APAC stories - Page 8
Densification vs decarbonisation: The future of data centres in Australia
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Australia races to expand data centres as AI demand soars, testing how far densification can go while still hitting net-zero ambitions.
Independent Reserve plans APAC crypto push from 2026
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Independent Reserve to launch new regulated crypto services for corporates and institutions across Singapore, Australia and UAE from 2026.
NCS links agentic AI to NVIDIA stack for sovereign use
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NCS integrates its agentic AI platforms with NVIDIA AI Enterprise to deliver sovereign, production-grade AI for regulated sectors across Asia.
Okta unveils security blueprint for enterprise AI agents
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Okta launches AI agent security blueprint and upcoming Okta for AI Agents product to govern identity, access and kill-switch controls.
AI pressure rises as Australian startups face cash crunch
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Australian startups face cash squeeze as AI hype drives costly pivots, shorter runway and delayed IPO plans, Carta research finds.
Cloudera and Svitla Systems bring trusted AI to healthcare
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Cloudera and Svitla team up to build trusted, clinician‑centric AI that unifies patient data while safeguarding privacy and consent.
LearnUpon boosts APAC growth with AI course platform
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LearnUpon ramps up APAC push with new Sydney HQ and Create+ AI course authoring, targeting faster, scalable learning for regional clients.
Synechron unifies three Australian consultancies under one
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Synechron merges Chamonix IT, Exposé and iGreenData into a single Australian consultancy, unveiling a new national leadership team.
AI lag puts Australian firms at risk of losing ground
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Australian firms' slow, piecemeal AI adoption risks wasted investment and lost ground to faster-moving global rivals, TP leaders warn.
Biznet Gio scales cloud performance for AI era with AMD
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Indonesia's top local cloud player Biznet Gio boosts AI-ready performance, efficiency and scale by standardising on AMD EPYC CPUs.
Logicalis Australia expands Erica Smith growth remit
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Logicalis Australia expands Erica Smith's remit to lead marketing and vendor alliances, unifying partner strategy to drive channel growth.
Datadog names Renee Mitsis to lead ANZ channel push
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Datadog appoints Renee Mitsis to spearhead ANZ channel and alliances, sharpening partner-led growth around security, AI and DevOps.
Cloudwerx joins OpenAI partner network for agentic AI
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Cloudwerx joins the OpenAI partner network to scale governed agentic AI deployments for enterprises across Salesforce and Snowflake platforms.
MiAI Law secures AUD $2 million for AI legal reasoning
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Sydney's MiAI Law raises AUD $2 million to launch an AI legal research tool that exposes its reasoning step by step for lawyers.
Global CISO Council launched to steer AI governance
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EC-Council launches the Global CISO Council to unify AI governance, tech risk oversight and regulatory response for senior security leaders.
PixVerse hits unicorn status with record AI video round
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AI video platform PixVerse becomes a unicorn after a record Asia Series C funding round valuing the company at over USD $1 billion.
Wonderful raises USD $150m to scale global AI agents
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Wonderful secures USD $150m Series B at a USD $2bn valuation to scale its agentic AI platform and triple headcount for global expansion.
AI reshapes ANZ jobs as staff turn to shadow tools
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AI is reshaping ANZ jobs as firms hire and cut roles, while 67% of staff quietly turn to unapproved generative tools to get work done.
Seedtag unveils Liz Agent AI to speed media planning
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Seedtag launches Liz Agent, an AI media planning assistant that turns chat-style briefs into end-to-end contextual campaigns in minutes.
Blippar buys Plattar to boost regional AR commerce push
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Blippar has bought Australian AR specialist Plattar to deepen its regional footprint and accelerate sector-focused AR commerce products.