This Week's Frontier Stats
The Drop
Chinese backers move to buy Manus from Meta in potential US$2B reversal
Chinese backers move to buy Manus from Meta in potential US$2B reversal
The early Chinese backers of Singapore-headquartered AI startup Manus are reportedly preparing to buy the company back from Meta at the same roughly US$2 billion price the Facebook parent paid last year. The move underscores how geopolitics is reshaping exits for technology companies across Southeast Asia. Also Read: China blocks Meta’s AI bet on M...
Agentic Frontier
New Tools
Momentum without maturity: Southeast Asia’s AI reality
The AI hype cycle loves a clean split: innovators and laggards. Southeast Asia’s story is messier and more interesting. A study titled “AI in Southeast Asia: An era of opportunity” by McKinsey and the...
[Source: e27.co]
Funding Tracker
Unit of Malaysian billionaire Jeffrey Cheah’s Sunway Group wins $160M additional work in data center-related project
[Source: e.vnexpress.net]
Billionaire Ambani wants AI in every call, app, and home
[Source: techcrunch.com]
NewGen doubles down on K25.ai as Asia-focused AI livestreaming platform eyes commercial launch
[Source: e27.co]
Launches
Say hi to "Siri AI"—Apple announces new, more "conversational" voice assistant
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When it comes to total water use, AI data centers are a drop in the bucket
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