Tech news from Singapore in September 2024 covered headline items spanning, for instance: AI-backed smart glasses; the state of cryptocurrency in Singapore; the recently-launched Nongsa-Changi undersea data cable connection Singapore and Indonesia; and more.
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- Singapore: OCBC Bank makes $500M investment in developing new innovation hub in Punggol Digital District, looking to host up to 4000 tech staff / full item
- National University of Singapore and UK’s Plexal unveil 10 cybersecurity startups for cohort 1 of CyberBoost Catalyse programme / full item
- Singapore: Ministry of Digital Dev & Info introduced the Elections (Integrity of Online Advertising) Bill, focusing on AI-generated deepfakes. / full item
- Download: ‘Gemini 2024 Global State of Crypto‘, a survey of 6,000 across the US, UK, France, Singapore and Turkey. / full item
- Singapore: Eartheye Space raised $1.5M pre-seed with online sat-tasking platform claiming workflow across 475 satellites / full item
“…44% of GenAI startups are based in Singapore, followed by Vietnam (27%), Indonesia (13%), Thailand (7%), Malaysia (6%), and the Philippines (3%)…” / full item
- Singapore’s Brilliant Labs unveil Frame, glasses equipped with Noa, an integrated multimodal AI assistant. / full item
- eCommerce Expo Asia and Technology for Marketing Asia are set for October 9-10 in Singapore / full item
- Singapore: Bezos Earth Fund to grant $30M to finance Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein at the National University of Singapore / full item
- Mark your calendar: Asia Tech x Singapore 2025 conference and expo is set for May – register your interest / full item
Video: An intro to Frame, AI-powered smart glasses delivering visual search, real-time translation, text summarization and more, from Singapore’s Brilliant Labs / watch on YouTube
- Singapore’s Singtel and Korea’s SK Telecom roll out world-first telco-provided GPU-as-a-service, looking at partnerships across Asia and Europe to grow the service / full item
- New Indonesia-to-Singapore Nongsa-Changi undersea cable was recently announced, targeting Q4 2025 operations connecting with Nongsa Digital Park / full item
- Japan’s SBI Holdings financial conglomerate backs Singapore’s Oasys gaming-focused blockchain firm, looking at expanded uses for blockchain tech / full item
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