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Singapore looks for deeper digital ties with San Francisco investment

Enterprise Singapore is eager to boost opportunities for startups in the Bay Area.

November 17, 2023 by Eileen Yu in Startups

Opportunities remain available for market entrants to build on AI models

Regulations are necessary to mitigate AI risks, but will not inhibit new players in the market where use cases can be built on top of large language models.

November 3, 2023 by Eileen Yu in Digital Transformation

The search for a 5G killer app that's 'bigger than connectivity'

Industry observers agree that 5G represents a new frontier of innovation. To push the boundaries, these tech and telecom giants have joined the 5G OI Lab's ecosystem.

September 28, 2023 by Joe McKendrick in Digital Transformation

YouTube touts AI principles to protect music creation

Google's video-streaming platform unveils key guidelines in its approach to artificial intelligence, which it says are necessary to safeguard the music community.

August 22, 2023 by Eileen Yu in Artificial Intelligence

Singapore looks for generative AI use cases with sandbox options

Two sandboxes, including one for government applications, will run on Google Cloud's generative artificial intelligence toolsets and offered free for three months.

July 24, 2023 by Eileen Yu in Artificial Intelligence

Singapore creates digital blueprint for generative AI and autonomous systems

Plans include green data centers and subsea cable investments.

June 5, 2023 by Eileen Yu in Networking

Laid-off tech workers are launching their own ventures and competing with their ex-employers

63% of tech workers report they have started their own company post-layoff, according to a recent survey.

March 6, 2023 by Joe McKendrick in Startups

Singapore still finding crypto gold as fintech investments hit $4.1B

Fintech investments in Singapore climb to the highest in three years, clocking $4.1 billion, as funds continue to flow towards cryptocurrency and blockchain.

February 16, 2023 by Eileen Yu in Finance

Singapore tech firms offered acceleration scheme to expand in Australia

Enterprise Singapore and Haymarket HQ team up for a six-month acceleration scheme that aims to help Singapore startups expand into Australia, covering sectors such as Web3, fintech, and deep tech.

February 13, 2023 by Eileen Yu in Startups

Singapore tech pioneer behind Sound Blaster dies, marking end of illustrious era

Creative Technology's founder and CEO Sim Wong Hoo not only helped put Singapore on the global technology map with its Sound Blaster audio cards, he also carved an era that encapsulated never-say-die entrepreneurship.

January 5, 2023 by Eileen Yu in Startups

Singapore state investment firm to write down $275M in FTX

State-owned investment firm Temasek Holdings says its belief in FTX's founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been "misplaced", despite an "extensive" due diligence process last year that led to its participating in two funding rounds.

November 17, 2022 by Eileen Yu in Blockchain

Singapore startup looks to shine light on solar energy affordability

Solar AI Technologies hopes its "rent-to-own" service will help drive the installation of solar panels amongst households in the country, where adoption of the renewable energy remains low due to hefty upfront costs and lack of confidence it can be an alternative power source.

November 2, 2022 by Eileen Yu in Startups