YYForce reports 11-robot deployment at Singapore’s Stevens hotels
The 24-month agreement puts service robots into room deliveries and inter-floor logistics, with lift and hotel-phone integration.
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Named and dated developments across Southeast Asia.
Maybank opens ringgit accounts to eligible Singapore companies
Companies can hold ringgit before permitted Malaysia-related payments fall due, adding a treasury option alongside their existing Singapore-dollar account.
European Innovation Council brings 12 deep-tech firms to Singapore for partner meetings
The group spans energy, circular materials and advanced computing within an event that drew more than 60 European startups and scaleups.
Thailand agrees six-month marketplace fee cut for eligible small sellers
Shopee, Lazada and TikTok Shop will restore lower mandatory fees for eligible small sellers from 1 December. The quoted ranges are fee levels, not savings.
Safran opens Malaysia aircraft-brake repair centre alongside €134m factory expansion
Safran's new Nilai centre will receive new and refurbished brake discs from Sendayan, 20 kilometres away, linking production and repair for Asia-Pacific airlines.
Malaysia's PayNet opens overseas DuitNow QR payments through Alipay+
PayNet is Malaysia's national payments network. Maybank, CIMB and Hong Leong Bank are first in the scheme; supported users can scan participating merchants' QR codes abroad.
Singapore’s National University Hospital opens AI home fall-hazard challenge
The first public-hospital partnership on Singapore’s Open Innovation Platform gives technology teams a live patient-safety problem to solve.
Enterprise Singapore commits S$4m to public-housing innovation call
The Housing & Development Board seeks ideas to improve construction productivity, ageing infrastructure and heat resilience; selected solutions may later be piloted in public-housing projects.
Singtel says initial Singapore AI cloud capacity is fully committed before deployment
The planned local service would give enterprises access to high-end AI computing without buying the servers themselves. Singapore’s Home Team Science and Technology Agency plans an infrastructure upgrade using it.
Tech Data expands AI tools for Asia-Pacific SMB resellers
Tech Data adds planning, testing, prebuilt AI tools and training for Asia-Pacific resellers serving small and medium-sized businesses.
S$150m backs Singapore's plan to test materials for industry
A*STAR's planned MARVEL-AI will pair AI models with automated experiments to help companies test materials for semiconductors, energy and chemicals.
Personal-care brand Stryv raises US$11.5m for regional expansion
The personal-care and home-wellness company plans deeper growth in Malaysia and Hong Kong, entry into Taiwan, and a wider product range after its Series B round.