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Singapore’s Zeya Health acquires startup ConnectLah to build AI healthcare booking
Singapore's healthtech startup Zeya Health has acquired ConnectLah, a clinic-automation company, to expand its AI platform for booking medical appointments.
ThreatBook acquires CyberStrikeAI security testing platform
ThreatBook has acquired the open-source CyberStrikeAI penetration testing platform and plans an enterprise rollout across Asia-Pacific.
Asialink’s Patricia Poco-Palacios on scaling MSME lending with credit discipline [Q&A]
Asialink Group Deputy CEO Patricia Poco-Palacios discusses MSME underwriting, thin-file borrowers, portfolio quality, financial literacy and AI-assisted lending.
PSA International & Granite Asia launch $50M fund to scale global supply chain innovation
PSA International (PSA), a global port operator, and Granite Asia, a $11 billion private capital platform, announced Wednesday the launch of the $50 million G&P Strategic Innovation Fund.
MBSB sees talent shortage to limit Malaysia’s technology sector earnings growth
MBSB Research said on Tuesday that talent shortage will limit the earnings growth for Malaysia's technology sector.
1337 Ventures launches 2026 Request for Startups to find Malaysia’s next generation of pre-seed companies
New Request For Startups translates shifts in AI, manufacturing, finance, healthcare, agriculture, climate and semiconductors into startup opportunities that founders can begin tackling with MYR150,000 to MYR500,000 in early capital.
Malaysia’s wealth platform Cashku to offer Kenanga Investors funds with no sales charge from MYR10
Malaysia's Cashku, a digital wealth platform, has partnered with fund manager Kenanga Investors to offer a selection of investment funds with no sales charge and a minimum investment of MYR10 ($2.40)
Indonesia’s West Java asks Singapore’s BDx to halt data center 1 week after groundbreaking
Indonesia's West Java province has ordered Singapore's BDx Data Centers to halt construction of a 640-MW AI data-center campus, just over a week after its groundbreaking.
Asia’s grid investment accelerates, but Indonesia and Thailand risk falling behind – BMI
Grid investment is accelerating across developed East Asia as power networks struggle to keep pace with rapid renewable energy deployment, while slower spending in Indonesia and Thailand risks constraining renewables growth and widening the gap with regional peers, BMI Country Risk and Industry Research said.
Singapore AI adoption could lift potential output 1.06 percent in long run – AMRO
Singapore’s adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) could raise its potential economic output by 1.06 percent in the long run, offering a partial offset to the drag from an ageing population, although the transition could put pressure on some workers, particularly fresh graduates, the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) said on Wednesday.
