Tencent SkillHub launches SkillPay: monetization of agent skills enters the catalog
Tencent SkillHub opens SkillPay to sell AI agent skills. An agentic plugin marketplace, made in Shenzhen.
15 h ago 11 9
SoftBank, Sony and Honda lock in Japan's AI stack with Nvidia at the center
Nikkei Asia documents the alignment of SoftBank, Sony, and Honda on a common Japanese AI stack, powered by Nvidia. After Toyota (Woven City), Fujitsu, and Yaskawa, the consumer trio completes the circle: Nvidia becomes the OS of the Japanese industry.
yesterday 8 8
Xpeng promises global humanoid launch in 2027: the Chinese "embodied" race gets a distribution date
Xpeng, better known for EVs, will launch humanoid robots globally next year. The claim itself is common in 2026; the "globally" is the wager - and it lands right in the middle of the embodied-foundation race.
yesterday 8 9
Nvidia moves into Toyota's Woven City: physical AI gets its first company town
Nvidia is partnering with Toyota's Woven City on physical AI hardware and software. The reason it matters: Woven City is not a demo - it's an actual populated test bed, and Nvidia just booked the seat next to the engineers.
yesterday 9 9
South Korea: Daum's AI research summary runs on a 100% domestic stack
First "full-stack sovereign" commercialization: the Solar model from Upstage on FuriosaAI's RNGD NPUs, without Nvidia.
Jul 15, 2026 at 10:15 12 6
LTM (India): $150M in AI revenue for the quarter, the IT services shift accelerates
Indian IT services firm LTM reveals an AI run rate of $150M/quarter, 12% of revenue - and AI growth outpacing the core. A separate disclosure is the real signal: AI is emerging from the line diluted in large deals.
Jul 14, 2026 at 15:44 10 8
Vision-based safety AI: safety on construction sites shifts from the helmet to the camera
An e27 article highlights the silent shift: AI vision replaces paper checklists on Southeast Asian construction sites. Low-margin segment, demonstrable ROI impact, adoption is taking off.
Jul 12, 2026 at 11:17 7 8
Indian MSMEs: AI remains stuck at the PoC door, as in Singapore
YourStory documents the paradox: Indian MSMEs hold the country's economy, but most have not touched AI. Same pattern as in Singapore - the barrier is not cultural, it is structural.
Jul 12, 2026 at 11:17 11 7
Wiz launches an urban forecasting AI model - China urbanizes forecasting
A Chinese company, Wiz, publishes an AI forecasting model at the city level: traffic, energy, air. Focus on "planning" rather than public use - a sign of maturity in an under-the-radar segment.
Jul 12, 2026 at 11:15 13 10
The prison of proof-of-concept in APAC - four voices, one wall
Four articles from e27, Tech in Asia, and Nikkei read like a shared diagnosis: in APAC, enterprise AI remains stuck in PoCs. Not due to lack of ambition - but due to lack of foundations.
Jul 11, 2026 at 17:19 16 10
Doubao Phone Gen 2 - the Chinese agent smartphone arrives at WAIC 2026
Nubia (ZTE) and ByteDance announce the imminent release of a smartphone whose OS is structured around the Doubao agent. This is not a skin - it's an architectural bet.
Jul 11, 2026 at 17:19 14 14
Kimi × Agricultural Bank of China × Amex: the first AI-native credit card
Moonshot AI (Kimi) partners with Agricultural Bank of China and American Express to launch a credit card whose interface, customer relationship, and scoring are powered by a Chinese LLM. This is the first time a Chinese LLM has been placed at the heart of a major banking product.
Jul 11, 2026 at 17:19 9 10