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Benjamin Cher

Benjamin Cher

CORRESPONDENT

Benjamin is a correspondent with BT’s Companies and Markets team. He covers the tech and venture capital ecosystem in Southeast Asia. He was previously with Garage, BT’s startup and venture capital portal, and The Edge Singapore.

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ChatGPT was the top AI platform among startups with 2,377 unique paying clients in FY2026 – a 31% increase from the number in FY2024.

Singapore startups double down on AI usage, running multiple platforms: Aspire report

Such companies are also building a distributed workforce, with hiring from outside of the Republic growing

The revised framework is meant to simplify the process for SFOs to establish operations in Singapore.

Revised framework for single family offices to take effect on Jun 15: MAS

Existing SFOs have one year to comply

Dell brings more than just the traditional IT hardware for customers, says Andy Sim, vice-president and managing director of Dell Technologies Singapore.
THE LEADERSHIP PLAYBOOK

From Singapore to the world, Dell Technologies taps talent here to scale up

The tech giant has been orchestrating a massive transformation to become an end-to-end solution enabler for smart cities

The benchmark Straits Times Index is up 29.25 points at 4,988.10.

Singapore stocks close higher; STI up 0.6%

Across the broader market, gainers outnumber losers 298 to 274 after 1.6 billion securities change hands

Investors have to understand the liquidity limits of evergreen funds before investing in them, says Craig MacDonald, managing director at HarbourVest.

Evergreen funds making inroads into Asia: HarbourVest

They offer advantages over traditional closed-end funds, such as reduced workloads for investors

Nio says that it will be engaging the US Department of Defense over its inclusion on the list.

Nio denies US allegations, says inclusion on Chinese military companies list ‘will not impact’ business

BYD, Alibaba and other tech firms have also been placed on the list

With the Global Listing Board, the stakes are high for SGX to ensure the first few listings perform well.
HOCK LOCK SIEW

SGX’s Global Listing Board needs a few strong listings right out the gate

A poor showing might attract comparisons between the bridge and the Spac initiative

Four companies were added and four dropped from the iEdge Singapore Next 50 Indices in the June review.

AEM, Top Glove among additions to iEdge Singapore Next 50 Indices in June review

Technology-related companies now make up about 26.2% of these indices

Jeffrey Tiong, co-founder and CEO of Patsnap, says there was some anxiety over GenAI when it came out.

Unicorn patent intelligence platform PatSnap harnesses GenAI and customer needs for growth

It has expanded across 50 countries and in key R&D centres such as Shanghai and London

Anext's Qiu sees opportunities to deepen collaboration within the Ant International ecosystem, both to enhance services and acquire inbound customers.

Anext Bank’s new CEO leverages CTO stint to grow SME lending by financing AI hardware

Qiu Kai takes unusual route to corner office at Ant International unit

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