Insights
Regularly scheduled news, articles and the latest developments in AI across Asia-Pacific — curated from industry thought leaders, latest announcements, and emerging trends.
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The Technology Is Ready. Are Your People?
Why the next wave of AI and digital transformation in APAC will be won on change management, and how AI is about to transform change management itself.
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Vietnamese Agritech Startup Enfarm Wins Top Prize at AI Startup Award 2026 in Seoul
Vietnam’s Enfarm beat finalists from South Korea, Singapore, India and China to win the AI Startup Award 2026 in Seoul, for AI-powered soil sensors that help farmers cut fertilizer use and raise yields.
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Pakistani Tech Firms Sweep AI Awards Across Healthcare, Agriculture and Cybersecurity at ASOCIO 2026
A Pakistani delegation returned from Jakarta with 11 wins at the ASOCIO Digital and AI Awards 2026, eight of them in AI-specific categories spanning healthcare, agriculture, cybersecurity, finance and education.
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Philippines Charts $34.4 Billion Roadmap to Become a Regional AI Infrastructure Hub
The Philippines has finalised a $34.4 billion, government-backed masterplan to expand its AI data-centre capacity 30-fold by 2033, pairing the build-out with a large-scale IT-BPM reskilling push.
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Sri Lanka’s Top Tea Exporter Turns to AI to Untangle Its Back-Office Paperwork
Akbar Brothers, one of Sri Lanka’s largest Ceylon tea exporters, has brought in homegrown enterprise AI firm Effectz.AI to automate accounts payable, VAT reconciliation and shipping workflows.
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Bengaluru’s Hunar.AI Raises $4.2M to Put Agentic AI Behind India’s Gig Hiring Boom
Hunar.AI has raised ₹40 crore in a Series A led by Blume Ventures to scale its voice AI agents, which already handle millions of hiring and onboarding conversations with India’s frontline workforce in over 20 languages.
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Singapore Widens Its AI Push, From Materials Labs to Rice Traders
At SWITCH 2026, Singapore unveiled a S$150 million AI-and-automated-labs materials platform, named its first 24 ‘Champions of AI’ companies, and rolled out AI support for logistics firms, rice traders and small businesses.
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EU and Philippines Launch Joint AI Lab to Turn Research Into Industry
The EU and the Philippines have opened a joint AI Industry Lab to help local firms test and commercialize AI, part of a broader push backed by the EU’s €40 million digital cooperation programme.
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Taiwan’s AI Chip Boom Powers a Record Export Month
Taiwan posted record export orders in September 2026, with AI-driven chip and electronics demand fueling a 62.4% year-on-year surge and a 20th straight month of growth.
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Inside EMC Healthcare: How One Indonesian Hospital Network Put AI to Work in Every Ward
EMC Healthcare’s eight Indonesian hospitals have layered AI across records, radiology, and patient communication — turning a five-year digital overhaul into a working template for AI-native care in the region.
