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Business NewsWhy CapitaLand Is Filling Singapore Science Park with Puzzles, Pickleball and a Chain-Reaction Machine
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. -
Business NewsShein Eyes $30-40 Bn Valuation for Hong Kong IPO
Investor meetings began last week as the fast-fashion e-retailer prepares to launch the offering as early as mid-August. -
Business NewsVietnam Enlists Diplomats in Push to Take Local Firms Global
The GoGlobal programme aims to help 1,000 businesses prepare overseas expansion plans by 2030.
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Business NewsThe IIT Founder Building AI’s Missing Memory Layer
Sai Vamshi Batchu, a 24-year-old IIT Kharagpur graduate who spent three years in high-frequency trading, argues the limit on those agents is memory and not intelligence. -
Business NewsMalaysia Emerges as AI Hardware Hub with Investments Fuelling Growth
Semiconductor exports and a rapidly expanding data-centre pipeline are helping the economy outperform expectations and withstand the Middle East energy shock. -
Business NewsAlibaba Unveils Biggest Qwen Model; DeepSeek Drives AI Costs Lower
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. -
Business NewsCXMT Weighs Second Beijing Fab After $8.6 Bn IPO
The Chinese memory-chip maker is seeking support from Beijing’s Yizhuang development zone as local governments compete to capture its production expansion. -
Business NewsThailand Targets Chip Fab, Eight Design Firms by 2030
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. -
Business NewsWise Plugs Into Malaysia’s PayNet as DuitNow QR Payments Hit 3 Bn
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. -
Business NewsSingapore Leads Southeast Asia in Payments Funding, with an Airwallex Caveat
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. -
Business NewsDaewoo E&C Eyes Southeast Asian Infrastructure Push with Vietnam Playbook
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. -
Business NewsAmbiq’s SGX Debut Signals Shift in Singapore’s Chip Ambitions
The US semiconductor group’s secondary listing caps an eight-year evolution from venture-backed startup to regional deeptech anchor. -
Business NewsSingapore’s Consumer Confidence Rebounds, but Regional Sentiment Remains Flat
A UOB survey shows households growing more optimistic about economic prospects while remaining uneasy about bills, incomes and longer-term obligations. -
Business NewsSK Hynix’s Operating Profit Jumps 557% but Misses Forecasts Amid South Korea’s Chip Rout
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. -
Business NewsApollo Commits $1.5 Bn to Rig Fund as Keppel Deepens Asset-Light Shift
The Singapore group expects $478 Mn in initial cash proceeds and about S$3.9 Bn in additional funds under management, while retaining an economic interest in offshore assets. -
Business NewsSingapore’s GIC Adds $30 Bn to Hedge Funds While Widening AI Bets
GIC’s 20-year real return fell to 3.4%, but the bigger shift is strategic: more equities and US exposure, broader AI bets and another $30 Bn for hedge funds able to navigate volatile markets. -
Business NewsSingapore Tightens Monetary Policy Again to Get Ahead of Energy-Driven Inflation
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. -
Business NewsCXMT’s 500% Debut Turns China’s Chip Ambitions into a $539 Bn Market Bet
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. -
Business NewsUS Slaps 12.5% Tariff on Selected Singapore Exports Over Forced-Labour Rules
Products accounting for about one-third of Singapore’s exports to the US are affected, prompting businesses to review prices, contracts and supply chains. -
Business NewsVietnam’s QTSC, Singapore Chip Industry Body Sign Pact on R&D and Talent
The agreement covers investment promotion, business matching and technology transfer, but no specific projects, capital commitments or implementation timetable were announced. -
Business NewsIndonesia Maps $2 Bn Hydrogen Pipeline as Financing Test Begins
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. -
Business NewsSamsung’s Mistral Talks Could Give Europe’s AI Push a Powerful Chip Backer
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. -
Business NewsSingapore Adds 20-Year Maturity to Sovereign Green Bond Programme
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. -
Business NewsSingapore Turns to Traveloka to Woo Repeat Visitors From Southeast Asia and Australia
The fourth partnership since 2019 expands into Australia and will use events, targeted promotions and traveller insights to sharpen Singapore’s destination marketing. -
Business NewsJapan’s SBI Takes Control of Coinhako to Build Singapore Base for Asia Crypto Push
The Japanese financial group gains an MAS-licensed platform as it looks to expand its exchange, stablecoin and digital-asset businesses in Southeast Asia. -
Business NewsIndonesia Passes Financial Hub Law, Offers 50-Year Tax Holiday
Investors could receive a 0% corporate income-tax rate for as long as 50 years as Jakarta seeks to attract global banks, wealth managers and family offices to a new international financial centre. -
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Airwallex’s $320 Mn Mega Round Masks Deeper Pullback in Southeast Asia Fintech Funding
Fintech start-ups raised $682 Mn in the first half of 2026, but excluding Airwallex, the total would have fallen 49%, while deal count dropped by nearly a third. -
Business NewsChina Weighs Export Curbs on Advanced AI Models and Chip Designs
The proposals could limit foreign access to model weights and training data, restrict overseas production of Chinese-designed chips and subject strategic technology acquisitions to tighter scrutiny. -
Business NewsEU Fines AliExpress a Record $629 Mn Over Illegal, Counterfeit Goods
The Alibaba-owned marketplace has until October 20 to propose remedies after regulators found that weak detection and seller controls left dangerous products online for weeks -
Business NewsBlackstone’s Futronic Deal Puts a $676 Mn Value on South Korea’s Robotics Supply Chain
The alternative asset manager is backing a profitable automotive actuator maker as it seeks growth in industrial and humanoid robotics. -
Business NewsIndonesia Joins China-Initiated AI Body as Its Own Rulebook Takes Shape
Jakarta has become one of 29 founding members of WAICO while two presidential regulations on AI ethics and a national roadmap await approval. -
Business NewsMoonshot’s Kimi K3 Raises Stakes in China’s Open-Weight AI Race
The Chinese startup’s 2.8-trillion-parameter model combines near-frontier performance with lower pricing, intensifying pressure on both domestic competitors and leading US developers. -
Business NewsSingapore’s DBS Is Mining Its Own Customers for the First Trillion
The plan depends less on poaching billionaires than on persuading existing customers to invest more of their savings through DBS, while using higher fee income to offset pressure on lending margins. -
Business NewsHow a Single-Game Company Built a Platform Without Losing Its Edge
For the 6,000-plus operators that work with SPRIBE, that coherence has practical value. -
TechnologyHisense Engages Fans Through Interactive Experiences During FIFA World Cup 2026
At the Sponsor Fan Experience areas, visitors can explore a range of technology-powered games inspired by Hisense’s latest innovations. -
Business NewsSingapore 2026 Growth Forecasts Raised to 4.8% as AI Demand Holds Up
UOB and S&P Global now expect growth above the government’s 2–4% range, though disruption around the Strait of Hormuz threatens feedstock supplies, shipping costs and the electronics cycle. -
TechnologyThe Quantum Antenna: Inside the Thirty-Year Scientific Journey That Rethinks How Machines Capture Light
Today’s technology conversation is dominated by AI: bigger models, faster chips, more computing power. But Kohn argues intelligence doesn’t start inside the processor. -
Business NewsSydney’s BlueNexus Raises Funding to Expand AI Agent Management Platform
The M31 Capital-led round will support a platform that allows specialists and product teams to build, deploy and manage AI agents without coding. -
Business NewsSK Hynix’s $26.5 Bn US Debut Shows Wall Street Still Wants AI’s Infrastructure Builders
The memory-chip maker’s strong debut suggests investors are not abandoning the AI trade. They are becoming more selective about which parts of it they are willing to fund. -
Business NewsBrendan Gow on Why Southeast Asia Matters to the Next Chapter of Capital Haus
Capital Haus is looking closely at Southeast Asia through the lens of investment management, funds management, and media, rather than positioning the region as a straightforward advisory expansion. -
Business NewsTencent Eyes Largest Individual Stake in Manus As Meta Deal Is Set to Unwind
Tencent could emerge as the biggest individual shareholder in Manus without taking control, as Meta’s $2 Bn acquisition is set to be reversed following a Beijing order, leaving the AI startup independent and based in Singapore. -
Business NewsAfter A Record Year, Temasek’s Bigger AI Bet Meets A World Still Writing The Rules
The leadership of the sovereign wealth fund concedes that overvaluation in the AI market it is chasing is unavoidable, and that nobody can call when it corrects. Its own weakest stretch of returns shows what a mistimed conviction already cost it once. That’s why the credit and infrastructure build-out reads less like expansion and more like insurance. -
Business NewsTencent to Buy Carbon Removal Credits from Agroforestry Project in Indonesia
Tencent’s 10-year purchase from a Sulawesi agroforestry project marks its first carbon removal credit deal outside China, as Google and McKinsey also agree to buy credits from the same project. -
Business NewsWhy EDB Is Betting on World-Class Founders to Push Singapore’s Next Growth Story
The city-state’s investment agency is still attracting factories, business headquarters and advanced-manufacturing commitments. But its bigger ambition now, emerging as a launchpad for world-class founders, AI labs and growth-stage firms, is the harder one to pull off. -
Business NewsAustralia’s Ioneer Lines Up South Korean Support for US-Based Lithium-Boron Project
The mining company has signed non-binding agreements with South Korea’s KIND and Hyundai Engineering, adding potential investment and engineering support to its Nevada project. -
Business NewsMalaysia’s Zetrix AI to Support the Philippines’ Public Blockchain under DICT Pact
The blockchain firm signed a pact to explore public blockchain infrastructure in the Philippines, extending its government-linked digital trust push across ASEAN. -
Business NewsSK Hynix’s $28 Billion NASDAQ Bet Comes Just as Its AI Memory Lead Faces a Test
The South Korean firm makes the memory the AI boom runs on. It is coming to NASDAQ via an American depositary share sale at a market peak: record margins, a dominant position in AI memory and a trillion-dollar valuation. But the peak is also where the cracks are starting to show. -
Business NewsBlackstone’s Amit Dixit Endows Harvard MBA Fellowship to Support Indian Students and Inspire Women
Named after his mother, the Shobha Dixit Fellowship Fund will support need-based aid for MBA students at Harvard Business School, extending a theme that began with Dixit’s support for women faculty in STEM at IIT Bombay. -
Business NewsSingapore’s Nandina REM Pushes Recycled Aircraft Materials Into the Space Race
A new alliance with US-based Odyssey Space gives the Singapore materials startup a route into space hardware, as companies seek cheaper, faster sources of specialist carbon fibre. -
Business NewsThis Japanese Bank’s Venture Push Deepens India Bet, but Southeast Asia Is the Bigger Play
SMBC’s corporate venture fund is building a Southeast Asian financial infrastructure play through startup bets and regional banking ties. -
TechnologyCreality Builds a Wider Future for 3D Creation
From printers to platform growth, Creality is shaping a creator ecosystem -
Business NewsASEAN Daily Updates: 2-7-2026 Mitsubishi Electric Acquires Infostellar & More
APAC Growth Driven by AI, Deals, Energy, Pharma and Strategic Expansion -
Business NewsAsean Daily Updates: 1-7-2026, Indonesia’s Nadiem Makarim Sentenced & More
AI investment, cross-border M&A, retail divestment, digital infrastructure, renewable energy, and legal developments drive Asia-Pacific business activity.