Technology news headlines from Indonesia in 2024’s third quarter – July, August & September – captured a range of tech news items including: Indonesia’s Web3 agreements with Australia and India; Indonesia’s position as the world’s 2nd largest producer of electric vehicle minerals; Indonesia’s newly-created ‘cyber-military’ force; and more.
Indonesia tech news: September 2024
Indonesian tech news: August 2024
Tech news, Indonesia: July 2024
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September: Indonesia tech
- YouTube and Shopee e-commerce platform to launch online shopping service in Indonesia, with sights on wider Southeast Asia, as competition with China’s TikTok grows / full text
- New Indonesia-to-Singapore Nongsa-Changi undersea cable was recently announced, targeting Q4 2025 operations connecting with Nongsa Digital Park / full text
- PT Telkom Data Ekosistem, subsidiary of state-owned telco, now targeting data center capacity of up to 500MW by 2030, seeing opportunities in AI-focused services / full text
- Tech in Asia Conference Jakarta: October 23-24 – eFishery, Golden Gate Ventures, Xendit, Globe Telecom, GoTo, Kopi Kenangan, Antler VC… / full text
- Indonesia’s GoTo to close Gojek on-demand ride-hail, delivery and courier business in Vietnam, cutting losses in the face of broadly unprofitable operations / full text
- India’s Bharat Web3 Association inks agreements with Australia’s Digital Economy Council and Asosiasi Blockchain Indonesia for collaboration, standards development and more / full text
- “…44% of GenAI startups are based in Singapore, followed by Vietnam (27%), Indonesia (13%), Thailand (7%), Malaysia (6%), and the Philippines (3%)…” / full text
- Australia: NSW startups gain SE Asia market access with International Landing Pads agreements in Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia, and reciprocal access / full text
- Thailand’s Krungsri and Japan’s MUFG ink MoU with banks from Vietnam, Indonesia and The Philippines to coordinate market entry for Thai firms across ASEAN / full text
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Indonesia tech news: August
- TransTrack vehicle fleet tracking startup gains $12M Series A with digital platform streamlining fleet utilization and cutting overheads / full text
- Lisk, an Ethereum Layer-2 solution, partners government-run Gerakan Nasional 1000 Startup Digital initiative for Ignit3 Web3 program / full text
- Download: ‘Harnessing the Power of (Gen)AI in Indonesian Financial Services‘, from the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, AC Ventures, BCG and BCG X / full text
- Thailand’s TechSauce Global Summit preps for Indonesia edition, set to run in Bali in September / full text
- Beleaf Farms agri-tech startup secures $6.9M Series A with platform to monitor weather, seeding, planting, nutrient dosing, farm planning and harvesting / full text
“Indonesia will become the 2nd largest [EV battery] material producer in the world, 2nd only to China… fill the gap in Indonesia and even the entire ASEAN battery industry” / full text
- Available now: ‘Leveraging Fintech for Women Entrepreneurs in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Viet Nam‘, a July report from the Asian Development Bank / full text
- Coinfest Asia 2024 is set for August 22-23, running out of Bali, Indonesia, gathering all things Web3, crypto, blockchain and beyond / full text
- Indonesia’s HerLens wins at US-ASEAN Science, Tech & Innovation Cooperation Program with AI-driven cervical cancer early detection / full text
- Singapore-based Antler VC closes 2nd Southeast Asia fund, raising $72M to focus on startups in Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia / full text
- “Tesla is… only discussing charging stations, with the factory plans suspended not just in Thailand but worldwide… not proceeding in Malaysia, Indonesia, or anywhere else except for China, America and Germany” / full text
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Tech news, INdonesia: July 2024
- Indonesia has launched SE Asia’s first electric vehicles battery plant, expecting to deliver an estimated annual capacity of 10GWh of battery cells, capable of powering 150K EVs / full text
- More on Indonesia’s Rize, a tech firm helping farmers adopt new methods which cut emissions while boosting yields and profits / full text
- Discovery/Shift consultancy launches DSLaunchpad AI incubator, a 6-week programme for startups in machine learning, robotics, computer vision and similar fields / full text
‘The creation of a cyber military force is becoming inevitable considering that state as well as non-state entities can now mount attacks on countries through cyberspace…’ / full text
- Indonesia expands Simbara mineral and coal online tracking system to also track nickel and tin, recognizing geopolitical and technological importance of key minerals / full text
- Telkom Indonesia’s int’l arm, Telin, inks MoU with Singtel for new subsea system connecting Singapore and Indonesia, operating under newly-formed consortium / full text
- Indonesia’s national data center hit by ransomware, disrupting a number of public services; hackers demanded $8M ransom, which gov’t has refused to pay / full text
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