AI
Singapore’s AI company Acrab raises further $130M Series B to scale edge AI platform, after $350M funding
Acrab, a Singapore-headquartered technology company building agentic AI compute infrastructure, has raised $130 million in a Series B round led by existing investors Vertex Ventures SEA & India and Vertex Growth.
Vietnam’s FPT becomes OpenAI partner to deploy GPT-5.6 in cybersecurity, enterprise workflows
Vietnam's technology giant FPT has become an OpenAI Select Partner within the OpenAI Partner Network, with a focus on integrating OpenAI's frontier AI capabilities into FPT's cybersecurity platforms and enterprise workflows.
China’s Tencent makes AI model Hy3 available globally through WorkBuddy, cloud, developer platforms
Tencent Hy3 (formerly known as Tencent Hunyuan), the latest large language model developed by China's Tencent, is now available for international access, following the model's official release on July 6.
Singapore firms eye $9.8M agentic AI returns in next 2 years, but only 2% fully prepare
Singapore businesses expect agentic AI to generate a return on investment of $9.8 million over the next two years, nearly double last year's estimate of $4.9 million, according to "The SAP Value of AI Report 2026" study conducted by Germany's software giant SAP and Oxford Economics.
Only 29% of Singapore firms can prove AI decisions, below APAC’s 38%: Sumsub
Only 29 percent of Singapore businesses can produce an audit trail to prove AI-driven decisions to regulators, shareholders, or customers, trailing the Asia-Pacific average of 38 percent who hold a tamper-proof audit trail.
Malaysia only Asian market with 100% AI investment commitment: Alibaba Cloud
Malaysia is the only market among eight surveyed in Asia where 100 percent of respondents plan to increase AI investment, according to a survey of 1,000 IT decision-makers commissioned by China's Alibaba Cloud and conducted by NielsenIQ.
China’s Huawei launches 4 AI data center power & cooling solutions in Malaysia
China's technology giant Huawei has launched four AI data center infrastructure solutions in Malaysia targeting power supply, power protection, energy storage, and cooling.
50% of Southeast Asia CEOs prioritize innovation, but employees doubt execution: Omni HR
Half of CEOs in Southeast Asia say innovation is critical to their business strategy, yet 32.5 percent of employees say they do not feel confident in innovation, influence, and cross-functional collaboration, according to a report of AI-powered payroll platform Omni HR.
US to invest $2.5B in Southeast Asia, including AI initiative, $1.5B in energy
The United States is investing more than $2.5 billion in Southeast Asia, headlined by a new artificial intelligence (AI) initiative to export American AI technology across the region and a $1.5 billion platform to build out energy infrastructure.
Japan’s ITOCHU, Vietnam’s FPT Software to jointly establish Global Tech Center for AI transformation
Japan's sogo shosha ITOCHU has established a Global Tech Center (GTC) and formed a partnership with FPT Software, the software contractor under Vietnam's technology giant FPT to drive AI transformation across its overseas group companies.
