Startups

Singapore SMEs set for bigger role as chipmakers localise supply chains: A*Star deputy chief

2026-09-25T08:06:17.000Z
Singapore-headquartered companies account for 145 of the region’s 217 equity deals.

Singapore records 92% of South-east Asia’s US$7.25 billion in H1 startup funding: report

2026-09-24T03:00:00.000Z
Plaud CEO Nathan Xu says: “We can unlock the potential of South-east Asia with a better product market fit.” 

AI firm Plaud doubles investment in Singapore to S$20 million as it targets expansion in Apac

2026-09-16T08:51:43.000Z
Blasting off from Norway’s Arctic Andoeya Spaceport, the uncrewed Spectrum carried five small satellites as well as an in-flight technological experiment.

German startup Isar reaches orbit in boost to Europe’s homegrown launch ambitions

2026-09-06T07:14:49.000Z
Darren Mowry, head of global startups at Google Cloud, says startups are now moving from a single AI model to a multi-modal approach.

From tokens to outcomes: Google Cloud’s global startups head sees AI cost shift, expands Singapore push

2026-09-03T04:00:00.000Z
A recent survey found that 64% of Singapore’s financial institutions are actively deploying AI across key business functions.

AI startup aiming to be banks’ ‘top-to-bottom operating system’ sets up Singapore hub

2026-08-26T03:59:41.000Z
FuriosaAI co-founder and CEO June Paik with a Furiosa RNGD card. The South Korean firm, founded in 2017, is one of the few startups in Asia to have secured production for its advanced AI chips.

What’s stopping Asia’s chipmakers from taking on Nvidia? The answer lies in this bottleneck

2026-08-16T08:41:00.000Z
Clockwise from top left: The founders of ImmunoQs, AI Seer and DancingMind. All three startups are based at JTC Corp’s LaunchPad @ one-north.

With tech for fact-checking to cancer care, Singapore startups aim beyond home 

2026-08-05T04:00:00.000Z
OCBC’s goal is to provide promising Chinese tech companies with market access, business networks and financial solutions to scale across Asean, says Roy Tan, head of enterprise banking international.

OCBC taps Beijing’s ZGC to capture Chinese tech interest in Asean

2026-08-03T07:00:00.000Z
Funding for consumer startups has dropped from a high of US$6 billion in 2022 to US$580 million as of the first half of 2026.

AI fever leaves South-east Asia’s consumer startups fighting for attention

2026-07-31T07:24:28.000Z