Startups

AI startup aiming to be banks’ ‘top-to-bottom operating system’ sets up Singapore hub

2026-08-26T03:59:41.000Z
FuriosaAI co-founder and CEO June Paik with a Furiosa RNGD card. The South Korean firm, founded in 2017, is one of the few startups in Asia to have secured production for its advanced AI chips.

What’s stopping Asia’s chipmakers from taking on Nvidia? The answer lies in this bottleneck

2026-08-16T08:41:00.000Z
Clockwise from top left: The founders of ImmunoQs, AI Seer and DancingMind. All three startups are based at JTC Corp’s LaunchPad @ one-north.

With tech for fact-checking to cancer care, Singapore startups aim beyond home 

2026-08-05T04:00:00.000Z
OCBC’s goal is to provide promising Chinese tech companies with market access, business networks and financial solutions to scale across Asean, says Roy Tan, head of enterprise banking international.

OCBC taps Beijing’s ZGC to capture Chinese tech interest in Asean

2026-08-03T07:00:00.000Z
Funding for consumer startups has dropped from a high of US$6 billion in 2022 to US$580 million as of the first half of 2026.

AI fever leaves South-east Asia’s consumer startups fighting for attention

2026-07-31T07:24:28.000Z
Singapore is positioning itself as the trusted hub for deploying high-impact, real-world AI solutions.
COMMENTARY

From launch pad to global stage: How entrepreneurship will shape Singapore’s next economic chapter

2026-07-29T21:00:00.000Z
OpenAI’s Thomas Jeng says that beside from credits and subscriptions, the company also provides technical support for startups looking to tap into its models.

OpenAI grapples with surging startup demand in Apac even as it expands Singapore team

2026-07-19T23:00:00.000Z
National Development Minister Chee Hong Tat says support will also be given to help startups’ proven solutions get adopted by the industry after they have been tested.

Boost for construction tech firms to innovate; developers adopting robotics, automation: Chee Hong Tat

2026-07-17T08:50:38.000Z
In China, venture capital and private equity investments in the first five months of this year totalled 620 billion yuan, jumping nearly 60% from a year earlier.
NEWS ANALYSIS

China’s ‘future industries’ push triggers flood of venture capital, bubble concerns

2026-06-25T03:28:14.000Z
ChatGPT was the top AI platform among startups with 2,377 unique paying clients in FY2026 – a 31% increase from the number in FY2024.

Singapore startups double down on AI usage, running multiple platforms: Aspire report

2026-06-15T23:00:00.000Z