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Schneider Electric, the global energy technology firm, and Seraya Partners, a Singapore-based next-generation infrastructure investor, have announced the launch of Faraday Energy, a new energy infrastructure platform established in strategic partnership between the two firms.

Net Zero Challenge, Vietnam’s largest climate technology innovation competition, has opened applications for its fourth edition, offering a total prize pool exceeding VND21 billion ($800,000), with applications open from July 1 to August 31, 2026.

Temasek-backed Azalea Investment Management Pte. Ltd. announced Friday the successful launch of Azalea All Access, its first private equity (PE) evergreen fund, with $350 million in initial commitments from a select group of anchor investors.

Singapore-based dConstruct Technologies has closed a $125 million Series A funding round, marking the standout achievement of the inaugural cohort of Singapore's RoboNexus accelerator, a venture-building program under the National Robotics Program.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), together with leading financial institutions and FinTechs, have on Friday published an industry white paper on developing safeguards for artificial intelligence (AI) agents in finance.

Singapore robotics and embodied artificial intelligence (AI) companies supported under the RoboNexus accelerator are scaling into global markets and achieving strong commercial outcomes, as the National Robotics Program (NRP) concludes its inaugural cohort.

Singapore's Ministry of Social and Family Development will make a S$15 million ($11.6 million) investment over three years to incubate and pilot emerging technology projects in the social care sector.

Nasdaq-listed Polibeli Group Ltd, an Indonesia-headquartered digital supply chain company, plans to establish a preliminary framework for evaluating a potential artificial intelligence (AI) computing center in Thailand.

Vietnam's National Payment Corporation (NAPAS), lender VietinBank, and Singapore-based fintech Liquid Group have launched a cross-border QR payment service between Vietnam and Singapore, allowing Singapore payment app users to scan VietQRGlobal codes at merchant locations across Vietnam without needing cash or currency exchange.

The question is no longer whether nuclear has a role in Southeast Asia. The arithmetic of AI-era power demand settles that. The question is which market builds the financing architecture, the blended-finance layers, the offtake frameworks, the risk-sharing structures, to get the first plant in the ground. The first to do so will not just host a reactor. It…