Tech in Asia

13/11/2025

As AI funding frenzy continues — with US VCs deploying US$250B+ this year — Taiwan-based Mesh Ventures is taking an unconventional path.

Instead of raising new funds, the firm has shifted to a deal-to-deal investment model, letting limited partners (LPs) choose which startups to back — and even guaranteeing exits within three years.

Led by Sam Lam, son of Quanta Computer’s founder, Mesh Ventures is betting on AI infrastructure, quantum computing, and space tech — leveraging Taiwan’s manufacturing ecosystem to accelerate growth for startups like CesiumAstro and Quantinuum.

A bold strategy in a tight liquidity market — and a potential blueprint for how deeptech investing evolves in Asia.

Optimistic about his VC firm's new approach, Sam Lam aims to back two to four more startups over the next year.

13/11/2025

After selling his first startup Saleswhale, Gabriel Lim is back — this time, tackling Singapore’s clean energy transition.

His new venture, Blue Whale Energy, just raised US$2 million to build the country’s first battery-powered virtual power plant (VPP).

By installing sodium-ion batteries in commercial buildings and connecting them through proprietary software, Blue Whale is helping the grid run cleaner — and even letting clients earn up to US$278,000 a year from stored energy.

As Singapore pilots its VPP Regulatory Sandbox, Blue Whale’s bet could redefine how urban energy systems work.

Blue Whale Energy, fresh from its seed round, was awarded as one of the pilot participants of Singapore’s Virtual Power Plant regulatory sandbox.

13/11/2025

☁️🧠 For Satya Nadella, the race is not about capital spend, but capital efficiency. The bet is on its engineering and software to win the long game.

🏗️ Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella plans a paced build-out of cloud capacity: “The pacing matters; the fungibility and the location matter; the workload diversity matters; customer diversity matters,” aiming to serve thousands, not just “doing five contracts with five customers.”

🤖 Nadella argues model makers face a “winner’s curse” and power shifts to those with “the data for grounding and context engineering,” while Microsoft builds agents into products — “[The Excel Agent is]... in the core middle tier of the Office system” — and reframes pricing “not just per user, it’s per agent.”

Get the scoop on how Microsoft treats national sovereignty with dedicated country clouds—and why trust “may be the thing that wins the world.”
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For Satya Nadella, the race is not about capital spend, but capital efficiency. The bet is on its engineering and software to win the long game.

13/11/2025

🎥 🧠 Singapore-based Topview’s video AI agents lets brands create product marketing videos for just US$3, and in under five minutes.

🎬 Topview offers an AI editor that lets brands create anything from user-generated content and video ads – complete with scripts – to AI livestreaming hosts in just under five minutes.

🤖 Videos created by the platform feature AI avatars that can wear, hold, and interact with products – a feature that sets Topview apart from other AI video tools like HeyGen – and it also lets them iterate quickly, a benefit enough to bring thousands of creators and brands on board.

Explore the full piece to see what a video costs (roughly US$3).
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Singapore-based Topview’s video AI agents lets brands create product marketing videos for just US$3, and in under five minutes.

13/11/2025

Breaking into product management has never been tougher — there’s now 1 job opening for every 37 PMs seeking a role.

But AI may be about to change that. As “vibe coding” makes it easy for anyone to build software, companies will soon realize that the hardest part isn’t shipping — it’s understanding what people actually need.

In this deep dive, former Grab PM Shreyas Parbat shares a hands-on roadmap for aspiring PMs: how to find real problems, validate ideas, and prove product instincts — even without the title.

💡 Because in a world where anyone can generate code, the real edge is knowing which products are worth building.

It’s now tougher to venture into product management. But with AI reshaping how products are built, PMs who can spot real problems are in demand.

13/11/2025

For data security firm Getvisibility, 2025 has been a year of new partnerships and cutting-edge tech advancements. w/ Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore

13/11/2025

🧠🇸🇬 For Constructor Group founder Serg Bell, Singapore’s talent pool and openness to deeptech were major drivers for the decision.

🤖 Constructor Group founder Serg Bell tells Tech in Asia that Singapore will become the company’s R&D hub for AI and machine learning, with about 20% to 25% of the group’s total expenses allocated there.

🎓 Universities in Singapore offer strong computing science and masters programs, drawing talent from across Asia; the company currently has more than 50 employees in Singapore and aims to double that number within the next five years.

Dig into how Constructor Group operates as a deeptech ecosystem with three main business arms, including Constructor Knowledge, Constructor Tech, and Constructor Capital.
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For Constructor Group founder Serg Bell, Singapore’s talent pool and openness to deeptech were major drivers for the decision.

13/11/2025

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Why you should read it: While the Singapore-domiciled fashion retailer saw revenue jump by 20% in 2024, that was a slowdown from previous years.

While the Singapore-domiciled fashion retailer saw revenue jump by 20% in 2024, that was a slowdown from previous years.

13/11/2025

As OpenAI and Anthropic expand into India, they’re walking into more than just a new market — they’re entering a geopolitical balancing act.

With US–India trade tensions rising and questions over data sovereignty growing, policymakers are weighing how much access American AI giants should have to India’s vast digital economy.

Others warn that too much restriction could stifle innovation. The real question:
Can India stay open to global AI — but on its own terms?

India’s tech insiders call for AI tariffs and a check on foreign dominance in the space.

12/11/2025

Many enterprises are moving past the chatbot era — and into the age of agentic AI.

At their best, AI agents can plan, act, and improve workflows — but most firms stumble by overinvesting in large closed models or shallow pilots that never scale.

The real opportunity lies in building private, workflow-native, and context-rich systems that deliver tangible business value.

Enterprises that succeed with agentic AI share four traits:
✅ Right-sized models
✅ Workflow integration
✅ Contextual data pipelines
✅ Full data control

It’s time to move beyond surface-level co-pilots and make AI an integral part of enterprise operations.

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Agentic AI promises precision and autonomy, yet many large companies stumble. Here’s where most go wrong and how to get it right.

12/11/2025

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Why you should read it: Over 460,000 new users joined GitHub in the last 12 months alone. In Indonesia, the platform is projected to hit 8.7 million users by 2030.

Over 460,000 new users joined GitHub in the last 12 months alone. In Indonesia, the platform is projected to hit 8.7 million users by 2030.

12/11/2025

🚀💡 Over 460,000 new users joined GitHub in the last 12 months alone. In Indonesia, the platform is projected to hit 8.7 million users by 2030.

📈 Indonesia’s trajectory is even more striking, skyrocketing from 900,000 developers on GitHub in 2020 to 4.37 million currently, and that number will reach 8.7 million by 2030; Sharryn Napier says GitHub Copilot is driving the growth, with 80% of new users using Copilot in their first week.

🤖 Adoption is picking up, with Singapore Airlines and GoTo Group deploying Copilot; Cathay Pacific reduced mean time to repair by 63% and cut tech debt by 40%, and Agent HQ brings coding agents into GitHub so companies can monitor activity, put policies and security requirements in place, and run multiple agents in parallel.

Explore why GitHub says its edge goes beyond the integrated development environment (IDE) into planning, pull requests, and building pipelines.
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Over 460,000 new users joined GitHub in the last 12 months alone. In Indonesia, the platform is projected to hit 8.7 million users by 2030.