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mamun raises $3M seed to finance Gulf-Asia trade from Muscat

mamun, a Sharia-compliant trade finance platform, has raised $3 million in a seed round led by Phaze Ventures through its Oman Fund, with participation from Jasoor Ventures.

Tencent Cloud expands Singapore AI offering with new tools, partners, hackathon talent program

Tencent Cloud, the cloud unit of Chinese technology giant Tencent, is expanding enterprise AI capabilities, ecosystem partnerships, and talent development initiatives in Singapore.

Digital Penang, TikTok Shop honor top sellers in Malaysia as accelerator closes

Malaysia’s digitalization agency Digital Penang and TikTok Shop have closed their TikTok Shop Accelerator Program, recognising the top three sellers from the incubation cohort.

Ondine Capital closes first round of Fund III with Taiwan chip firms as LPs

Ondine Capital has announced the first close of its third US dollar-denominated venture fund, with commitments from institutional and strategic limited partners, including several leading Taiwanese semiconductor companies.

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Shadow IT had boundaries, shadow operations do not

Nutanix’s Faiz Shakir examines the governance challenge when AI agents start acting across enterprise workflows outside IT oversight.

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Fujitsu and partners test AI packaging damage checks in Japan

Fujitsu and SoftBank Robotics are testing image-based AI to standardize packaging damage decisions in Japan's home-appliance supply chain.

Bitdeer’s Pretesh Dahya on building AI/HPC infrastructure across the US, Europe and Asia [Q&A]

Bitdeer's Pretesh Dahya discusses how the company is adapting mining infrastructure for AI and HPC, securing power and customers, and balancing colocation, cloud and bitcoin mining.

TNB, IOI Corp, SMEs to develop 500MW solar project in Negeri Sembilan

Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB), IOI Corporation Bhd and a consortium of 12 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are jointly developing a 500MW solar photovoltaic project with a 250MW/1,000MWh battery energy storage system in Bahau, Negeri Sembilan.

Viettel unveils VGC v1.0, first chip in Made-in-Vietnam line

Vietnam’s Government Cipher Committee and top telco Viettel have unveiled a secure semiconductor platform, with the VGC v1.0 chip as its first product.

Yinson GreenTech inks agreement with Saxon Renewables to join EVolve carbon project

Malaysia-based Yinson GreenTech has signed a participation agreement with Saxon Renewables to join EVolve, a carbon program that brings multiple electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructures together under a single project registered under Verra’s Verified Carbon Standard.