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Datakrew, Gaadin link EV battery, vehicle and charging intelligence
Datakrew and Gaadin plan to connect EV battery and vehicle analytics with charging and energy-management software for fleet operators.
Climate Impact Innovations Challenge awards $800,000 to 3 to programs in Indonesia
Climate Impact Innovations Challenge (CIIC) 2026, Indonesia’s largest climate tech competition, has concluded and awarded Rp15 billion ($840,000) to three participants to pilot their innovations in Indonesia.
Philippines’ Skyro launches pioneering cashback program in home market
The program is available to eligible users of SkyroCredit, Skyro's reusable digital credit line within the Skyro app, the company said in a statement on Wednesday.
Mobility app Setel introduces Malaysia’s first multilingual voice fueling experience
Malaysia's mobility app Setel has introduced Voice Fuelling, an AI-powered experience that lets users activate their fuel pump using voice commands.
AI trend to boost Southeast Asia’s GDP growth, Vietnam tops region at 7.4%: WB
The AI trend can help drive up the economic growth of Southeast Asia and Vietnam can top the region's GDP growth in 2026 with 7.4 percent, followed by Indonesia with 5.2 percent and Malaysia with 5.1 percent.
In Southeast Asia, corporate credibility increasingly starts with the data
PR consultant Salsabila Syifa Atma examines how fragmented business data can affect the credibility of corporate claims as Southeast Asian companies digitize and adopt AI.
Granite Asia, Google AI fund to co-invest up to $2M per Asian AI startup
Singapore-based Granite Asia, a $11 billion private capital platform, and Google's AI Futures Fund will jointly back AI startups in Asia, co-investing up to $2 million in each alongside access to Google's AI models.
Lumen’s Francis Thangasamy on the infrastructure behind responsible enterprise AI [Q&A]
Lumen Technologies APAC Managing Director Francis Thangasamy discusses AI readiness, governance, federated learning, infrastructure resilience and how enterprises should measure value.
Vietnam allows tungsten export, but only deep-processed products
Vietnam seeks to permit tungsten (wolfram) exports, but only for deep-processed product, such as ammonium paratungstate (APT) and commercial tungsten oxide.
Vietnam’s Vingroup, France’s Alstom sign deal for 200 Hanoi metro trains, with local assembly
Vietnam's conglomerate Vingroup has signed a contract with France's Alstom for 200 metro trains for Hanoi capital city, as the Vietnamese conglomerate builds out the capital city's rail network.
