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SphereNet adds Seoul validator as Korea preps won stablecoin rails

Nodeinfra's entry into SphereNet's validator set positions a compliance-native ledger at the centre of South Korea's regulated digital-money build-out.
Nodeinfra's entry into SphereNet's validator set positions a compliance-native ledger at the centre of South Korea's regulated digital-money build-out.
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Fintech
AI & ML

Ant Group open-sources finance-tuned LLM for professional workflows

Ant Group's Ling-3.0-flash-Fin targets investment research and compliance tasks, co-developed with CICC's investment banking team.
Ant Group's Ling-3.0-flash-Fin targets investment research and compliance tasks, co-developed with CICC's investment banking team.
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AI & ML
Fintech
Datatech

ByteDance's $29.6bn loan and Moonshot's IPO signal APAC AI capital surge

Three data points from ByteDance, Moonshot AI, and Foxconn converge to reveal a structural shift in Asian AI infrastructure capital.
Three data points from ByteDance, Moonshot AI, and Foxconn converge to reveal a structural shift in Asian AI infrastructure capital.
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Fintech
Media & Publishing
AI & ML

Hyundai Card runs AI-vs-human PR contests to shape its AX strategy

Korea's top credit card issuer is stress-testing generative AI against human writers to build a durable human-AI workflow for comms.
Korea's top credit card issuer is stress-testing generative AI against human writers to build a durable human-AI workflow for comms.
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Energy
AI & ML
Defence

South Korea's $597bn AI budget meets the energy and water wall

Seoul's record 2027 budget and a $118bn Future Response Fund reveal how sovereign AI ambition collides with physical infrastructure limits.
Seoul's record 2027 budget and a $118bn Future Response Fund reveal how sovereign AI ambition collides with physical infrastructure limits.
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Wellbeing
AI & ML

Fangzhou's AI chronic care model wins Fortune China design award

China's largest online chronic disease platform scales its proprietary LLM across 59.8 million users, testing AI's role in mass healthcare delivery.
China's largest online chronic disease platform scales its proprietary LLM across 59.8 million users, testing AI's role in mass healthcare delivery.
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Media & Publishing
AI & ML
Retail & E-Commerce

RYET deploys YeeZo AIGC platform across 10 university labs in China

A RMB5.99m campus deal tests whether China-proven AI content training can scale into a global edtech delivery model.
A RMB5.99m campus deal tests whether China-proven AI content training can scale into a global edtech delivery model.
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Datatech
Energy

nanoSkunkWorkX raises $2m to solve AI chip packaging's heat crisis

A Malaysian deep tech seed round targets the copper interface bottleneck throttling global AI compute, with cross-sector plays in green hydrogen and diagnostics.
A Malaysian deep tech seed round targets the copper interface bottleneck throttling global AI compute, with cross-sector plays in green hydrogen and diagnostics.
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Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce

Aleta launches Hello Kitty Visa debit card in Singapore

Singapore fintech Aleta rolls out a limited Hello Kitty Visa card series as its BIN sponsorship model eyes broader enterprise expansion.
Singapore fintech Aleta rolls out a limited Hello Kitty Visa card series as its BIN sponsorship model eyes broader enterprise expansion.
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Fintech
AI & ML
Retail & E-Commerce

InsuranceDekho and RenewBuy merge to build India's largest insurtech

The merger creates a pan-India platform covering 98.57% of pin codes, betting AI can unlock insurance access across rural Bharat.
The merger creates a pan-India platform covering 98.57% of pin codes, betting AI can unlock insurance access across rural Bharat.
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Energy
Sustainability
Real Estate

Critical Metals Corp advances European Lithium court process

A Nasdaq-listed critical minerals firm moves toward absorbing Europe's first fully permitted lithium mine via Australian court schemes.
A Nasdaq-listed critical minerals firm moves toward absorbing Europe's first fully permitted lithium mine via Australian court schemes.
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Fintech
AI & ML

Razorpay's Vulcan AI flags a sovereign payments race

Razorpay's 4bn-transaction AI model is the opening shot in a race for national payment AI that regulators are not yet equipped to oversee.
Razorpay's 4bn-transaction AI model is the opening shot in a race for national payment AI that regulators are not yet equipped to oversee.
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AI & ML

What the tech correction means for emerging market investors

Mark Martyrossian, Director at Aubrey Capital Management, weighs whether the AI stock correction is a floor or the start of a rotation towards India.

AI has been the dominant driver in markets this year. For emerging markets, this has played out in an extraordinary demand for those stocks that produce the 'picks and shovels' of the AI gold rush. Memory chip manufacturers have been in the vanguard of this rally.

Rowen Brooks  · 
Wellbeing
Robotics
Sustainability

Decent Holding triples revenue with eldercare-environment pivot

The Yantai-listed firm's digital senior care platform and wastewater wins pushed H1 revenue to $18.6m, up 238%.
The Yantai-listed firm's digital senior care platform and wastewater wins pushed H1 revenue to $18.6m, up 238%.
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Retail & E-Commerce
AI & ML

BOSS Zhipin posts 14% revenue growth as AI reshapes China hiring

China's dominant recruitment platform reports accelerating margins as AI-assisted matching and interviews move from experiment to commercial product.
China's dominant recruitment platform reports accelerating margins as AI-assisted matching and interviews move from experiment to commercial product.
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Datatech
AI & ML
Retail & E-Commerce

Southeast Asia's Data Centre Race and Alibaba's $10bn AI Bet

Singapore and Vietnam are racing to host AI compute capacity while Alibaba stakes $10.2bn on the infrastructure underpinning it all.
Singapore and Vietnam are racing to host AI compute capacity while Alibaba stakes $10.2bn on the infrastructure underpinning it all.
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Retail & E-Commerce
AI & ML
Internet of Things

Trident launches AI marketing JV targeting 9.4m SMEs across Asia-MEA

A Singapore-US joint venture will deploy an AI enterprise platform across Asia, the Middle East and Africa, targeting millions of underserved small businesses.
A Singapore-US joint venture will deploy an AI enterprise platform across Asia, the Middle East and Africa, targeting millions of underserved small businesses.
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Fintech
AI & ML

Asia fintech's AI pivot: agents, models and cross-border rails converge

From DBS agentic credit tools to Razorpay's payments foundation model, Asia's fintech layer is rewiring around AI in a single week.
From DBS agentic credit tools to Razorpay's payments foundation model, Asia's fintech layer is rewiring around AI in a single week.
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AI & ML
Wellbeing

NUS Business School: Indonesia's AI edge is its workforce

NUS Business School argues Indonesia's AI advantage rests on human capability, not hardware, as it targets high-income status by 2045.
NUS Business School argues Indonesia's AI advantage rests on human capability, not hardware, as it targets high-income status by 2045.
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Robotics
AI & ML
Transportation & Logistics

Unitree's 8,000x IPO signals China's humanoid robot inflection point

Unitree's Star Market debut drew demand 8,000 times over, putting humanoid robotics at the centre of China's next industrial capital cycle.
Unitree's Star Market debut drew demand 8,000 times over, putting humanoid robotics at the centre of China's next industrial capital cycle.
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