AI

Global economic growth and stock market valuations are becoming increasingly reliant on artificial intelligence (AI), creating new vulnerabilities even as the world economy has shown resilience through a series of major shocks, Singapore's central bank chief said on Wednesday.

Workers aged 18 to 26 in Singapore are the least frequent daily users of AI among all age groups, at 20 percent, trailing those aged 27 to 39 at 25 percent and those aged 40 to 54 at 23 percent, according to the ADP Research's People at Work Report 2026.

Southeast Asia is well-positioned to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI) adoption thanks to growing digital infrastructure, a young tech-savvy population and increasing regional cooperation, Singapore's Digital Development and Information Minister Josephine Teo said on Thursday.

Customer conversation management platform respond.io has raised $62.5 million in a Series B funding round led by Camber Partners, with participation from Endeavor Catalyst and existing investors, as the company looks to accelerate its expansion in North America and Europe.

Microsoft has on Tuesday released new Singapore findings from its 2026 Work Trend Index, showing that employees here are among the world’s most active and responsible users of artificial intelligence (AI) at work.

China's Zhongji Innolight is studying a large-scale high-tech project in the Yen Phong II-A Industrial Park in Vietnam's Bac Ninh province, with an estimated initial investment of approximately $800 million on around 30 hectares of land, expected to create jobs for around 20,000 workers once operational.

monday.com, an AI work platform, has appointed Chris Jordan as Regional Vice President for Southeast Asia and Country Manager for Singapore, as the company establishes Singapore as its second Asia-Pacific headquarters after Sydney.

Acrab, a Singapore-headquartered technology company building agentic AI compute infrastructure, has received over $350 million in cumulative financing throughout its early development.

As lending becomes increasingly digital and competitive, AI-powered automation is no longer optional. It is becoming a foundational capability for modern lending organizations looking to scale efficiently while maintaining compliance and delivering exceptional customer experiences.

New research across Asia-Pacific & Japan suggests that only half the region’s employees feel ready for AI, while leadership is more bearish.