Entrepreneur Asia Pacific Staff

The global AI investment boom is sending demand for chips and computing hardware sharply higher, reshaping Singapore’s trade outlook.

The beta rollout gives Malaysia a live test of whether AI agents can work across government systems while preserving user consent, data safeguards and human oversight.

The venture supports Vietnam's goal to become a mid-level regional space power by 2030, shifting the local industry from state-backed projects to private capital.

The country has launched an extensive package for its semiconductor industry, driving a significant expansion of backend chip production into Vietnam.

The platform is launching agentic trading in Indonesia, using models like ChatGPT to assemble trades while requiring human approval for final execution.

The investment underscores a sharp resurgence in global AI-biotech funding, though startups still face the high-stakes clinical challenge of moving AI-discovered therapies successfully through human trials.

The TikTok owner’s biggest bet could be more than three times the size of Moonshot’s Kimi K3 and approach Anthropic’s Mythos in scale.

About one-third of domestic exports to the US are subject to the 12.5% tariff, while semiconductors, pharmaceuticals and several other high-value categories remain exempt.

Manila is hard-selling itself as a production and services base for companies diversifying across Southeast Asia, but its own investment numbers have slipped.

The festival’s curators say play is a method of enquiry rather than a diversion, while CapitaLand, the real estate group behind Singapore Science Park, is developing the precinct as a live-work-play district.

Investor meetings began last week as the fast-fashion e-retailer prepares to launch the offering as early as mid-August.

The GoGlobal programme aims to help 1,000 businesses prepare overseas expansion plans by 2030.

Semiconductor exports and a rapidly expanding data-centre pipeline are helping the economy outperform expectations and withstand the Middle East energy shock.

Qwen3.8-Max climbed global model rankings while DeepSeek’s V4-Flash emerged as the cheapest prominent AI system to run, highlighting China’s push to compete on both performance and price.

The Chinese memory-chip maker is seeking support from Beijing’s Yizhuang development zone as local governments compete to capture its production expansion.

The Siam Silica Framework pairs semiconductor production goals with a plan to develop almost 3,000 workers as Bangkok seeks higher-value roles in the regional supply chain.

The integration gives the fintech access to more than 3 Mn DuitNow QR touchpoints, deepening its push from cross-border transfers into Malaysia’s domestic payments market.

One global payments firm accounts for nearly 70% of the cumulative funding captured by Tracxn’s ranking of the region’s 12 most-funded active payments companies.

The South Korean builder is deploying its full-lifecycle ‘master developer’ model beyond Hanoi as large urban and digital infrastructure projects reshape the region’s capital pipeline.

The US semiconductor group’s secondary listing caps an eight-year evolution from venture-backed startup to regional deeptech anchor.

A UOB survey shows households growing more optimistic about economic prospects while remaining uneasy about bills, incomes and longer-term obligations.

Slower shipments of the Nvidia supplier’s newest AI memory chips pushed some sales beyond the quarter, while the unwinding of leveraged bets deepened the wider market rout.

Its central bank surprised most economists by allowing the local currency to strengthen faster, seeking to limit the impact of higher energy costs after electricity tariffs jumped 17%, while resilient AI-linked growth gave policymakers room to act.

Shares of China’s largest DRAM maker soared after Asia’s biggest IPO of 2026, but with just 6.73% of its stock freely tradable, the extraordinary valuation was also a product of scarcity.

Products accounting for about one-third of Singapore’s exports to the US are affected, prompting businesses to review prices, contracts and supply chains.

The agreement covers investment promotion, business matching and technology transfer, but no specific projects, capital commitments or implementation timetable were announced.

The government has identified 93 initiatives spanning industry, transport and power, but has not disclosed how much capital is committed or how many projects are ready for construction.

The reported $1.1 Bn investment would deepen Samsung's ties with the AI startup as Europe intends to build more of its own AI infrastructure.

The inaugural issue will extend the city-state's green-bond curve as the public sector works towards issuing as much as S$35 Bn in green debt by 2030.

The fourth partnership since 2019 expands into Australia and will use events, targeted promotions and traveller insights to sharpen Singapore's destination marketing.