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The Singapore startup is betting that the next valuable AI agent will not simply assist scientists but will execute larger parts of computational research while keeping sensitive data inside an organisation’s infrastructure.

The Singapore cleantech company has opened a 1,300-tonne-a-year recycling plant as it attempts to solve a cost problem that has made one of the world’s fastest-growing battery technologies difficult to recycle profitably.

In 23 years, through every downturn, it has never retrenched a consultant. This is the story of how one idea — Returning the Human to Resourcing — built the firm the region’s best recruiters choose, and keep choosing.

DayOne doubles its Johor financing to $7.3 Bn ahead of a US IPO, as heavy spending and customer concentration put its growth model to the test.

Temasek merges Azalea, SeaTown and Seviora Capital into one platform from January 2027 to win outside capital in a tough fundraising market.

Unlike the latest model-risk guidance from U.S. bank regulators, MAS’s rules cover GenAI and AI agents and make boards answer for systems their own staff didn’t design.

With nearly 80% of the offer comprising existing shares, GCash’s parent is delivering a major liquidity event while raising fresh capital for lending. Its $7 Bn valuation will test whether public investors are ready to pay for the next phase of digital finance.

The Singapore-based AI agent developer secured institutional backing from Boyu, IDG, Tencent and others to fund its independent roadmap after Beijing forced Meta to unwind its acquisition.

The aborted IPO exposes the widening gap between AI infrastructure ambitions and public market expectations, providing APAC founders with insights into valuations, execution risks and the cost of capital.

The oversubscribed fund brings assets under management above $850 Mn as the global VC investor expands its reach into emerging startup markets, with Singapore anchoring its regional operations.

The acquisition extends the Singapore firm’s digital identity business into cybersecurity for autonomous AI systems as enterprises confront new risks from machine-led transactions.

The corporate advisory and principal investment arm of Australia’s Macquarie Group has acquired an equity stake in the Singapore-headquartered developer, targeting surging demand for AI and cloud computing infrastructure across major APAC markets.

In this conversation with Entrepreneur APAC, Golden Gate Ventures founding partner Vincent Lauria shares what works for cross-border fintechs in Southeast Asia. A Silicon Valley entrepreneur-turned-VC with global exposure, he says the harder reality is that capital often does not travel across regions, even when companies do.

HSBC has doubled down on Hong Kong with a $13.6 Bn Hang Seng commitment, while assigning Singapore a global AI mandate spanning wealth, treasury and payments, underscoring how the bank is dividing capital and future-facing capabilities between its two key Asian hubs.

The Singapore sovereign investor took joint control of WHI with Bain in 2023, betting that cloud migration could extend the growth of an already established HR software leader.

OpenAI and Meta contracts anchor Australia’s second-largest listing, but execution risks loom as five of the infrastructure provider’s seven “AI factories” remain under development.

The data centre operator’s first public filing shows explosive growth, improving adjusted EBITDA margins and a business increasingly built around Malaysia, along with $4.9 Bn of debt and heavy reliance on one customer.

An investment arm of Saratoga and returning backers are adding capital as the industry’s 90-day default rate rises to 4.73%, sharpening the test of JULO’s underwriting-led growth.

New Hoong Fatt proceeds without state co-investment to anchor Cypress Asia’s profit-driven fund, with an effective committee veto to check investment decisions.

Its first external round, led by Jungle Ventures, puts more than twice the region’s median Series A behind the difficult business of making AI work inside large enterprises.

The controlling shareholder paid about twice KV Asia’s 2021 price to reclaim the stake, backing a premium push even as profits fell.

The Singapore-based executive will lead Meta’s advertising teams in six ASEAN markets as the company bets on AI and messaging for growth, weeks after its India and Southeast Asia chief left for OpenAI

The tech consolidation aims to address healthcare labour shortfalls across Asia-Pacific markets via integrated WhatsApp automation infrastructure.

As the world celebrates International Coffee Day, the global coffee industry enters a new era shaped by specialty coffee, smart technology, traceability and sustainable sourcing, with HostMilano 2027 set to spotlight the trends transforming the sector.

The SC Capital founder’s newly acquired operator is taking its spa-inclusive model inland to Vietnam’s Central Highlands, where Da Lat’s airport has reopened and Singapore flights are scheduled.

Selling shareholders absorb most of the lower proceeds, while public investors get a cheaper entry into the Philippines’ largest fintech.

The arrangement removes duplicated paperwork for dual IPOs, but issuers must still clear both markets’ listing rules.

The Singapore state investor is moving from partnerships to an on-the-ground presence in the Gulf, where its portfolio companies can also use the new offices as regional hubs.

The Singapore start-up’s passage to Japan shows how AI is moving from investment research into the machinery of active fund management.

One of the beverage market’s biggest growth opportunities is still surprisingly underdeveloped.