AI

PixVerse, a global AI video generation platform with over 150 million users across 177 countries, has completed a Series C extension bringing total Series C fundraising to $439 million, following strong interest from international investors across media, entertainment, and technology.

Strong AI-related demand for semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing equipment drove Singapore's manufacturing sector to 12.2 percent year-on-year growth in the second quarter of 2026, accelerating from 8.0 percent in the first quarter and powering the broader economy to 5.7 percent overall growth.

The mandate has moved past whether AI is coming for Finance. The real question is whether you have started.

Maybank Investment Bank expects demand from artificial intelligence (AI)-related fields to remain strong and should be the key growth driver of the semi-con sector in Singapore.

44 percent of Malaysian banks and development financial institutions (DFIs) are in the developing stage of artificial intelligence (AI) readiness, having moved beyond experimentation but still facing fragmented capabilities across data, skills and operating models, a survey by Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers (AICB) showed last Thursday.

AI platforms used in a corporate ecosystem should meet high reliability and security requirements. Protection should be comprehensive: from securing the AI infrastructure to defending against large language model‑specific attacks (such as indirect prompt injection) and from switching from publicly available cloud services to on‑premise deployments of……

To build resilience against advanced persistent threats, organizations should consolidate platforms, automate responses and embed AI-driven detection, shifting from reactive firefighting to intelligence-led protection at scale.

Only 29 percent of Singapore desk workers identify as AI sceptics, well below the global average of 37 percent and significantly lower than 53 percent in the United States, United Kingdom, and France.

Malaysia-based Petronas Carigali Sdn. Bhd has signed the third Joint Development Agreement (JDA) to advance its flagship TriCipta AI across the Upstream value chain.

As many as 76 percent of Singapore's mass affluent and high-net-worth investors use AI for finance and investment, above the global average of 72 percent, yet they continue to look to financial advisers to validate AI-generated insights before making investment decisions.