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U.S. Section 301 hits Southeast Asia: 10% for three, 12.5% for Singapore, Vietnam, technology escapes
New U.S. Section 301 tariffs took effect on Friday (July 24) across 60 economies, hitting seven Southeast Asian nations: Malaysia, Cambodia, and Indonesia with a 10 percent additional duty, while Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, and Singapore face the higher rate of 12.5 percent.
Huawei, Thailand jointly launch AI ecosystem initiative, to push innovation, talent development
Huawei has joined Thai government agencies, telecom carriers, large language model developers, AI associations, and universities to launch the Thailand AI Ecosystem Initiative, in order to push Thailand as a hub for AI innovation in Southeast Asia.
Singapore’s GIC achieves annualized USD nominal rate of return of 5.6 pct over 20-year period; focuses on AI investment
Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC portfolio achieved an annualized USD nominal rate of return of 5.6 percent over the 20-year period that ended on March 31, 2026.
China’s Huawei Cloud launches agentic AI infrastructure, coding agent beta in Thailand
Huawei Cloud has announced its Agentic Infrastructure for Thailand and launched an open beta of its CodeArts Agent coding platform at the Huawei Cloud Summit Thailand 2026, the Chinese giant said in a statement on Friday.
Singapore’s AI facilitator Ropedia raises $22M pre-Series A for physical AI data infrastructure, $30m in total
Singapore-based Ropedia, a data infrastructure company for physical AI and robotics, has raised $22 million in a Pre-Series A round, bringing its total funding to $30 million.
Cuspai, A*STAR seal five-year partnership to accelerate AI-driven materials discovery in Singapore
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore’s lead public sector research and development (R&D) agency, and CuspAI, the United Kingdom-based artificial intelligence (AI) materials science company, have announced a five-year, multi-program partnership.
Germany’s travel booking platform Omio raises $10M to expand in Japan, Southeast Asia
Berlin-based multimodal travel booking platform Omio has raised $10 million in a strategic investment from Granite-Integral to accelerate its expansion in Japan and strengthen its presence across Southeast Asia.
65% of Singapore, Australia security leaders see AI attack as inevitable, yet only 40% fully prepared: Mimecast
As many as 65 percent of IT and security decision-makers in Singapore and Australia believe an AI-driven attack against their organizations is inevitable within the next 12 months, yet only 40 percent report being fully prepared with specific strategies for AI-driven threats.
93% of global finance professionals doubt AI-generated insights as GenAI skills gap widens: ACCA
As many as 93 percent of finance professionals globally are concerned about the integrity and verifiability of AI-generated insights, according to a survey.
Mismatched AI architecture, weak governance can slow APAC enterprise scaling, says executives [interview]
The widening gap between AI governance at board and management level and the pace of technological advancement will continue to constrain the speed and scale of enterprise AI adoption in Asia-Pacific,
