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Temasek-backed CuspAI raises $450M, reaches $2.6B valuation, launches AI materials discovery network
CuspAI has raised $450 million in a Series B round valuing the company at $2.6 billion, with Singapore's Temasek among the returning investors, the Cambridge-based AI firm said in a statement on Monday.
Southeast Asia’s e-commerce problem isn’t growth; It’s keeping up with it
Southeast Asia’s e-commerce opportunity is real, and it’s large. But the brands that capture it won’t necessarily be the ones with the largest marketing budgets. They'll be the ones that have figured out an integrated strategy and operations across fragmented platforms, increasingly complex consumer journeys, and markets that each demand genuine local…
Singapore Temasek bets big on AI: targets 10–15% AI allocation in portfolio by 2031
Temasek, Singapore's state investment company, plans to lift its direct AI exposure from about 6 percent of its current portfolio to 10-15 percent by March 2031.
Singapore Temasek’s net portfolio value hits $400B, doubling over past decade
The net portfolio value of Singapore's global investment company Temasek reached S$518 billion ($400.3 billion) as at March 31, 2026, representing a doubling of its portfolio over the past decade.
Vietnam’s Net Zero Challenge 2026 opens applications with $800,000 prize pool
Net Zero Challenge, Vietnam’s largest climate technology innovation competition, has opened applications for its fourth edition, offering a total prize pool exceeding VND21 billion ($800,000), with applications open from July 1 to August 31, 2026.
Temasek appoints Wendy Koh as Chief Financial Officer
Temasek has on Friday announced the appointment of Wendy Koh as Chief Financial Officer (CFO)-designate with effect from August 1, 2026.
Singapore’s Temasek Foundation, Vietnam’s HCMC Financial Center, Touchstone Partners to collaborate in green transition
The Vietnam International Financial Center in Ho Chi Minh City (VIFC-HCMC), Vietnam's venture capital firm Touchstone Partners, and Singapore's Temasek Foundation will jointly support Vietnam's green transition and sustainable growth.
AI agents will not just support customer journeys in Southeast Asia; they will redesign them
Southeast Asia’s customer journeys were never built like Western funnels. They are conversational, mobile, social, and trust-driven. The brands that win in the next phase will be those that recognize this reality and design AI agents around local behavior, not imported playbooks. In this region, the future of customer engagement will not simply be…
GIC, Temasek anchor Singapore’s investment in Anthropic’s $65B Series H round
Singapore's two sovereign wealth funds, GIC and Temasek, have joined a landmark $65 billion Series H funding round for Anthropic, the AI safety company behind the Claude family of models, valuing the firm at $965 billion post-money.
Why your voice AI still feels like a bot – let’s convo!
The benchmark for voice AI is not whether it answers correctly in a controlled demo. It is whether it can survive real conditions: unstable networks, noisy environments, local accents, code-switching, interruptions, and impatient users.
