Startups

San Francisco house prices hit record US$2.15 million on AI

Buyers have faced heated competition for listings, with houses selling an average of 23% above asking price

Building a deep tech ecosystem will require more deliberate bets, said Professor Benjamin Tee, vice president NUS enterprise

Singapore’s deep-tech push requires ‘calculated bets’, stronger ecosystem: NUS Enterprise’s Benjamin Tee

Such ventures are not about moving from ‘zero to one’, but about scaling breakthroughs to impact millions, he says

LaunchPad @ one-north was abuzz with energy in the mid-2010s, providing not just office spaces but a home for startup founders to connect and network with the wider ecosystem.
NEWS ANALYSIS

This time it’s different: LaunchPad @ one-north’s next act signals a maturing startup ecosystem

The next iteration of it may be more structured and more technologically advanced

Apple’s leadership has grown increasingly concerned about the number of engineers being poached by potential rivals.

Apple gives iPhone designers rare bonuses to fight AI firm poaching

Employees see the pay bumps as a direct response to a recent uptick in recruiting from startups

The bank will spearhead the initiatives through employee volunteerism and partnerships.
TAKING HEART

UOB establishes foundation to scale CSR initiatives for education, children, arts

It will be operational from the second half of 2026

JTC is introducing more startup-friendly policies at LaunchPad, such as those that will streamline the onboarding process.

New partnerships, facilities by JTC to bolster startups at LaunchPad @ one-north

This includes a new co-working and event space for networking, investor meetings and community events

Moonshot backers include Alibaba Group, Tencent and 5Y Capital.

China AI startup Moonshot snags funds at US$18 billion valuation

[BEIJING] Moonshot AI is seeking to raise as much as US$1 billion in an expanded funding round that would value the startup at about US$18 billion, more than quadrupling its valuation in just three mo...

An artist's impression of the upcoming Kampong AI, which will include a business block and a residential block.
SINGAPORE BUDGET 2026

Budget 2026: New one-north park Kampong AI to be completed in 2028

A pilot phase will launch this month, with companies set to use existing workplaces in LaunchPad @ one-north

For paper batteries, production does not depend on the supply chains for the scarce resources used to make conventional batteries.

This Singapore deep-tech startup believes its paper batteries are an important part of the global clean energy transition

Flint wants to get its cellulose-based batteries into every device that requires them, says co-founder