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Luminal raises $25M Series A to cut AI inference costs beyond Nvidia GPUs
Luminal, an AI infrastructure company based in San Francisco, has raised $25 million in Series A funding led by Standard Capital, with all of its seed investors doubling down such as Y Combinator, Felicis, SagaVC, and Liquid 2.
It’s official: NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang resigns
NVIDIA's Board of Directors announced on Thursday that Jensen Huang has resigned as President, Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the Board, effective immediately.
Megaspeed, Singapore-registered Nvidia cloud customer, cooperating with US export inspections
Megaspeed International, a Singapore-registered cloud partner of Nvidia, takes its US export-control obligations seriously and has cooperated with inspections by the US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security.
MDEC partners seven financiers to boost SME financing through NEFX
The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), an agency under the Ministry of Digital, has on Wednesday exchanged memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with seven financing partners to widen financing opportunities for Malaysian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) through the National E-Invoice Financing Exchange (NEFX).
Malaysia reviewing existing laws to prevent country from being GPU re-export hub – report
Johari's remarks came amid media reports of an alleged affair involving NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and a woman accused of helping entities circumvent US export restrictions on high-performance chips to China. Huang reportedly acknowledged the affair, prompting the US chipmaker to launch an internal investigation. The reports have renewed scrutiny of whether…
Thailand’s Horizon Group raises $12.5M from Singapore’s Vertex Ventures SE Asia & India
Horizon Group, the Bangkok-headquartered consumer wellness company behind the Lunio sleep brand, has raised $12.5 million in a Series A round from Singapore-based Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India, which was the sole investor.
SEA AI funding rises 121 percent to $4.2 billion in 9M 2026 – Tracxn
Southeast Asia (SEA) artificial intelligence (AI) companies raised $4.2 billion in the first nine months of 2026 (9M 2026), up 121 percent from $1.9 billion in 9M 2025, Tracxn said on Thursday.
Cyberattacks against Singapore’s SPH Media expose personal data for 9% of its database
SPH Media, among the largest media publishers in Singapore, has experienced cyberattacks on five of its systems, which were a coordinated effort by the same threat actor.
Beyond chatbots: Why banks must rethink AI adoption as Vietnam tightens rules [Q&A]
audax, a Singapore-based digital banking platform, argues the next stage is agentic banking, but only with governance strong enough to keep pace with new rules of State Bank of Vietnam, the country's central bank.
Japan’s PCB maker Meiko invests $450M more in Vietnam factory, totaling $800M
Japan's Meiko Group, a manufacturer of printed circuit board (PCB), will invest $450 million more in its Hoa Binh factory in Phu Tho province of Vietnam, raising the total investment to $800 million.
