Singapore

Singapore's Temasek will open its first Middle East offices, in Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, and engage with institutions in Qatar.

Singapore was the largest cryptocurrency market in a region spanning Central and Southeast Asia and Oceania, with $284 billion in activity in the year to June, blockchain-analytics firm Chainalysis said.

Singapore's healthtech startup Zeya Health has acquired ConnectLah, a clinic-automation company, to expand its AI platform for booking medical appointments.

Indonesia's West Java province has ordered Singapore's BDx Data Centers to halt construction of a 640-MW AI data-center campus, just over a week after its groundbreaking.

A joint venture between Japan's TOPPAN and U.S. chipmaker Broadcom opened Singapore's first plant for high-end FC-BGA chip substrates on Tuesday, a component in short supply as demand for AI processors surges.

Ropedia, a Singapore-based physical-AI startup spun out of Nanyang Technological University, has launched a program giving academic researchers access to its wearable data-capture device.

VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (VSMC), a chipmaking joint venture between Taiwan's Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) and Dutch group NXP Semiconductors, opened its first factory in Singapore on September 28, a $7.8 billion investment.

Temasek, a Singapore state-owned global investment company, has bought a 9 percent stake in FSI, an Italian growth-equity manager, and pledged to invest in its future funds.

Singapore-based telecommunications StarHub is in discussions with conglomerate Keppel over a possible transaction involving M1, Singapore's third-largest telecommunications operator.

NUS Enterprise, the entrepreneurial arm of the National University of Singapore (NUS), has rebranded as NUSX and unveiled an AI tool for commercializing research patents along with new overseas outposts in Munich and Shanghai.