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Southeast Asia digital economy can reach $368B GMV in 2026, AI usage to surge

Southeast Asia's digital economy can grow 17 percent to $368 billion in gross merchandise value (GMV) in 2026 and exceed $1 trillion by 2035, according to the 11th annual e-Conomy SEA report by Google, Temasek and Bain & Company.

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Tech firms demonstrate cross-platform trust for AI agents

GoDaddy, Infoblox, Google, Cloudflare and Singapore's IMDA have demonstrated an open trust architecture for cross-platform AI-agent transactions.

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Dropbox launches Protect content governance tool in Singapore

Dropbox has launched its cross-cloud content governance product in Singapore, the second market worldwide after Japan.

Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City to step up support for startups by promoting VC investment

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's biggest economic hub, will help startups by pushing venture capital, said Truong Minh Huy Vu, Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, at the "SAIH: Applied AI Lab Demo Day 2026" event on Thursday.

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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.

Singapore-based Ant International’s Antom to distribute Google’s AI Plus subscriptions in Asia

Ant International's payments arm Antom will distribute Google's AI Plus subscription service across Asia through digital-payment and e-commerce networks, starting in Indonesia.

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Cloudflare adds separate controls for search and AI training

Cloudflare introduced separate controls for search indexing, AI training and agents, letting customers reject model training while remaining in search results.

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The AI citation gap for Southeast Asian SMEs: A seven-check visibility audit

Here is a seven-check audit for Southeast Asian SMEs trying to make their public information easier for search and AI systems to access and verify.

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Google says threat actors are shifting to agentic AI attacks

Google Threat Intelligence Group says attackers are beginning to use multi-agent AI systems to compress cyber operations, including a credential-harvesting campaign completed in under six hours.