Entrepreneurship
Explainable AI Reaches Small Businesses in Seekr Deal
Enterprise-grade AI is heading downmarket after Seekr and OneValley announced a partnership on July 28 to bring explainable AI to startups and small businesses. OneValley, a platform that supports...
Small Business Grants: Simply Business Names 2026 Winners
Five founders just landed direct funding after Sky’s the Limit and Simply Business named the 2026 winners of their Big Dreams Grant on July 29. The two partners sorted...
Rise and fall of Situational Awareness: How Leopold Aschenbrenner’s AI fund stumbled
Sharp selloff in AI-related stocks has forced the fund to exit many of its positionsPublished Fri, Jul 31, 2026 · 11:21 AMLEOPOLD Aschenbrenner is the founder of Situational Awareness,...
Jardine stocks rally: JC&C rises 7.6% on special dividend, JMH up 3.6%
[SINGAPORE] Shares of Jardine Matheson Holdings (JMH) rose as much as 3.6 per cent on Friday (Jul 31) morning. This was on the back of its 9 per cent...
South Korea plans US$14 billion for wealth fund’s AI bets after US$2 trillion rout
This is driven by the need to “act proactively” on growing global investment interest in Korea, says the governmentPublished Fri, Jul 31, 2026 · 08:35 AMSOUTH Korea plans to...
Seatrium H1 net profit jumps 158% to S$373 million on asset sales, higher margins
Revenue rises 4.7% to S$5.6 billion, supported by steady execution of its order book[SINGAPORE] Seatrium’s net profit for the first half ended Jun 30 surged 158 per cent to...
Japan intervenes to prop up yen ahead of BOJ policy decision
Published Fri, Jul 31, 2026 · 07:22 AM[TOKYO] Japan conducted yen-buying, dollar-selling market intervention in New York markets on Thursday (Jul 30), a market source said, pulling the sagging...
Amazon beats cloud sales growth estimates; shares jump
Published Fri, Jul 31, 2026 · 06:24 AMAMAZON beat expectations for quarterly cloud sales growth on Thursday (Jul 30) and boosted its annual capital spending outlook, signalling that demand...
Business Banking Gets a Founder-First Push as Flex Raises $70M
Flex, a fintech offering private-banking-style services for business owners, has raised $70 million from investors including Crosslink Capital, Portage Ventures, and Wellington Management. The company bundles banking, credit, and...
AI Voice Models Go Mainstream as Fish Audio Raises $52M
Fish Audio, a startup building expressive AI voice models, has raised “$52 million in seed funding led by Coreline Ventures and Capital Today,” according to a PRNewswire press release....
