A company-issued release says Sprouts.ai has raised a US$9 million Pre-Series A round led by True Global Ventures and Accel to scale revenue agents built on a proprietary go-to-market data layer.
Thailand’s Board of Investment says nine approved projects worth USD 1.99 billion span AI infrastructure, advanced electronics, aviation, clean energy and food.
Nestlé says it will invest CHF 563 million in a new Nescafé facility in Samut Prakan, using automation and AI-enabled systems to support quality, efficiency and sustainability.
Sunrate says its new brand identity keeps global payments, treasury solutions and platform scale at the center of its next growth phase.
Swift says its blockchain-based ledger is ready for initial use, with DBS, OCBC and UOB among 17 banks preparing to pilot live cross-border transactions using tokenised deposits.
A July 10 TNGlobal article says 76% of Singapore mass affluent and high-net-worth investors use AI for finance and investment, while still looking to human advisers before final decisions.
ComputerWeekly reports that NCS is seeing Singapore organisations consider Chinese open-weight AI models for cost, control and deployment flexibility.
Skift reports that RedDoorz is targeting a 2027 Singapore Exchange listing, making the hospitality platform a market-monitor item for travel technology, acquisitions and capital-market timing.
Digital News Asia reports that Wahed has launched a fractional real estate investment platform in Malaysia, adding a new regulated-market signal for Islamic fintech and alternative property access.
OpenAI’s July 9 announcements connect GPT-5.6, Microsoft 365 Copilot and ChatGPT Work into a practical enterprise AI signal for Southeast Asia buyers.
Salesforce says Singapore desk workers are less sceptical about AI than peers in several major markets, but only 6% use AI as a core part of daily work.
The government-linked investment institution has published capacity, investment and 2028 operating targets for the first project in its national waste-to-energy programme.