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Grab invests in EBOOST as Vietnam’s EV charging race shifts into higher gear
Vietnam’s electric vehicle (EV) market is entering a more practical phase. After years of attention on vehicle launches, subsidies, and consumer adoption, the next question is becoming harder to ignore: where will all these cars and motorbikes charge, and who will pay to build the network? That question sits at the centre of Grab’s latest [] The post Grab invests in EBOOST as Vietnams EV charging race shifts into higher gear appeared first on e27 .
Read more →AI is already inside the enterprise. Has security kept up in Asia?
Artificial intelligence is no longer sitting at the edge of enterprise experimentation. Across the Asia Pacific, AI assistants and autonomous agents are moving into live business environments, embedded across email, customer support, internal messaging, cloud applications and collaboration workflows. That shift is creating an enormous opportunity. AI can help organisations move faster, automate routine work, [] The post AI is already inside the enterprise. Has security kept up in Asia? appeared first on e27 .
Read more →The role of thought leadership in scaling beyond your first market
For many startups, expanding into a second or third market is a defining milestone. It signals that the business has moved beyond product-market fit and is ready to grow regionally. Yet while expansion strategies often focus on hiring, partnerships, and go-to-market execution, communications are frequently treated as an afterthought. In reality, scaling into a new [] The post The role of thought leadership in scaling beyond your first market appeared first on e27 .
Read more →The end of headcount as a success metric: How AI is redefining scale
For years, startup success was often measured by visible growth. A bigger office. More departments. More employees. As founders, many of us dreamed of building the next great tech company, and somewhere along the way, headcount became a proxy for success. Every new hire felt like validation that the business was moving in the right [] The post The end of headcount as a success metric: How AI is redefining scale appeared first on e27 .
Read more →Uber cuts 10% of customer service jobs, citing ‘embrace’ of AI
This is its second round of reductions in under two months and the first time the firm has tied layoffs to AI...
Read more →OpenAI president calls Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 ‘pretty good’, unsure if it was distilled from OpenAI models
A White House official accused Moonshot of improperly using US AI models to build its own
Read more →Tesla’s profit slides as spending climbs to meet Musk’s AI goals
Adjusted earnings were US$0.33 a share in Q2, missing the US$0.51 average of analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg
Read more →Bursa-listed Mi Technovation seeks SGX listing for materials arm as AI fuels semiconductor rally
Malaysia-based advanced manufacturing packager expects to hire 40 people to support Singapore R&D efforts
Read more →Samsung unveils wider foldable phone, hikes prices as chip costs rise
[SEOUL] Samsung Electronics on Wednesday (Jul 22) unveiled a passport-sized foldable phone and raised prices of two updated foldable models, as it...
Read more →India's central bank sold US$6 billion in May to defend oil-hit rupee
It purchased US$22.2 billion and sold US$28.3 billion in May
Read more →Investigators search Deutsche Bank headquarters over legacy tax trades
It marks the third time that prosecutors are known to have searched Deutsche Bank this year
Read more →Yen steadies near 40-year low on rate-hike bets, intervention talks
Japan says it will take decisive action if needed to curb excessive currency weakness
Read more →As COE premiums correct from recent high, more supply could be on the way
Observers say the market has normalised, though strong demand may mean little hope of major price drops
Read more →CAAS investing S$4 billion to upgrade air navigation services ahead of T5 opening
AI and tech-led roll-out will help expand Changi’s air traffic handling limit; 200 new controllers to be hired
Read more →Cat A COE price eases to S$126,000 after reaching record in previous tender; Cat B also down
The Category A COE premium dipped by S$3,000, or 2.3%, from S$129,000 at the previous tender on Jul 8
Read more →One in three plug-in hybrid cars sold in Europe is now Chinese
Chinese automakers are pushing sales of plug-in hybrids ahead of any potential additional EU tariffs
Read more →Southeast Asia loves digital nomads until the paperwork gets complicated
Balaji Srinivasan has never lacked for big ideas. The former Coinbase CTO and Andreessen Horowitz General Partner has spent years evangelising the network state, a borderless, internet-native community that eventually negotiates diplomatic recognition from existing governments. In late 2024, that theory got a physical address: Network School, a pop-up village of founders, engineers, and crypto [] The post Southeast Asia loves digital nomads until the paperwork gets complicated appeared first on e27 .
Read more →Cathay Pacific flags stronger H1 profit on travel, cargo demand
It says underlying performance is driven by solid demand across both passenger and cargo operations
Read more →Singapore’s startup rise puts corporate venturing in sharper focus
For years, corporate innovation in Southeast Asia often meant a hackathon, an accelerator demo day, or a small pilot that rarely survived the next budget cycle. Singapore is trying to push the model into something more durable: corporate venturing as a repeatable business capability, not a branding exercise. That is the central argument of a [] The post Singapores startup rise puts corporate venturing in sharper focus appeared first on e27 .
Read more →Inflation remains top concern for Australians: RBA survey
Central bank raises rates at its first three meetings of the year to 4.35% to tackle renewed inflation pressures
Read more →Bitcoin just broke US$66,000: Is this the start of the next bull run or a trap for late investors?
Bitcoin breaking above US$66,000 to reach intraday highs near US$66,306 represents a profound macroeconomic and technological convergence. This movement validates over 15 years of independent analysis and government advisory experience in the sector. Total crypto market capitalisation now approaches US$2.26 trillion. Bitcoin maintains a dominance of approximately 59 per cent. This digital asset rally directly [] The post Bitcoin just broke US$66,000: Is this the start of the next bull run or a trap for late investors? appeared first on e27 .
Read more →Hormuz vessel crossings fall further as security concerns linger amid US-Iran attacks
Conflict is widening, with Houthis saying they would impose a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia
Read more →Singapore’s data analysts trust AI to work, not to think
Singapores data professionals are proving to be among the most cautious in the world when it comes to letting artificial intelligence (AI) operate unsupervised. According to a new global study, 61 per cent of the city-states data analysts prefer a human-in-the-loop approach to AI, the highest share recorded across all regions surveyed. Also Read: AI [] The post Singapores data analysts trust AI to work, not to think appeared first on e27 .
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