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Indosat and GoTo launch new 70 billion parameter Model with multilingual chat service

Indonesian tech firm PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk (GoTo) and telecommunication company Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison have announced the latest advancement in Indonesia's open-source large language model (LLM) ecosystem with the launch of Sahabat-AI's 70-billion parameter model and multilingual chat service.

Ant International pushes AI strategy with AI platform for Fintechs

Ant International, a Singapore-based global digital payment, and financial technology provider, unveiled Wednesday its artificial intelligence (AI) strategy with the launch of Alipay+ GenAI Cockpit, an AI-as-a-Service (AIaaS) platform.

Beyond apps: Bangkok Silicon’s infrastructure-led transformation of Thai agriculture

From surviving pirates and typhoons to restructuring national agriculture at age 64, Tai Pham’s journey isn’t about second chances. It’s about finishing the job.

Singapore’s Thunes expands direct global network into Denmark, Norway, Sweden

Thunes, the Singapore-based fintech firm, announced Tuesday the further expansion of its direct global network with the launch of direct pay-to-bank services in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Zalopay cooperates with Cake digital bank to expand digital financial touchpoints for Vietnamese users

Vietnamese payment platform Zalopay and digital bank Cake by VPBank announced Tuesday a comprehensive cooperation agreement, officially integrating Cake's key financial products right on the Zalopay application.

Nomupay secures $40M investment from Softbank to accelerate payment expansion across Asia

Ireland-based Nomupay has secured $40 million investment from Softbank to accelerate its global payment expansion across Asia.

I Squared Capital acquires controlling stake of Philippine Royale Cold Storage

I Squared Capital, an US independent global infrastructure investment manager, announced Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in Royale Cold Storage (RCS), a cold storage operator in the Philippines.

BIG Caring picks RISE with SAP on AWS to accelerate digital transformation for pharmacy retail experience in Malaysia

Global artificial intelligence (AI) firm SAP announced Wednesday that BIG Caring Group, Malaysia’s largest retail pharmacy, has selected RISE with SAP on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deliver a unified, scalable cloud-based data platform to integrate its retail operations across more than 500 stores nationwide.

Nvidia-backed Nebius secures $1B in debt financing to expand global AI infrastructure, including Asia

Nvidia-backed artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure company Nebius Group N.V. has secured $1 billion in debt financing to expand global AI infrastructure, including Asia.

Philippine government partners Tomorrow.io to bring AI-powered weather forecasting to Filipino farmers

The Philippine National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has partnered with US weather intelligence firm Tomorrow.io, a technology provider of U.S. agencies NOAA, NASA, and Department of Defense, to bring artificial intelligence (AI)-powered weather forecasting to Filipino farmers.