https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/ THE BUSINESS TIMES - Find latest business and financial news including analysis and opinion on top business stories, stock markets in Singapore, Asia-Pacific and global market news and more at The Business Times. en-US https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/favicon.ico https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/ 32 32 https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/sia-deploys-over-160-ai-applications-push-become-leading-digital-airline Mon, 17 Aug 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Young Zhan Heng Companies & Markets Telcos, Media & Tech /companies-markets/sia-deploys-over-160-ai-applications-push-become-leading-digital-airline To date, the carrier has identified more than 550 potential applications for generative AI use cases https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/anthropics-revenue-run-rate-tops-us65-billion-source Mon, 17 Aug 2026 22:48:12 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/anthropics-revenue-run-rate-tops-us65-billion-source Anthropic is projecting 2028 revenue of roughly US$190 billion to US$200 billion https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/cxmts-rise-chinas-most-valuable-firm-signals-new-era-countrys-tech-sector Mon, 17 Aug 2026 02:47:47 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/cxmts-rise-chinas-most-valuable-firm-signals-new-era-countrys-tech-sector AI boom is delivering runaway demand to suppliers of the hardware required, but the market is harder to navigate on the software... https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/alibaba-said-be-selling-gaming-arm-us1-5-billion-boost-ai-pivot Mon, 17 Aug 2026 02:18:19 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/alibaba-said-be-selling-gaming-arm-us1-5-billion-boost-ai-pivot Firm undergoing a broader corporate reorganisation under CEO Eddie Wu https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/stripe-clinches-over-us7-billion-deal-buy-ai-firm-openrouter Sun, 16 Aug 2026 22:39:24 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/stripe-clinches-over-us7-billion-deal-buy-ai-firm-openrouter OpenRouter provides access to hundreds of AI models https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/alibabas-qwen-hits-3-billion-downloads-outpacing-china-and-us-ai-rivals Sun, 16 Aug 2026 08:41:48 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/alibabas-qwen-hits-3-billion-downloads-outpacing-china-and-us-ai-rivals Download and derivative-model figures are one measure of influence in the US-China AI race https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/us70-billion-phantom-liabilities-why-bond-traders-are-worried-about-ai-firms-credit-backstops Sun, 16 Aug 2026 04:20:28 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/us70-billion-phantom-liabilities-why-bond-traders-are-worried-about-ai-firms-credit-backstops How should investors gauge the probability that these off-balance-sheet contingencies will turn into on-balance-sheet problems? https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/global/whats-stopping-asias-chipmakers-taking-nvidia-answer-lies-bottleneck Sun, 16 Aug 2026 03:25:17 +0000 Global Companies & Markets International Telcos, Media & Tech /international/global/whats-stopping-asias-chipmakers-taking-nvidia-answer-lies-bottleneck Foundry access is just one constraint that startups are facing https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/nvidia-talks-invest-us3-billion-softbank-subsidiary-openai-data-centre-project-report Sun, 16 Aug 2026 01:50:40 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/nvidia-talks-invest-us3-billion-softbank-subsidiary-openai-data-centre-project-report SB Energy, which is also backed by OpenAI, develops large-scale power and data centre infrastructure projects https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/nvidia-has-us21-billion-spacex-stake-us30-billion-intel-shares Sat, 15 Aug 2026 07:52:00 +0000 Companies & Markets Telcos, Media & Tech /companies-markets/nvidia-has-us21-billion-spacex-stake-us30-billion-intel-shares [SAN FRANCISCO] Nvidia on Friday (Aug 14) disclosed a nearly US$21 billion stake in Elon Musk’s SpaceX and a US$30 billion one... https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/anthropic-revenue-surges-over-us11-5-billion-q2 Sat, 15 Aug 2026 07:07:37 +0000 Companies & Markets Telcos, Media & Tech /companies-markets/anthropic-revenue-surges-over-us11-5-billion-q2 [NEW YORK] Anthropic is telling prospective investors its second-quarter revenue jumped at least 14-fold versus the same period a year ago, according... https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/property/openai-steps-singapore-footprint-talks-lease-100000-sq-ft-shaw-tower Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:41:51 +0000 Kalpana Rashiwala Young Zhan Heng Property Commercial & Industrial Companies & Markets New Articles Telcos, Media & Tech /property/openai-steps-singapore-footprint-talks-lease-100000-sq-ft-shaw-tower Rival Anthropic has leased about 100 desks within The Executive Centre facility at Ocean Financial Centre https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/apple-trains-its-own-ai-model-china-market-alibabas-support-sources Fri, 14 Aug 2026 05:20:53 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/apple-trains-its-own-ai-model-china-market-alibabas-support-sources A tailored model of its own would give Apple greater control over the AI experience in its most competitive overseas market https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/singtel-shares-close-4-7-after-underlying-q1-net-profit-grows-21 Fri, 14 Aug 2026 03:24:32 +0000 Shikhar Gupta Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/singtel-shares-close-4-7-after-underlying-q1-net-profit-grows-21 The counter rises after falling 0.9% on Thursday, following a 71.6% drop in first-quarter earnings https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/cxmt-overtakes-tencent-most-valuable-chinese-firm-amid-ai-frenzy Fri, 14 Aug 2026 01:08:24 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/cxmt-overtakes-tencent-most-valuable-chinese-firm-amid-ai-frenzy Crossover reflects investors’ continued preference for AI-linked hardware over traditional Internet champions https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/deepseek-raises-peak-prices-flagship-ai-models-more-four-times-current-levels-ahead-ipo Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:45:16 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/deepseek-raises-peak-prices-flagship-ai-models-more-four-times-current-levels-ahead-ipo Increase suggests firm is placing more focus on profitability as it eyes a stock-market debut https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/global/end-tokenmaxxing-how-ai-moving-pay-you-go Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:40:24 +0000 Global Companies & Markets International Telcos, Media & Tech /international/global/end-tokenmaxxing-how-ai-moving-pay-you-go OpenAI’s Sam Altman said the company imagines a future “where (AI) is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it... https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/global/google-unveils-gemini-3-7-flash-ai-model-coding-and-agent-workflows-top-ai-model-still-delayed Thu, 13 Aug 2026 23:29:19 +0000 Global Companies & Markets International Telcos, Media & Tech /international/global/google-unveils-gemini-3-7-flash-ai-model-coding-and-agent-workflows-top-ai-model-still-delayed Delays to Gemini 3.5 Pro have left investors questioning Google’s roadmap https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/amd-looks-raise-us4-billion-us5-billion-debt-offering-source Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:34:57 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/amd-looks-raise-us4-billion-us5-billion-debt-offering-source Semiconductor companies are increasingly turning to capital markets to fund AI-related investments https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/ums-integration-q2-profit-89-buoyed-ai-super-cycle-aviation-boom Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:37:54 +0000 Derryn Wong Companies & Markets Telcos, Media & Tech /companies-markets/ums-integration-q2-profit-89-buoyed-ai-super-cycle-aviation-boom Revenue from all its markets increase, declares second interim dividend of S$0.01 per share https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/aem-shares-end-14-higher-after-h1-profit-rises-10-times Thu, 13 Aug 2026 01:33:03 +0000 Shikhar Gupta Companies & Markets Telcos, Media & Tech /companies-markets/aem-shares-end-14-higher-after-h1-profit-rises-10-times Counter closes at S$10.98 after 17.2 million securities valued at S$181.9 million change hands https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/singtel-q1-gain-drops-71-s818-million-absence-airtel-stake-sale-singapore-business-weaker Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:44:37 +0000 Young Zhan Heng Companies & Markets Telcos, Media & Tech /companies-markets/singtel-q1-gain-drops-71-s818-million-absence-airtel-stake-sale-singapore-business-weaker The group’s underlying profit is still robust at S$831 million, up 21% from a year earlier https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/global/race-regain-ai-model-supremacy-why-google-shifted-power-its-top-ranks Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:17:09 +0000 Global Companies & Markets International Telcos, Media & Tech /international/global/race-regain-ai-model-supremacy-why-google-shifted-power-its-top-ranks Fresh concerns about DeepMind’s autonomy being subsumed by Google have surfaced https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/ntt-dc-reit-posts-q1-net-property-income-us27-9-million-beats-ipo-forecast-5 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:34:37 +0000 Young Zhan Heng Companies & Markets Telcos, Media & Tech /companies-markets/ntt-dc-reit-posts-q1-net-property-income-us27-9-million-beats-ipo-forecast-5 But the revenue of US$58.1 million falls short of projections https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/global-data-centre-insurance-premiums-projected-be-over-us24-billion-2030 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:22:13 +0000 Tay Peck Gek Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/global-data-centre-insurance-premiums-projected-be-over-us24-billion-2030 This is up from US$11 billion today, says Allianz Commercial https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/ambiq-micro-q2-net-loss-narrows-us7-1-million-edge-ai-sales-surge Wed, 12 Aug 2026 01:22:55 +0000 Shikhar Gupta Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/ambiq-micro-q2-net-loss-narrows-us7-1-million-edge-ai-sales-surge Despite the quarterly progress, net loss for the first half of 2026 widens to US$17.3 million https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/sea-q2-earnings-10-6-us458-1-million-shopee-hits-new-highs Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:02:18 +0000 Benjamin Cher Companies & Markets Telcos, Media & Tech /companies-markets/sea-q2-earnings-10-6-us458-1-million-shopee-hits-new-highs Earnings per share stand at US$0.72, compared with US$0.68 a year earlier https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/unitrees-shanghai-ipo-5526-times-subscribed-retail-buyers Tue, 11 Aug 2026 01:51:57 +0000 Telcos, Media & Tech Companies & Markets /companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/unitrees-shanghai-ipo-5526-times-subscribed-retail-buyers Humanoid robots have become Beijing’s strategic priority