Tech in Asia https://www.techinasia.com Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem Sat, 01 Aug 2026 09:00:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.3 Meet the 80 top-funded startups and tech companies in Southeast Asia https://www.techinasia.com/top-funded-startups-tech-companies-southeast-asia https://www.techinasia.com/top-funded-startups-tech-companies-southeast-asia#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?p=504440 https://www.techinasia.com/top-funded-startups-tech-companies-southeast-asia/feed 19 50 rising startups in Southeast Asia https://www.techinasia.com/50-rising-startups-southeast-asia https://www.techinasia.com/50-rising-startups-southeast-asia#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?p=638604 https://www.techinasia.com/50-rising-startups-southeast-asia/feed 7 Index Ventures raises $2b for startup bets https://www.techinasia.com/news/index-ventures-raises-2b-startup-bets Sat, 01 Aug 2026 04:28:40 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?post_type=short&p=1017008 New York AI-powered cybersecurity startup nets $35mhttps://www.techinasia.com/york-aipowered-cybersecurity-startup-nets-35m VinFast opens 21 e-motorcycle showrooms in the Philippines https://www.techinasia.com/news/vinfast-opens-21-emotorcycle-showrooms-philippines Sat, 01 Aug 2026 04:27:44 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?post_type=short&p=1016979 VinFast brings EV subscription model to the Philippineshttps://www.techinasia.com/vinfast-brings-ev-subscription-model-to-the-philippines AI ad startup Reforged Labs winds down after 3 years https://www.techinasia.com/news/ai-ad-startup-reforged-labs-winds-years Sat, 01 Aug 2026 04:20:53 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?post_type=short&p=1017016 Endowus' 2023 loss widens, revenue doubleshttps://www.techinasia.com/endowus-ceo-gregory-van-optimistic-profitability A list of fundraising startups from Asia and beyond (Updated) https://www.techinasia.com/visual-story/list-fundraising-startups-southeast-asia-india Sat, 01 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?post_type=visual-story&p=694688 True IDC seeks $2b loan for Thailand data center https://www.techinasia.com/news/true-idc-seeks-2b-loan-thailand-data-center Sat, 01 Aug 2026 03:58:30 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?post_type=short&p=1016975 Escaping the LLM bubble: AMI Labs goes the physical AI routehttps://www.techinasia.com/silicon-valley-llm-bubble-ruining-ai-development MediaTek plans $5b financing for AI chips https://www.techinasia.com/news/mediatek-approves-5b-budget-including-ai-chips Sat, 01 Aug 2026 03:14:18 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?post_type=short&p=1016982 MediaTek launches new AI chip to rival Qualcommhttps://www.techinasia.com/mediatek-launches-ai-chip-rival-qualcomm DeepSeek opens V4-Flash API to the public https://www.techinasia.com/news/deepseek-opens-v4flash-api-public Sat, 01 Aug 2026 01:37:37 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?post_type=short&p=1016973 DeepSeek introduces DSpark, speeds AI responses up to 85%https://www.techinasia.com/deepseek-introduces-dspark-speeds-ai-responses-85 India app revenue jumps 35% to record $345m in Q2 https://www.techinasia.com/news/india-app-revenue-jumps-35-record-345m-q2 Sat, 01 Aug 2026 01:28:17 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?post_type=short&p=1016976 OpenAI, Google, Perplexity offer free AI tools to tap India datahttps://www.techinasia.com/openai-google-perplexity-offer-free-ai-tools-tap-india-data Chinese chipmaker Montage starts CXL 3.2 chip production https://www.techinasia.com/news/chinese-chipmaker-montage-starts-cxl-32-chip-production Sat, 01 Aug 2026 01:21:39 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?post_type=short&p=1016972 Chinese AI chip supplier Axera trades flat in Hong Kong debuthttps://www.techinasia.com/chinese-ai-chip-supplier-axera-trades-flat-in-hong-kong-debut AI needs house rules https://www.techinasia.com/ai-house-rules Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:30:37 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?p=1016959 The top lenders to SEA’s and India’s tech companies https://www.techinasia.com/visual-story/top-lenders-sea-india-tech-companies Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?post_type=visual-story&p=846213 China’s RedNote eyes $2.2b AI data center project https://www.techinasia.com/news/chinas-rednote-eyes-22b-ai-data-center-project Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:55:44 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?post_type=short&p=1016962 Xiaohongshu said to prepare HK IPO filing this monthhttps://www.techinasia.com/xiaohongshu-prepare-hk-ipo-filing-month Japan’s Kioxia forecast signals slower AI-driven NAND growth https://www.techinasia.com/news/japans-kioxia-forecast-signals-slower-aidriven-nand-growth Fri, 31 Jul 2026 08:31:35 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?post_type=short&p=1016954 Japanese chipmaker Kioxia plans US IPO after strong AI profitshttps://www.techinasia.com/japanese-chipmaker-kioxia-plans-ipo-strong-ai-profits 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Jul 2026 07:04:37 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?post_type=short&p=1016922 SK hynix's US listing 7x oversubscribed, source sayshttps://www.techinasia.com/sk-hynixs-us-listing-7x-oversubscribed-source-says Automating software security fixes at a fraction of the cost https://www.techinasia.com/automating-software-security-fixes-fraction-cost Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:00:24 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?p=1016884 Zepto cuts valuation as it prepares pre-IPO funding https://www.techinasia.com/news/zepto-cuts-valuation-as-it-prepares-pre-ipo-funding Fri, 31 Jul 2026 06:43:25 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?post_type=short&p=1016919 Zepto said to plan confidential IPO filing on Dec 26https://www.techinasia.com/zepto-said-to-plan-confidential-ipo-filing-on-dec-26 Love Bonito probes possible customer data exposure https://www.techinasia.com/news/love-bonito-probes-possible-customer-data-exposure Fri, 31 Jul 2026 05:13:55 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?post_type=short&p=1016916 Endowus' 2023 loss widens, revenue doubleshttps://www.techinasia.com/endowus-ceo-gregory-van-optimistic-profitability MiniMax launches AI model for video generation https://www.techinasia.com/news/minimax-launches-ai-model-for-video-generation Fri, 31 Jul 2026 04:09:32 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?post_type=short&p=1016904 China's MiniMax launches cheap AI model to rival Anthropic, OpenAIhttps://www.techinasia.com/chinas-minimax-launches-cheap-ai-model-rival-anthropic-openai Amazon, Microsoft keep AI spending plans on track https://www.techinasia.com/news/amazon-microsoft-keep-ai-spending-plans-on-track Fri, 31 Jul 2026 04:02:34 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?post_type=short&p=1016901 Amazon to invest $13b in India for AI, cloud pushhttps://www.techinasia.com/amazon-to-invest-13b-in-india-for-ai-cloud-push TSMC explores new AI chip packaging with Kinsus https://www.techinasia.com/news/tsmc-explores-new-ai-chip-packaging-with-kinsus Fri, 31 Jul 2026 03:33:15 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?post_type=short&p=1016897 TSMC to build 3 more packaging plants in Chiayihttps://www.techinasia.com/tsmc-build-3-packaging-plants-chiayi Fidelity leads $300m round for chip startup Xsight Labs https://www.techinasia.com/news/fidelity-leads-300m-chip-startup-xsight-labs Fri, 31 Jul 2026 03:31:09 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?post_type=short&p=1016845 Starlink chooses Israeli chip firm for satellite networkhttps://www.techinasia.com/starlink-chooses-israeli-chip-firm-for-satellite-network Morgan Stanley in talks on $15b Texas AI financing https://www.techinasia.com/news/morgan-stanley-talks-15b-texas-ai-financing Fri, 31 Jul 2026 02:46:18 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?post_type=short&p=1016856 Blackstone, SoftBank said to eye investment in Indian AI startuphttps://www.techinasia.com/blackstone-softbank-said-to-eye-investment-in-indian-ai-startup ByteDance folds parts of Lark into AI, cloud teams https://www.techinasia.com/news/bytedance-folds-parts-lark-ai-cloud-teams Fri, 31 Jul 2026 02:32:16 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?post_type=short&p=1016839 ByteDance to spend $30b on China AI in 2026https://www.techinasia.com/bytedance-spend-30b-china-ai-2026 Telkom Indonesia weighs sale of venture arm MDI Ventures https://www.techinasia.com/news/telkom-indonesia-weighs-sale-venture-arm-mdi-ventures Fri, 31 Jul 2026 02:03:15 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?post_type=short&p=1016879 4 former VC execs sentenced to prison in TaniHub corruption casehttps://www.techinasia.com/4-vc-execs-sentenced-prison-tanihub-corruption-case Meta AI lease commitments rise to $279b https://www.techinasia.com/news/meta-ai-lease-commitments-rise-279b Fri, 31 Jul 2026 01:48:40 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?post_type=short&p=1016842 Meta to expand Louisiana AI data center to 5 GWhttps://www.techinasia.com/meta-expand-louisiana-ai-data-center-5-gw Strategy posts $8.2b Q2 loss on bitcoin markdown https://www.techinasia.com/news/strategy-posts-82b-q2-loss-bitcoin-markdown Fri, 31 Jul 2026 01:40:57 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?post_type=short&p=1016858 Strategy buys $2.5b bitcoin in biggest purchase since Nov 2024https://www.techinasia.com/strategy-buys-25b-bitcoin-biggest-purchase-2024 Reddit Q2 revenue jumps 61%, weekly users top 500m https://www.techinasia.com/news/reddit-q2-revenue-jumps-61-weekly-users-top-500m Fri, 31 Jul 2026 01:30:52 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?post_type=short&p=1016852 Reddit, Google in talks on AI content-sharing dealhttps://www.techinasia.com/reddit-google-talks-ai-contentsharing-deal Blibli H1 revenue surges 55% on retail growth https://www.techinasia.com/news/blibli-h1-revenue-surges-55-retail-growth Fri, 31 Jul 2026 01:10:06 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?post_type=short&p=1016864 Indonesia’s Blibli owner rises 34% revenue growth in 2025https://www.techinasia.com/indonesias-blibli-owner-rises-34-revenue-growth-2025 OpenAI slashes GPT-5.6 Luna, Terra prices https://www.techinasia.com/news/openai-slashes-gpt56-luna-terra-prices Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:50:50 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?post_type=short&p=1016848 OpenAI says Codex, ChatGPT Work reach 10 million usershttps://www.techinasia.com/openai-codex-chatgpt-work-reach-10-million-users Amazon Q2 net sales grow 20% to $200.6b https://www.techinasia.com/news/amazon-q2-net-sales-grow-20-2006b Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:34:36 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?post_type=short&p=1016854 Amazon to invest $13b in India for AI, cloud pushhttps://www.techinasia.com/amazon-to-invest-13b-in-india-for-ai-cloud-push AI crowds out consumer plays in SEA https://www.techinasia.com/ai-crowds-consumer-plays-sea Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:30:05 +0000 https://www.techinasia.com/?p=1016817