Southeast Asia
Asian developers lean on AI agents, still 86% needs human review: Agoda
Software developers across Southeast Asia and India are handing more work to autonomous AI "agents," yet 86 percent still have to review or validate the AI's output most of the time
AnyMind’s Kubo Akinori on where AI avatars fit in live commerce [Q&A]
AnyMind's Kubo Akinori discusses how brands should compare human and AI livestream hosts, disclose AI-generated presenters, localize across Southeast Asia, and keep humans in the loop.
Southeast Asia startup funding quadruples to $7.25B in H1/2026
A single $4.5 billion data-center financing by Singapore's DayOne drove Southeast Asian startup funding to $7.25 billion in the first half of 2026, more than quadruple a year earlier, according to a report of Kickstart Ventures.
Global technology, AI trend help boost Southeast Asia’s growth: ADB
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) raised its 2026 economic growth forecast for developing Southeast Asia to 4.7 percent, crediting the global technology and artificial-intelligence (AI) investment cycle and resilient electronics exports.
As Southeast Asia tightens AI governance, organizations need to rethink DIY observability
Virginia Galarón Herrera of New Relic examines how AI governance is changing the build-versus-buy decision for observability tooling across Southeast Asian organizations.
ASEAN leads AI observability adoption but teams lose 47 percent of capacity to disruptions, New Relic says
New Relic says 66 percent of surveyed ASEAN organizations have deployed AI application observability and 59 percent use AI-assisted troubleshooting, while engineering teams lose a median 47 percent of capacity to system disruptions.
Southeast Asia logistics-tech funding hits $17.7B, Singapore leads: Tracxn
Startups in Southeast Asia's logistics-technology sector have raised $17.7 billion in equity funding to date, with investment recovering to $339 million so far in 2026, the highest annual level since 2021.
Beyond vanity metrics: why startups need a new approach to PR [Q&A]
In this Q&A with TNGlobal, Aniket Gupta, Founder and Director of Mahou Consulting, shared why startups must ditch one-size-fits-all regional PR, how to navigate Southeast Asia’s fragmented media landscape, and why a distinct voice matters more than content volume in an AI-driven era.
AppsFlyer finds APAC app installs and monetization increasingly moving in different directions
AppsFlyer’s APAC marketing report finds installs, long-term retention and paying-user behavior increasingly diverging across app categories and markets.
White House Transshipment report names 9 of 10 ASEAN members, but no tier-1 risk
The White House's "The Great Transshipment Scam" report on illegal transshipment, released in August 2026, names nine of the ten ASEAN member states among the roughly 40 jurisdictions it identifies as part of a global "Shadow Transshipment Network."
