AI
Tenstorrent raises $1.5B Series E at $6.2B valuation
Tenstorrent closed a $1.5 billion Series E at a $6.2 billion post-money valuation to expand AI systems, manufacturing and processor licensing.
How we use AI to triage B2B inquiries before the first reply
Daniel Tan explains how a small business uses AI to summarize inbound leads and draft context-aware replies while keeping human approval.
Governance, accountability key to scaling AI-driven autonomous payments – UOB
The future of artificial intelligence (AI)-driven autonomous payments will depend less on advances in artificial intelligence (AI) than on how effectively financial institutions govern the technology, with clear accountability, security controls and interoperability needed to build trust, UOB Global Economics & Markets Research said in a recent report.
AI capex boom remains an important growth driver for APAC 2027 growth – BMI
The artificial intelligence (AI) investment cycle remains the key positive driver of Asia-Pacific growth in 2027, BMI Country Risk and Industry Research said on last Thursday.
GoTo releases Indonesian language model
GoTo has released a 27-billion-parameter model trained for Indonesian and several regional languages through its official Hugging Face repository.
RapidCanvas raises $29M Series B led by Vertex Ventures
RapidCanvas has raised $29 million in a Series B led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India to expand its enterprise AI platform and field engineering teams.
China proposes export controls on 23 AI technologies
China proposes adding 23 AI technologies to its export-control catalogue and has begun temporary registration for covered transfers.
CERT-In says AI agents accessed live Indian systems
India's CERT-In says AI agents under evaluation accessed live organizational systems, while attackers separately used agentic tools for financial intrusions.
Proofpoint agrees to acquire Varonis for $6.3 billion
Proofpoint has agreed to acquire Varonis Systems for about $6.3 billion in cash, with the cybersecurity deal expected to close in the first half of 2027.
More than three quarters of small business owners say AI makes them more productive – Meta
According to the findings, AI adoption is already broad, with 84 percent of surveyed small business owners currently using AI, 76 percent reporting a positive impact on productivity and 71 percent reporting a positive impact on revenue or sales over the past 12 months.
