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SC Ventures by Standard Chartered Bank, which builds and invests in breakthrough ventures in and beyond banking, together with Fujitsu, a developer of quantum software and hardware, are joining forces to incubate Project Quanta.

U Mobile, a Malaysia-based 5G network provider, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) naming Huawei Technologies (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (Huawei Malaysia), as one of its strategic technology partners to establish its Enterprise Innovation Platform (EIP).

OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank are announcing five new U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) data center sites under Stargate, OpenAI’s overarching AI infrastructure platform.

Sapura Industrial Berhad (SIB), a Malaysia-based automotive component manufacturers, and Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (APU), Malaysia’s digital technology institution, have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration in electric and hybrid vehicle technology and smart manufacturing.

SUNRATE, the Singapore-based payment and treasury management platform, announced Thursday the integration of its commercial cards with Google Pay, giving businesses worldwide a faster, more secure, and convenient way to pay directly from their Android devices.

E-commerce platform TikTok Shop announced Wednesday that it is further injecting MYR 20 million ($4.74 million) into the local digital economy in Malaysia through its new #JomLokal Booster Stimulus Package, to provide enhanced support for local micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and homegrown products.

Carrying the theme “Scaling Startups Beyond Borders”, the summit is the first ASEAN tech startup conference under the ASEAN-Malaysia Chairmanship 2025 and is recognized as a Priority Economic Deliverable (PED) for the nation. It will gather over 3,000 participants including startups, investors, and policymakers from all 10 ASEAN Member States (AMS) and…

Finnish telecommunications firm Nokia announced Thursday that Telekomunikasi Indonesia International (Telin) has selected Nokia’s optical transport solution to connect data centers in Singapore and enable the delivery of a highly available, reliable, and scalable island-wide network.

Coda, a digital content monetization firm headquartered in Singapore and Digital Garage, the operator of Japan’s third-party payment platform AppPay, have on Wednesday announced a strategic partnership to accelerate revenue growth for games publishers through out-of-app monetization and distribution solutions.

BeeX, the Singapore-based artificial intelligence (AI)-powered autonomous underwater vehicles, has launched its S$10 million ($7.76 million) Series A Round to fuel its global expansion.