AI

Singapore’s AI-powered customer platform Toku now handles foodpanda support in Cambodia, Laos

Toku Ltd., a Singapore-headquartered AI-powered customer experience company, said foodpanda is now using its Toku Contact Centre to support customers in Cambodia and Laos.

Cisco, PSA Singapore to develop AI operations platform for Tuas Port

The United States-based Cisco and PSA Singapore will jointly develop a proof-of-concept AI-powered observability and incident-management platform for Tuas Port, the port operator's automated container terminal in western Singapore.

[HK Special Report] Hong Kong sees growing IPO interest from AI, robotics & biotech companies: HKEX

Johnson Chui, Head of Global Issuer Services at HKEX, said the exchange is seeing interest from companies across emerging technology sectors, including artificial intelligence, robotics, biotechnology and semiconductors.

Singapore launches new program for startups to drive development of embodied AI solutions in construction sector

Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG), the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) and The GEAR by Kajima, have launched the Startup CoLab EAI to support Singapore based and international startups to develop, test and commercialize new embodied AI (EAI) solutions in the construction sector.

Malaysia’s Cashku adds KAF Investment Funds to advice platform, widening EPF, Shariah options

Cashku, a Malaysian AI-native digital wealth platform, has signed a distribution agreement with KAF Investment Funds Berhad to bring a selected range of the fund house's funds onto its platform.

Malaysia’s Agmo Academy, MyDIGITAL to jointly bring AI courses to Rakyat Digital

Agmo Academy, a subsidiary of Malaysian artificial intelligence (AI) and digital solutions company Agmo Holdings, and the government-run MyDIGITAL will collaborate to support AI skills training for Malaysians.

Google Cloud’s Moe Abdula on moving AI from pilot to production [Q&A]

Moe Abdula discusses how Southeast Asian enterprises can scale AI with stronger infrastructure, governance, localization and cost discipline.

SoftBank’s Son plans $50B Malaysia tech outlay, says PM Anwar – report

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said he had a videoconference with Son last Tuesday, during which the Japanese tech investor said he had picked regions in the country for projects including data centers.

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HKEX launches AI and semiconductor indexes

HKEX has launched AI and semiconductor indexes and licensed the AI benchmark for planned exchange-traded funds in mainland China.

Ciena’s Gautam Billa on connecting distributed AI data centers across Asia

Ciena CTO Gautam Billa examines optical capacity planning, multi-site GPU clusters, network power efficiency and data-center connectivity across India and Southeast Asia.