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

Today, the convergence of artificial intelligence (AI), automation and real-time context is empowering service teams to resolve issues with the speed, accuracy and consistency that did not exist before, says Toku founder and chief executive officer Thomas Laboulle.
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Meta announced in December that it would acquire Manus.

China bars Manus co-founders from leaving country amid Meta deal review: FT

The case highlights Beijing’s broader concerns about the loss of valuable technology to a geopolitical rival

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

The integration comes as OpenClaw, an open-source AI agent, has gained traction in recent weeks.

Tencent integrates WeChat with OpenClaw AI agent amid China tech battle

The software, called ClawBot, will appear as a contact within China’s most popular app

Visitors watch Unitree humanoid robots performing a back flip at the expo of the World Internet Conference in Wuzhen town of Tongxiang city in China on Nov 8.

Unitree plans 4.2 billion yuan Shanghai IPO, testing interest in humanoid robots

IPO is one of China’s biggest domestic tech listings in years

Skinetiq co-founder Hannah Nguyen.

How a Vietnamese beauty startup landed a US$38 million exit

The Skinetiq deal with Marico marks a rare startup exit in Vietnam

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...