pQCee raises $3.9 M: Singapore frames its post-quantique bet
The Singaporean startup pQCee raises $3.9 M in post-quantum cybersecurity. Small ticket, big signal: the PQC transition is no longer waiting for the quantum deadline.
13 h ago 10 12
Apple explores AI chip startup acquisitions: the vertical integration playbook turns to inference silicon
Apple is exploring acquisitions of AI chip startups, sources tell Tech in Asia. The reading: Apple is preparing an inference-silicon path that does not run through Nvidia.
yesterday 7 8
Emergent raises $130M in Series C: yet another Indo-American AI-native unicorn
The startup raises a $130M round led across the US-India bridge. Funds earmarked for hiring and go-to-market.
Jul 15, 2026 at 19:28 7 8
Reflection signs $1M in compute with Nebius: open-weight pays for a factory
A two-year-old startup, valued at $8 billion, spends a billion calculations to train open models. The bet: regulatory restrictions on closed systems make open-source strategic—not just nice.
Jul 14, 2026 at 22:30 10 7
Elevation Capital raises $500M to bet on Indian AI startups
Indian VC Elevation Capital launches a $500M fund focused on seed and Series A AI startups - the "AI-native > SaaS + wrapper" thesis becomes actionable capital-side in the domestic market.
Jul 14, 2026 at 15:44 7 8
Synthetic customers, real budgets: how one startup swapped focus groups for AI personas
A Singapore-based startup is replacing expensive focus-group panels with AI-generated personas that "respond" like segmented buyer archetypes. It's fast, it's cheap - and it's about to trigger a real methodology fight in market research.
Jul 11, 2026 at 11:41 10 7
Quantum's quiet capital wave: Oratomic's $300m Series A and Singapore's QAI cohort
Arch and Khosla just led a $300m Series A into quantum startup Oratomic - a serious sum for pre-utility hardware. In parallel, QAI Ventures picked its first four Singapore quantum cohort startups. The 2026-2028 quantum thesis isn't gate count. It's who owns the tooling layer.
Jul 11, 2026 at 11:41 12 8
China's AI startup shuffle: Tencent circles Manus, Moonshot goes state-backed, MiniMax raises $2bn
Three data points on the same afternoon: Tencent in talks to become Manus' biggest shareholder, Moonshot AI takes state-backed money, and MiniMax seeks $2bn. The Chinese AI startup landscape is consolidating around big-money anchors - the era of independence is closing.
Jul 11, 2026 at 11:41 11 7
Data centers in space: hype machine, not computing machine
Several startups announce AI in low Earth orbit. IEEE Spectrum did the math - it's marketing, not infrastructure.
Jul 11, 2026 at 10:44 11 8
Coatue leads $3B into Databricks: the data layer of AI remains the safest bet in a jittery market
Coatue brings a down round of $3 billion on Databricks. The message is clear: in a cycle where the model is commoditized, data remains the moat.
18 h ago 8 8
DeepSeek valued at $51.9B: the price of the Chinese frontier open-weight continues to rise
DeepSeek reaches a $51.9 billion valuation after a new funding round. The private market continues to pay a high price for the "frontier open-weight sino" option.
18 h ago 9 9
LimX Dynamics unveils a Figure-grade humanoid demo: China's embodied field gains another player
The China humanoid pack is now shipping demos at Silicon Valley pace. The signal isn't a video - it's the cadence.
yesterday 10 11