Global Stories

NCS unveils AI partnerships for public safety in APAC

NCS signs AI deals with Mistral, VAST Data, Lian Xin and robotics firms to boost public safety operations across Singapore and Asia Pacific.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • 3 days ago

Robotics

Forrester says physical AI will drive next breakthrough

Forrester says the biggest AI breakthrough will come from systems that perceive and act in the real world, not humanoid robots.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • 3 days ago

Manufacturing

TCS expands Google Cloud tie-up with four AI offerings

TCS deepens Google Cloud partnership with four new AI products aimed at speeding enterprise automation, factory efficiency and cyber defence.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 5 days ago

Digital Transformation

TCS expands Google Cloud partnership for autonomous AI

TCS broadens Google Cloud alliance to speed enterprise shift into autonomous AI systems with new tools for data, factories and security.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 5 days ago

Software-as-a-Service

VAST Data hits $30bn valuation after $1bn Series F round

VAST Data's latest funding round highlights booming demand for AI infrastructure, with backers betting on its data platform and global expansion plans.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Last week

Robotics

Forrester maps AI shift from digital into physical use

Forrester says the next wave of AI will reach robotics, transport and commerce, with agentic tools, security and trust set to pay off first.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month

Semiconductors

US AI megadeals drive global VC to USD $331 billion

US AI megadeals push global venture capital to a record USD $330.9 billion as OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI dominate first-quarter funding.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month

Robotics

Betashares expands robotics ETF & adds humanoid theme

Betashares broadens its robotics ETF to 60 holdings, adds China A-shares and a humanoid robotics theme as it tightens AI rules.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last month

Software-as-a-Service

AI dominates US CEO calls as Iran references surge

Chief executives' calls in Q1 2026 were dominated by AI, but references to Iran surged as boardrooms weighed war risks and supply chain exposure.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last month

Software-as-a-Service

RobCo appoints Dennis Hauser as Chief Financial Officer

RobCo taps Dennis Hauser as Chief Financial Officer to back US expansion after USD $100 million funding round and sharpen its RaaS push.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Thu, 26th Mar 2026

Robotics

GMI Cloud plans USD $12bn sovereign AI site in Japan

GMI Cloud unveils USD $12bn sovereign AI hub in Kagoshima, aiming for 1GW capacity to power Japan's next wave of “Physical AI” systems.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 19th Mar 2026

Firewalls

Arrcus links AINF with NVIDIA stack for AI inference

Arrcus plugs its Inference Network Fabric into NVIDIA's AI stack to steer, secure and optimise large-scale, multi-site inference traffic.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Wed, 18th Mar 2026

Smart Cities

Milestone boosts Hafnia with synthetic data, TaaS & VLMs

Milestone expands Hafnia with synthetic data, TaaS and VLMs to speed smart city vision AI training and cut bias in rare-event modelling.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 18th Mar 2026

Data Analytics

TCS unveils Nvidia-powered Rapid Outcome AI platform

TCS launches Nvidia-based Rapid Outcome AI to help enterprises scale predictive, generative and vision AI across operations and industries.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Wed, 18th Mar 2026

Robotics

ADLINK unveils Nvidia Thor edge AI systems for robots

ADLINK launches Nvidia Thor-powered edge AI platforms to drive safer, real-time robotics, medical imaging and autonomous machine deployments.

By Kaleah Salmon • 5 min read • Wed, 18th Mar 2026

Hyperscale

MSI unveils XpertStation WS300 for deskside AI power

MSI's XpertStation WS300 brings Nvidia Grace Blackwell AI supercomputing to the desk, targeting trillion-parameter models off-cloud.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Wed, 18th Mar 2026

Stories from Other Regions

Venture Capital

RobCo unveils Alfie robot for variable factory work

RobCo's new robot targets factory jobs where products, layouts and conditions change constantly, as the Munich startup pushes into Level 4 autonomy.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last week

Robotics

NCS partners AGIBOT to deploy humanoid robots in Asia

NCS to trial AGIBOT humanoid robots for Singapore and Asia Pacific public agencies and firms as the partners eye social care, smart buildings and safety.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week