News & Signals
Grab tests phone booking for older riders
Grab’s AI Call-A-Ride pilot tests whether voice booking can widen access to ride-hailing for seniors.
Southeast Asia
News & Signals
Grab raises 2026 guidance after stronger second quarter
Grab’s second-quarter update points to stronger regional platform demand and gives investors a clearer profitability benchmark.
News & Signals
Gewu Asset Management PTE LTD Announces Strategic Expansion of AI-Driven Investment Solutions to Meet Growing Institutional Demand
The update is best read as the published signal itself rather than a broader outcome claim.
Insights
Southeast Asia’s AI adoption race is becoming a local-language test
Google’s Gemini Southeast Asia signal points to a wider commercial question: whether AI tools can work reliably in the languages and mixed-language workflows that shape the region.
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ADB trims 2026 Southeast Asia growth forecast to 4.6% in July update
The Asian Development Bank's July outlook lowers its 2026 developing Southeast Asia forecast to 4.6%, citing uncertainty, weaker external demand and higher commodity costs.
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Maybank Indonesia Syariah and Muslim Pro turn embedded Islamic banking into a live Indonesia product signal
Audax says Amanah Pro is now live with Maybank Indonesia Syariah and Muslim Pro, embedding a Shariah-compliant Hajj savings journey directly inside the Muslim Pro app.
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT Work launch sharpens the enterprise agentic-workflow signal for Asia teams
OpenAI says ChatGPT Work can gather context across tools, files and desktop apps to create finished outputs, putting agentic workflows closer to everyday business operations.
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Sprouts.ai’s $9 million round puts revenue agents back on the enterprise sales watchlist
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.
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Thailand’s $1.99 billion BOI approvals put AI infrastructure and electronics back on the regional watchlist
Thailand’s Board of Investment says nine approved projects worth USD 1.99 billion span AI infrastructure, advanced electronics, aviation, clean energy and food.
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Nestlé’s Thailand investment puts AI-enabled manufacturing and regional coffee capacity on the watchlist
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.
News & Signals
Sunrate’s rebrand sharpens the cross-border payments and treasury stack story
Sunrate says its new brand identity keeps global payments, treasury solutions and platform scale at the center of its next growth phase.
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Swift’s 17-bank tokenised-payments pilot puts Singapore banks on the cross-border watchlist
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.