Preksha Chordia

Google debuts Nano Banana 2

Google’s Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) fuses Pro‑level world knowledge, reasoning and photorealism with Flash‑speed generation, adding precise text rendering, 4K output, better character consistency and search‑grounded images.

GSMA unveils Open Telco AI push

GSMA launched Open Telco AI, a global initiative and portal of open telco models, datasets and AMD/TensorWave compute to build telco‑grade AI that can truly “speak telco” for networks and operations.

Dyna.Ai raises Series A for agents

Singapore-based Dyna.Ai closed an undisclosed eight‑figure Series A led by Lion X Ventures to scale its Agentic AI platform that turns bank and enterprise AI pilots into production systems with measurable CX, EX and ops impact.

Kampong AI: SG’s live‑work AI hub​

Singapore will build Kampong AI at one‑north as its first integrated live‑work hub for AI, with offices for ~70 startups and over 200 residential units, plus events and networking spaces to anchor its AI ecosystem.

Korea–Singapore eye deeper AI, energy ti

On a state visit to Singapore, President Lee Jae Myung said he hopes to widen cooperation with Singapore in AI, renewable energy and defense, building on a new strategic partnership and shared “human capital” strengths.

SK hynix pours US15B into Yongin AI fab

SK hynix approved a 21.6T won (~US15B) new-facility investment to complete its first Yongin fab by 2030, expanding cleanrooms to mass-produce HBM and advanced DRAM as a core global AI memory hub.

Vietnam AI law kicks in first in SEA

Vietnam’s AI law, effective March 1, is Southeast Asia’s first comprehensive framework, mandating human oversight, labels for deepfakes, disclosure of AI agents, and a national AI compute center and Vietnamese LLMs.

OpenAI raises US110B, Amazon leads​

OpenAI is raising US110B at a US730B pre-money valuation, with Amazon investing US50B and Nvidia and SoftBank US30B each, deepening an AWS pact that adds US100B in cloud spend over coming years.