Chinese storage makers, long known for packaging chips into modules, have been moving up the value chain into wafer-level operations, with the latest firm to make the jump investing 4.5 billion yuan (US$672 million) in an advanced packaging project. The sum, which Shanghai-listed Biwin Storage Technology will pour into the third phase of its advanced packaging and testing project in Dongguan, in southern China’s Guangdong province, will exceed the 3.09 billion yuan it put into the first two...

Seedstars has named the 15 ventures joining the third cohort of SEED Inclusivity, its accelerator for startups building products and services for people with disabilities across Asia Pacific. Supported by Visa Foundation, the six-month programme brings together companies linked to India, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam. The cohort covers a wide range of […] The post Southeast Asia gains ground in Seedstars’s disability inclusion accelerator appeared first on e27.

A scam rarely begins with a dramatic breach. More often, it starts with something ordinary: a Facebook page selling discounted skincare, an Instagram post promising easy investment gains, or a message from a group that claims to have found a way to beat the market. By the time victims realise what has happened, the people […] The post Meta, Singapore Police disrupt 3.7M scam-linked assets across Facebook and Instagram appeared first on e27.

Shenzhen Camsense Technologies, a maker of spatial sensors for robotic vacuum cleaners, launched a Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) that aims to raise about HK$680 million (US$86.7 million), despite headwinds from Washington’s recent import ban on foreign-made vacuum robots. “The export and procurement for our existing client products remain normal, with potential disruption limited to new product development schedules,” Camsense co-founder Zhou Kun said about the ban’s impact. “We have...

Wall Street finished near record highs on 23 September 2026. Asian equities extended gains. A technology rebound and falling oil prices supported the positive tone. The S&P 500 closed flat and sat roughly 0.4 per cent below its record high. The Nasdaq Composite and Nasdaq 100 advanced 0.5 per cent. The Nasdaq 100 touched new […] The post Ethereum’s US$2,800 wall: Why bulls keep failing at the same level appeared first on e27.

For many consumers in Southeast Asia, the smartphone has become both a work tool and a status symbol. It is also getting harder to afford. That tension sits at the centre of 3cat’s next phase of growth. The Singapore-incorporated, Malaysia-born retailer of pre-owned electronics has raised US$4 million in Series A funding to expand into […] The post 3cat raises US$4M Series A to take used-device retail model from Malaysia to the Philippines appeared first on e27.

I recently presented at LEAP in Saudi Arabia, where I spent several days talking with founders, startup teams and people building businesses around emerging technology. Unsurprisingly, AI was everywhere. Much of the conversation centred on what AI could help people do faster: research that once took hours could be summarised in minutes, first drafts could […] The post Your startup has an AI strategy. Does it have a human strategy? appeared first on e27.

Alibaba Cloud, Alibaba Group Holding’s cloud business unit, is set to launch data centres in Turkey, Finland and the Netherlands over the next 12 months, speeding up an overseas push as it seeks to win enterprise customers through its “full stack AI capabilities” spanning chips, cloud infrastructure and multimodal models. The first of these new data centres will open in the Netherlands in October. The cloud unit will also add to existing data centre capacity in Malaysia, Germany, the United Arab...

Alibaba Cloud, Alibaba Group Holding’s cloud business unit, is set to launch data centres in Turkey, Finland and the Netherlands over the next 12 months, speeding up an overseas push as it seeks to win enterprise customers through its “full stack AI capabilities” spanning chips, cloud infrastructure and multimodal models. The first of these new data centres will open in the Netherlands in October. The cloud unit will also add to existing data centre capacity in Malaysia, Germany, the United Arab...

For decades, the semiconductor industry has relied on one basic bargain: make silicon transistors smaller, and chips become faster, cheaper and more power-efficient. That bargain is getting harder to keep. As AI models grow larger and data centres consume more electricity, chipmakers are running into a materials problem. Silicon, the foundation of modern computing, can […] The post Nexstrom lands US$12M to bring 2D semiconductors to 12-inch wafers appeared first on e27.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang called for deeper integration of artificial intelligence and manufacturing during a visit to Shanghai, as Beijing seeks to expand advanced manufacturing and emerging industries amid intensifying global technology competition. “[We] should combine China’s strengths in manufacturing and digital technologies,” Li said during his visit to an AI application testing base in the city on Tuesday, Xinhua reported. He called for the creation of more manufacturing service...

Artificial intelligence has become one of the most exciting areas of healthcare innovation. From clinical documentation and diagnostics to patient engagement and remote monitoring, founders are finding new ways to bring AI into almost every part of the healthcare journey. But for healthtech startups in Southeast Asia, having an impressive AI model may not be […] The post Why Southeast Asia’s next healthtech winners will be built around healthcare workflows, not just AI appeared first on e27.

From project management and customer service to human resources (HR) and finance, businesses have access to more prebuilt software options than ever before. However, buying prebuilt software that is designed to serve businesses across a range of industries is unlikely to accommodate your specific needs. That’s why many businesses are building custom tools, rather than […] The post Build vs buy: Why custom tools are winning in 2026 appeared first on e27.

In 2022, Shein was valued by private investors at around US$100 billion, making it one of the world’s most valuable fashion companies. This month, it went public in Hong Kong at a valuation of around US$27 billion — roughly 70 per cent below that 2022 peak. Its growth has also slowed: from 19 per cent […] The post Is fast fashion losing its fit? appeared first on e27.

As part of OPPO’s new Find X10 series, the Find X10 Pro Max will be joined by the more affordable Find X10 and Find X10E.

Pinterest and Shopee are linking their creator and shopping ecosystems in Indonesia and Brazil. The partnership shows how e-commerce platforms are trying to get closer to the moment consumers first decide what they want to buy. Under the new affiliate arrangement, eligible Shopee Affiliate creators can connect their Shopee accounts to Pinterest and recommend Shopee […] The post Pinterest and Shopee link up to bring creator-led shopping to Indonesia appeared first on e27.

Capital, training and compliance support for small businesses already exist. What is missing is a system that connects them around the same business journey. Every day, we are adopting new technology, learning new skills and starting new businesses. Yet the more I observe this progress, the more it looks like we are collecting useful pieces […] The post MSME development doesn’t need invention, only connection appeared first on e27.

Boston Consulting Group recently found that 94 per cent of organisations planned to keep investing in AI even if it did not deliver returns in 2026. At first glance, that sounds irrational. Companies normally invest because they expect a financial return. If the return is not appearing, investment should slow. But there is another kind […] The post Containerisation explains why AI investment may continue even without returns appeared first on e27.

In January 2026, Singapore’s Minister for Digital Development announced an additional SG$1 billion (US$786 million) over five years for the National AI Research and Development Plan, on top of the SG$500 million (US$393 million) already committed to high-performance compute under Budget 2024. Indonesia is pursuing 9 million skilled digital workers by 2035. Vietnam has elevated […] The post Why Singapore, Indonesia, and Vietnam are losing the AI race they think they are winning appeared first on e27.

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The September 18 shooting at Banga National High School in South Cotabato has prompted the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) to demand a stronger local presence from Reddit and Discord. The CICC has given both platforms 24 hours to designate a resident agent or local representative in the Philippines, warning that failure to comply

Chinese chipmaker Hygon Information Technology on Tuesday launched a suite of central processing units (CPUs) for robotics and industrial edge devices, expanding beyond cloud computing and into the fast-growing market for physical artificial intelligence. The firm unveiled its Hygon 1000 series processors, designed to be embedded into physical devices in industrial automation systems such as robotics and factory controllers, enabling computing and graphics processing to be handled locally. Built...

Huawei Technologies’ latest smartphone processor, the Kirin 9050 Pro, unveiled earlier this month, has narrowed its gap with Apple’s chips to about three years, from roughly four years in the previous generation, according to equity research firm Bernstein. The chip, which Bernstein estimated was produced using technology equivalent to a 7-nanometre process node, outperformed Apple’s 3nm A17 Pro in Geekbench 6 multicore tests, a widely used benchmark that measures how effectively processors...

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Vietnam’s car-care market is large, busy and still highly fragmented. For many car owners, booking a wash, detailing job or routine maintenance service remains a matter of phone calls, word-of-mouth recommendations and uneven service standards. Bonbon Mobility wants to put a digital layer over that experience. The Ho Chi Minh City-based startup has entered a […] The post Bonbon Mobility raises US$500K to digitise Vietnam’s car-care market appeared first on e27.

Every mid-sized Asian city with a reformist mayor and a decent airport eventually flirts with calling itself a startup hub. Fukuoka has been making that argument longer than most, and with more institutional backing than a slogan usually gets. Since 2012, the city in southern Japan has layered one startup policy on another: a national […] The post Fukuoka’s RAMEN TECH tests Japan’s startup pitch to Southeast Asia appeared first on e27.

China is attempting to breathe new life into its nearly 20-year-old Han Xin code by promoting a miniaturised version to use on semiconductors, marking the latest chapter in Beijing’s long-running attempt to secure a foothold for its home-grown standards in global industrial supply chains. The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) said on Monday that the “Micro Han Xin” code – a scaled-down iteration of the 2007-era symbology – had entered the formal international standardisation...

Singapore-listed MetaOptics has secured a potential financing line of up to US$10 million from Los Angeles-based White Lion Capital, giving the semiconductor optics company additional room to fund its United States expansion as it tries to take metalens technology closer to commercial scale. The arrangement is structured through a warrant deed under which White Lion […] The post Singapore’s MetaOptics eyes US expansion with potential US$10M warrant facility appeared first on e27.

The year’s final edition is at Singapore Expo, with more than 120 exhibitors, discounts up to 90%, and a goodie bag for the first 500 visitors each day.

Television maker Hisense Group Holdings’ optical communications unit made a steady debut in Hong Kong after raising HK$5.6 billion (US$714 million), adding momentum to a fresh wave of mainland Chinese conglomerates spinning off business units to tap overseas capital and support technology expansion. Shares of fibre-optic communications equipment maker Ligent Technologies jumped as much as 19.2 per cent on Tuesday morning, valuing the company at more than HK$35 billion. The stock pared early...