Alphabet-backed Anthropic launches ChatGPT competitor named Claude
According to Anthropic, Claude is a next-generation AI assistant based on Anthropic’s research into training helpful, honest, and harmless AI systems. Accessible through chat interface and API in its developer console, Claude is capable of a wide variety of conversational and text processing tasks while maintaining a high degree of reliability and…
March 15, 2023
Southeast Asia’s digital economy expected to hit $200B GMV in 2022, report
Southeast Asia’s digital economy is on track to hit $200 billion gross merchandise value (GMV) in 2022, three years earlier than was anticipated in the inaugural report shared in 2016, said Google, Temasek and Bain & Company in its released seventh edition of the e-Conomy SEA report.
October 27, 2022
MAS launches ESG Impact Hub to spur growth of ESG ecosystem
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Wednesday launched the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) Impact Hub (the Hub) to spur co-location and collaboration between ESG FinTech start-ups and solution providers, financial institutions and real economy stakeholders.
October 6, 2022
Google announces multiple initiatives across skilling, AI and sustainability in Singapore
Google on Tuesday announced multiple initiatives across skilling, artificial intelligence (AI) and sustainability as it deepens its commitment to Singapore after 15 years.
August 23, 2022
Korea EdTech startup Mathpresso secures strategic investment from Google
Mathpresso has received an undisclosed amount of funding from Google. The funding will help the startup to accelerate its global market expansion as well as its technological advancement.
November 10, 2021
Google’s Scott Beaumont on Asia’s advantages in technology adoption, carbon neutrality [BEYOND Virtual]
I think the future for the Asia region with technology is incredibly bright. Part of those demographics, part of that is the computer science capability, part of that is the natural positivity and entrepreneurship that I see around the region.
November 9, 2021
‘Robinhood of Vietnam’ Infina raises $2M in oversubscribed Seed round
The startup seeks to tap into a growing opportunity in the retail investing space in Vietnam. The country of 97 million population has more than 75 percent internet users transacting money digitally, but only roughly 3.14 million--or 3.2 percent of the population-- investing in securities.
June 30, 2021
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The trouble with Google and Facebook: Is absolute power corrupting absolutely?
The Goo-book duopoly dominates our lives now that the internet has become a public utility run by private sector companies, but politicians have yet to find a way to regulate ‘big tech’ effectively.
February 19, 2021
Google launches free ‘Startup School’ For EMEA, Americas, and APAC region
The interactive courses will tackle several topics including digital marketing, product knowledge, and business strategy.
February 4, 2021