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Antler announces $1.55M investment across ten Japanese startups

Antler Japan, the Japanese entity of the Singapore-based venture capital firm Antler, announced Tuesday a total investment of ¥240 million ($1.55 million) across ten Japanese startups in 2025, reinforcing its conviction in Japan as a strong base for globally ambitious founders.

Micron invests $24B to advance wafer fabrication facility in Singapore

US tech firm Micron Technology, Inc. will invest $24 billion over ten years to advance wafer fabrication facility in Singapore.

VinFast partners Autobrains for autonomous driving technology and robo car

Vietnam-based electric vehicles (EVs) maker VinFast and Israel-based automotive artificial intelligence (AI) firm Autobrains announced Tuesday a strategic partnership on developing autonomous driving technology L2++ and a new autonomous vehicle architecture capable of transforming virtually any car into a self-driving “robo-car”.

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The age of agentic everything: Why orchestrated CX matters more than ever

In this supercycle, CX is no longer just a service function; it is the risk management office. We must design 'human-in-the-loop' frameworks where AI handles the velocity, and humans provide ethical and cognitive guardrails.

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The next workplace AI shift: From copilots to AI teammates

How real-time, multi-agent collaboration could shape the next phase of AI-driven workplace transformation in Southeast Asia

Asia-Pacific is re-emerging as a priority region for global limited partners – Coller Capital

Asia-Pacific is re-emerging as a priority region for global limited partners (LPs), Coller Capital said Monday.

Malaysia to strengthen digital economy partnerships

Malaysia has reinforced its commitment to building a sustainable, inclusive and future-ready digital economy through a series of strategic engagements at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2026 in Davos, led by the minister of Digital, Gobind Singh Deo.

Thai Paiboon Insurance partners Mpire Mobility to provide digital solutions and services for Malaysian motorists driving into Thailand

Thai Paiboon Insurance Public Company Limited (TPB), a Thailand-based non-life insurance company, has on last Thursday entered into a strategic partnership with Mpire Mobility Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Greentronics Technology Berhad, to offer innovation digital solutions and services for Malaysian motorists travelling into Thailand.

Maybank foresees competitive easing to support Sea’s margin improvement outlook

Maybank Investment Bank has foreseen competitive easing to supports Sea's margin improvement outlook.

Lost hard drive with $1B in Bitcoin highlights importance of crypto wallet recovery

Recovery is meant to regain cryptographic access through lawful possession of the necessary artefacts, such as an encrypted wallet file, a hardware device, partial password knowledge, or imperfectly recorded seed words.