Entrepreneurship
AI Agent Security Draws $50M as AIR Exits Stealth
Six months after two former military cyber operators founded the company, AIR left stealth with a $50 million round led by Sequoia Capital and Greenoaks. Swish Ventures and Netz...
Chinese AI firm Moonshot files confidentially for Hong Kong IPO, sources say
It has been valued at US$50 billion in an ongoing funding round and aims to raise US$3 billionPublished Thu, Sep 3, 2026 · 04:16 PM[HONG KONG] Chinese artificial intelligence...
Malaysia’s central bank holds rates again, says growth momentum to continue in 2027
Published Thu, Sep 3, 2026 · 03:56 PM[KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia’s central bank kept its benchmark interest rate steady for the seventh straight policy meeting on Thursday (Sep 3), saying...
Hongkong Land eyes billion-dollar property deals, Blackstone asset, amid Japan push
Entering the country is a key step in parent Jardine Matheson’s pivot to become a portfolio managerPublished Thu, Sep 3, 2026 · 11:41 AM[HONG KONG] One of Hong Kong’s...
SK Hynix, other chip stocks climb as Asian equities advance
MSCI’s Asia-Pacific equities gauge rises 1.1%, rebounding from the prior session’s sell-offPublished Thu, Sep 3, 2026 · 09:11 AM — Updated Thu, Sep 3, 2026 · 02:54 PMASIAN stocks...
Singtel leads August buybacks with S$55.6 million purchase of nearly 13 million shares
In first eight months of the year, telco’s S$948 million buybacks account for half the market total[SINGAPORE] Singtel led primary-listed companies on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) in buyback spending...
Microsoft reveals Azure cloud sales in financial reporting shift
Published Thu, Sep 3, 2026 · 06:40 AM[SAN FRANCISCO] Microsoft on Wednesday (Sep 2) reported sales from its Azure cloud computing unit on a quarterly basis for the first time, providing...
CEO Succession Planning: What Apple’s Handoff Shows
John Ternus becomes chief executive of Apple today, completing a transition the company announced back on April 20. Tim Cook moves to executive chair, and Art Levinson, previously chair...
Vendor Lock In Bites as OpenAI Cuts Off Cursor
OpenAI said it will end Cursor’s direct access to its models on November 12, roughly two weeks after SpaceX completed its $60 billion purchase of Cursor’s parent company, Anysphere,...
AI for Small Business Draws a $240M Bet on Owner
Owner raised $240 million in a Series D led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives on August 28, a round that values the company at $2.3 billion. Meritech, Redpoint, Headline and...
