The Business Times

Startups & Tech

Endowus raises more than US$70 million, client assets cross US$10 billion mark

Google is a previous investor in and cloud provider for Anthropic.

Anthropic, Google in talks on cloud deal worth tens of billions

Dozens of founders are selling their companies rather than pursuing IPOs, the traditional path to gain respect from an establishment that still views young companies with scepticism.

Deals for startups reach record in Japan before listing curbs

ChatGPT Go offers 10 times higher usage limits in areas such as image generation and file uploads.

ChatGPT’s low-cost plan fuels subscription boom in India as paying users more than double in a month

Milk tea also offers instant gratification; it’s a daily dopamine hit that turns routine consumption into a small, repeatable pleasure.
Tech in Asia

Chinese milk tea brands are offering a playbook for South-east Asia’s next consumer wave

(FILES) This photo taken on November 10, 2022 shows the Shein logo on coat hangers during a media preview of the first permanent showroom of Chinese online fast fashion giant Shein in Tokyo. Shein annouced on October 1, 2025 that the brand is to open permanent stores in France, a world first. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)

Trade woes temper Shein’s profits in 2024 despite revenue climb

The Strutt ev1 has won the The Red Dot: Luminary 2025 prize.
DESIGN

Singapore startup’s smart electric wheelchair wins top honours at Red Dot Award

OpenAI ramps up Singapore team amid billion-dollar data centre push in Asia

OpenAI ramps up Singapore team amid billion-dollar data centre push in Asia

Valued at US$2.77 billion at the end of 2020, a filing published last year revealed Graphcore needed more cash to break even.

SoftBank’s Graphcore plans £1 billion chip investment in India

From L-R: Ravi Ravulaparthi, founder and CEO, Qapita, Vamsee Mohan Kamabuthla, founder and CTO, Qapita and Lakshman Gupta, founder and COO, Qapita

Equity management platform Qapita raises US$26.5 million in Series B round led by Charles Schwab Corporation

Latest T-bills Treasury Bills Results & Interest NewsLatest SSB Singapore Savings Bonds NewsLatest COE Certificate of Entitlement News
Latest Johor-Singapore SEZ NewsLatest BTO Build To Order & Sales of Balance NewsLatest STI Straits Times Index NewsLatest SGX Dividends, Share Price NewsLatest Bonds Market NewsLatest Singapore Stocks To Buy NewsLatest Singapore Economy News
View More