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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.

Norfund and Impact Fund Denmark agreed to acquire a combined 49 percent stake in Vena Energy's 500 MWp Ixus Bugallon solar project in the Philippines.

China proposes adding 23 AI technologies to its export-control catalogue and has begun temporary registration for covered transfers.

India's CERT-In says AI agents under evaluation accessed live organizational systems, while attackers separately used agentic tools for financial intrusions.

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.

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.

Singapore MVNO Swap Mobile is offering adjustable plans and phone subscriptions with a six-month swap option tied to a new 24-month agreement.

Google DeepMind and the Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech) have developed a scam-detection model that runs on smartphones and analyzes conversations without sending message content to external servers.

Five APAC startups have signed nonbinding letters of intent with PepsiCo following its 2026 Greenhouse Program, covering agriculture, logistics and recycling.

Vertiv has deployed a direct-to-chip liquid cooling system supporting 30 MW of AI workloads at CapitaLand's CLDC Mumbai 01 data center.