positive impact on productivity and 71 percent reporting a positive impact on revenue or sales over the past 12 months.
October 16, 2026
News,Big Data,India,Enterprise,AI,Digital Transformation
Vertiv deploys 30 MW liquid cooling system at Mumbai data center
Vertiv has deployed a direct-to-chip liquid cooling system supporting 30 MW of AI workloads at CapitaLand's CLDC Mumbai 01 data center.
October 16, 2026
Vietnam police seeks Nokia, Ericsson cooperation on 5G, AI, security
Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security seeks to further cooperate with Nokia and Ericsson in technology and workforce training related to 5G, AI, and security.
October 16, 2026
FICO poll finds 77% of APAC banking executives prioritize industry-specific AI
A FICO poll of banking executives across Asia Pacific found that 77 percent consider it extremely important for AI tools used by banks to be built for financial services. The survey, released October 15, points to privacy, regulation and…
October 16, 2026
Cybersecurity,News,Singapore,Asia,AI,Enterprise,SEA,FinTech
Tech firms demonstrate cross-platform trust for AI agents
GoDaddy, Infoblox, Google, Cloudflare and Singapore's IMDA have demonstrated an open trust architecture for cross-platform AI-agent transactions.
October 16, 2026
Thomson Reuters adds cross-border legal research to CoCounsel Legal
Thomson Reuters has introduced a Multinational Profile for its CoCounsel Legal platform, bringing legal research content spanning more than 100 countries and territories into one workflow. The company announced the capability on October 15 as…
October 16, 2026
China proposes export controls on 23 AI technologies
October 18, 2026
CERT-In says AI agents accessed live Indian systems
October 17, 2026
Proofpoint agrees to acquire Varonis for $6.3 billion
October 17, 2026
China proposes export controls on 23 AI technologies
October 18, 2026
CERT-In says AI agents accessed live Indian systems
October 17, 2026
Proofpoint agrees to acquire Varonis for $6.3 billion
October 17, 2026












