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Singapore’s digital banking market has a scale problem.
GLDB became the first digital bank to post a full-year profit in 2025: US$12.5M.
Trust led in income at US$104.7M and deposits at US$3.07B.
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AI agents can place orders. But can they actually complete the transaction?
Graas just raised $17M and acquired Trustana to combine product + customer data.
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PropertyGuru’s second act begins with doing less techinasia.com/propertyguru-…
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Quick commerce’s latest resurgence in Indonesia looks different techinasia.com/quick-commerc…
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Cleaning robots are becoming a labor-shortage solution. LionsBot expects US$38.9M revenue this year and is targeting EBITDA profitability in H2 2027.
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Southeast Asia’s physical AI race isn’t really about humanoids. Tech in Asia tracked 35 physical AI startups. Together, they’ve raised US$496.5m.
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Everyone says proprietary data is an AI moat.
But what happens when your best data is in an industry where your potential customers are your competitors?
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Bringing interactive 3D models to infrastructure maintenance techinasia.com/bringing-inte…
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AI ambition meets action at #TIAConference2026.
What does it take to turn vision into reality?
We asked our partners from HSBC Innovation Banking and Notion for their key takeaways from the event. Hear what stood out to them.
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Sea is turning Shopee’s data into a banking advantage.
MariBank uses merchant sales data from Shopee to assess SME creditworthiness, while integrating savings, credit cards, and investments into the ecommerce ecosystem.
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When educators become fluent in AI, the impact reaches far beyond lesson planning. See how AVPN’s AI Opportunity Fund is bringing practical AI fluency into classrooms across Asia Pacific. #partnershipcontent w/ @avpn_asia
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Grab has millions of customers across Southeast Asia. Yet only one of its 3 digital banks is profitable.
Superbank in Indonesia made US$8.4m in 2025.
GXS and GXBank? Still losing money.
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Grab insiders buy in as Uber overhang weighs on stock techinasia.com/grab-insiders…
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From finishing tasks to driving ROI: A VC product guide techinasia.com/finishing-tas…
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Some of Southeast Asia’s biggest tech companies were founded by Chinese entrepreneurs.
Sea Group. J&T Express. Bigo. Amber Group. Manus. PixVerse.
Tech in Asia identified 63 such companies, including 9 unicorns. Explore the full list👇
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“Demos, not memos.”
Grab CPO Philipp Kandal shared how AI helps teams build prototypes earlier, while keeping user impact at the center of product development.
Watch the full exchange from Tech in Asia Conference 2026.
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Why AI video is fine (and how YouTube judges the output) techinasia.com/ai-video-fine…
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Engaging Gen Z women through character quizzes techinasia.com/engaging-gen-…
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Asia’s IPO market is waking up.
Hong Kong recorded 85 IPOs in H1 2026, raising HK$210.4b. Singapore had 5 mainboard listings vs 1 a year earlier.
The IPO pipeline is getting crowded. The real test comes after listing.
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Gobi-backed Bitsmedia lays off 21 employees techinasia.com/gobibacked-bi…
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