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Vietnam's information technology (IT) services provider FPT has signed a memorandum of understanding with Mishima Kosan Co., Ltd., a Japanese manufacturer, to advance a next-generation artificial intelligence (AI)-powered manufacturing platform and strengthen digital innovation across the sector.

Shizen Energy Inc. announced Monday that the project company SM 01 Sdn. Bhd. has achieved financial close for the 29.99 megawatt (MW) solar power project under Malaysia’s Corporate Green Power Program (CGPP) and signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Google.

Vietnam, one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing digital markets, is seeing its e-commerce seller economy expand at breakneck speed, driven by a young, digitally fluent generation of entrepreneurs - but the ecosystem supporting them is struggling to keep pace, according to a new study by leading consumer research firm Milieu Insight.

Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd (Cradle), Malaysia’s focal point agency for startup ecosystem under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), has formalized a strategic collaboration with United Kingdom-based strategy consulting firm, wippd ltd, under the Cradle Innovation Advisory (CIA) initiative.

Analysts have foreseen risk-fraught recovery for Malaysia's technology sector in 2026, despite positive global growth tailwinds and improving second half (2025) revenue growth momentum amongst domestic backend players.

Maybank Investment Bank sees ASEAN riding on artificial intelligence (AI) boom in next two years because AI capital expenditure (capex) is booming in the region as global tech giants race to invest in chips, data centers and equipment, fueling Asia’s tech exports, energy demand, construction.

Ant International, HSBC and Swift have on Wednesday completed a successful Proof of Concept (POC) for the cross-border transfer of tokenized deposits using ISO 20022 standards.

ESET, a global cybersecurity solutions firm, highlighted that Malaysia is entering a new era of artificial intelligence (AI) powered social engineering.

Singapore’s SMBs are at a pivotal moment. The question is no longer whether to embrace AI, but how to build the foundation that makes its adoption practical, scalable, and impactful. By simplifying modernization, strengthening resilience, and adopting flexible consumption models, SMBs can move confidently toward an AI-ready future.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), an India-based information technology (IT) services firm, announced Thursday the launch of a Google Cloud Gemini Experience Center (GEC) in Singapore.