AI

AI note-taking company Plaud has opened its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore and doubled its planned local investment to at least S$20 million.

HKTDC will host the Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Autumn Edition) and electronicAsia from October 13 to 16, 2026, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Meta introduced Meta One subscription bundles with Singapore prices for individuals, creators and businesses. Availability still depends on the account and app.

China puts equal emphasis on development and security in artificial intelligence (AI) and has released an updated AI safety governance framework, its foreign ministry said.

Flam raised $40 million in a QED Investors-led Series B to develop interactive AI content tools and expand enterprise sales, with activity in India and Southeast Asia.

China's AlphaPai, an AI assistant for investment research, has raised $50 million in a Series B round backed by major Chinese financial institutions, its third funding round in a year.

Dutch chip-security startup Fortaegis Technologies has raised $50 million in an oversubscribed Series A round led by Singapore-based Serendipity Capital, to move its silicon-based "Secure Compute" technology into commercial production.

Google Cloud has opened a Singapore Engineering Center linking AI research, cloud product development and enterprise deployment across Southeast Asia.

Digital tools are moving deeper into construction operations across Asia-Pacific, but skills, fragmented systems and data quality still shape the results.

Cognition's Kevin Lee argues that as coding agents become more proactive, verification and evidence are becoming the new engineering bottleneck.