Startup

China moves to curb OpenClaw AI use at banks, state agencies

Government warnings about the startup have focused mostly on the technology

After securing Series A funding, TransTrack founder Anggia Meisesari moved the company's headquarters to Singapore and expanded into Malaysia.

Indonesian fleet management startup TransTrack targets Middle East expansion

It currently has over 1,200 clients across Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore

Jason Loh, founder and CEO of Piece Future, says: "The whole platform empowers (startups) with their first IP, and then they can use it as a seed or foundation to grow and build their company.”
TAKING HEART

Singapore-based Piece Future helps startups leverage unused patents

It matches startups to companies and universities that have unused IP, so that the technologies are not sitting idle

Nasdaq vice-chairman and global head of capital markets Robert McCooey has joined Vizzio as a senior adviser to the board.

Vizzio snags Nasdaq vice-chair and ex-Temasek, SingPost leaders, two years after credential saga

Robert McCooey, Raymond Chiam and Shahrin Abdol Salam, among others, have joined the tech startup

Ten Vietnamese university-linked startups will share US$250,000 in UniVentures prizes, funded by Singapore-based venture capital firm Golden Gate Ventures.

Vietnam-Singapore partnership seen as catalyst for scaling sustainable innovation

Singapore-backed initiatives such as UniVentures strengthen bilateral ties by preparing Vietnamese startups for regional expansion

Torq offers what it says is an autonomous security operations platform designed from the ground up with artificial intelligence.

Security startup Torq raises cash at US$1.2 billion valuation

The company can automate repetitive work using AI agents

Joseph Simbar (left), co-founder and CEO of Mimin, says entering China is difficult due to the language barrier, cultural differences, and strict regulations.

Indonesian startups chasing growth test waters in the Gulf

Startup funding in Indonesia has been on a decline since 2021

Nvidia's US$20 billion “non-exclusive licensing arrangement” with Groq sounds like an outright purchase, but is more of a backdoor acquisition aimed at dodging an antitrust review, says the writer.

How Silicon Valley will eat its AI competitors in 2026

A loss of confidence in AI could lead to a fire-sale for startups and accelerate consolidation among Big Tech

The startup has focused on international markets almost from the outset, and its product has never been available in its own country of origin.

China reviews Meta’s US$2 billion deal to buy AI startup Manus

Beijing has in recent years aggressively pushed domestic firms to develop technology to replace American software and circuitry