Singapore
Singapore’s Grab invests in Vietnam’s EBOOST, targets 6,000 EV charging ports by early 2028
Singapore's Grab has made a strategic investment in Vietnamese electric vehicle charging company EBOOST, with a target of deploying more than 6,000 charging ports for cars and motorbikes in Vietnam by early 2028.
Vietnam’s QTSC, Singapore’s SSIA to cooperate in semiconductor training, R&D, investment promotion
The Quang Trung Software City (QTSC), the high-tech industrial park in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City, and the Singapore Semiconductor Industry Association (SSIA) will collaborate in semiconductor activities.
Tencent expands Weixin Mini Program innovation competition to Southeast Asia with AI agent theme
China's Tencent has launched the Southeast Asia Regional competition of the 5th Weixin Mini Program Global Innovation Challenge in Singapore, introducing an AI agent theme and a dedicated track for university applications for the first time.
Singapore commits 0.6% of GDP to AI as IMF flags bust risk, labor disruption
Singapore has formally designated artificial intelligence (AI) as a national growth strategy, allocating 0.6 percent of GDP to the National Research Fund for AI capabilities and research in the FY2026 budget, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said.
61% of Singapore data analysts favor human AI oversight, highest globally, as governance gaps persist: Alteryx
As many as 61 percent of Singapore data analysts prefer a human-in-the-loop approach to AI, the highest share among all regions, as data quality and governance challenges continue to limit organizations' ability to act on AI-generated outputs.
Singapore’s Ant International closes $1.2B Series A with Ant Group, Alibaba
Singapore's Ant International has closed a Series A equity financing round of approximately $1.2 billion, with participation from existing investors Ant Group and Alibaba Group, alongside other unnamed international investment institutions.
Taiwan’s semiconductor firm Powertech Technology to invest $400M in Singapore chip packaging joint venture with Broadcom
Taiwan's semiconductor firm Powertech Technology plans to invest $400 million to establish a chip packaging joint venture in Singapore, in a cooperation with US semiconductor giant Broadcom.
Skills built faster than work redesigned to use them: Singapore Polytechnic
Singapore organizations are building skills faster than they are redesigning work to deploy them, creating a "capability debt" or the cost of work evolving faster than the systems organizing it, according to a report released at Singapore Polytechnic's HR Learning Fest 2026.
Singaporeans use Gemini for professional tasks, Vietnamese for math-coding, Malaysian for creative: Google
Singapore leads Southeast Asia in per capita adoption of Google's Gemini AI platform and ranks first globally by the same measure, while Vietnam dominates the region in mathematical reasoning, coding, and AI-assisted education.
Singapore’s cryptography solution firm pQCee raises $3.9M seed round to scale quantum-safe encryption globally
Singapore-based pQCee, a post-quantum cryptography solutions firm, has raised $3.9 million in a seed funding round co-led by SGInnovate and Lotus One Investment, with participation from In Group Holdings, Wavemaker Ventures, SUTD Venture Holdings, and Apsara Investments.
