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Okta, AWS, Google Cloud, CrowdStrike, Salesforce and other technology companies have formed the Blueprint Alliance around a shared reference architecture for securing enterprise AI agents.

Adtech company Equativ has become a technology partner for ChatGPT Ads, offering campaign activation in current markets including Japan as OpenAI expands ways for advertisers to buy ads.

IDTechEx expects supercapacitors to gain use in AI data centers for short-duration power buffering and voltage stabilization, with potential deployment at rack, aisle and UPS levels.

Philippine payments company PayMongo is targeting revenue at about four times last year's level while expanding beyond transaction fees into subscription and merchant services.

UnionPay says its acceptance network now spans all ten ASEAN countries and more than 38 million QR merchants as it expands cross-border payment links across the region.

Singapore semiconductor startup Nexstrom has raised a $12 million seed round led by Xora Innovation to commercialize a wafer-scale platform for single-crystal 2D semiconductor materials.

Barnes Aerospace, a global component engineering, manufacturing and repair solutions provider for the aerospace industry, announced Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) to explore opportunities to expand Barnes Aerospace's manufacturing, aftermarket component repair and overhaul,…

South Korea's Kakao has opposed a proposed US ADR listing involving shares in Kakao Mobility held by private equity firm TPG.

The Philippines has reached substantial agreement on a free trade deal with the EU while Canada says separate talks with Manila and ASEAN are more than 90 percent complete, with data centers among investment opportunities under discussion.

Nearly six in ten Asia Pacific respondents expect their organizations to increase AI investment by more than 25 percent in 2026, while infrastructure readiness and integration remain uneven across markets, according to Digital Realty's survey.